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Localities Faulted for Response to Rouen Fire

Lube Report EMEA - June 8, 2020

A French Senate inquiry last week blasted local and regional governments’ response to the September 2019 blaze at a Lu ...

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Lubrizol Working to Reopen Rouen Plant

Lube Report EMEA - October 29, 2019

A month after a blaze roared through two Lubrizol warehouses in Rouen, France, the company is still working to reopen it ...

Tests Find No Risks from Lubrizol Fire

Tests Find No Risks from Lubrizol Fire

Lube Report EMEA - October 15, 2019

Environmental impact testing following a Sept. 26 fire at Lubrizol Corp.s plant in Rouen, France, has found no abnormal ...

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Swedish Surfactants Plant Expands

Lube Report EMEA - September 3, 2019

Nouryon announced Aug. 27 that it will double capacity at its surfactants plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, through a 12-mil ...

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Croda Acquires Rewitec

Lube Report EMEA - July 23, 2019

Croda International Plc announced last week the acquisition of Rewitec GmbH, stating it aims to help the German additive ...

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Evonik Boosts Global Oil Additives Capacity

Lube Report EMEA - July 9, 2019

Evonik announced yesterday it is expanding its production capacity for polyalkylmethacrylate-based viscosity modifiers b ...

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Petronas Buys Lube Additive Maker BRB

Lube Report EMEA - May 21, 2019

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd of Malaysia agreed to acquire Netherlands-based lube oil additive manufacturer BRB Internat ...

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Shepherd Chemical Expands Additives Facility

Lube Report EMEA - January 22, 2019

Shepherd Chemical Co., a producer of metal-based lubricant additives, announced a multi-million dollar expansion that co ...

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UK Additives Firm Opens Plant

Lube Report EMEA - July 24, 2018

Lubricant additives supplier SBZ Corp. opened a manufacturing facility and laboratory in Wickford, United Kingdom, to ac ...

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Study Findings Clear 2-EHA

Lube Report EMEA - April 10, 2018

Studies by Spain on 2-ethylhexanoic acid - a carboxylic acid used to make synthetic esters - found no adverse effects co ...

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Evonik to Divest Methacrylate Business

Lube Report EMEA - April 10, 2018

German specialty chemicals producer Evonik announced last month that it is considering the sale of its methacrylates bus ...

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Italmatch Forms Additives Unit

Lube Report EMEA - March 6, 2018

Italmatch Chemicals Group formed a lubricant additives business unit in the wake of Decembers acquisition of Elco Corp. ...

Wuerth Group Acquires Liqui Moly

Wuerth Group Acquires Liqui Moly

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2018

German lubricant marketer Liqui Moly announced last week that it had been acquired by Adolf Wuerth GmbH & Co. in a deal ...