Solvay acquired Dhaymers, a Brazilian manufacturer of specialty esters used to make emulsions for mining and metalworking fluids. Oxea will raise prices on trimethylolpropane, used in synthetic lubricants, by 3 cents per pound in North America, and by $100 per metric ton in Asia and South America effective Jan. 1. RK Motors Charlotte of North Carolina became Champion Oils newest master warehouse distributor.
