Angus Chemical and Anderol recently announced new distribution arrangements, while Stoney Creek Technologies named a new sales and marketing agent. Angus Chemical Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., announced a reorganized network of distributors for its nitroalkane-based materials, establishing a lineup based on geography and markets served, effective July 1. Ashland Chemical supplies the entire United States for all markets, while Sea-Land Chemical Co. serves the metalworking f...

EDINBURGH, Scotland- While the United Kingdoms grease market has shriveled and the major oil companies have stopped making grease here, an industry expert predicted that nimble survivors face a future characterized by declining grease volumes but increased profitability. During the last 20 years, we have seen the rapid migration of major oil companies manufacturing units out of the U.K. grease market, John Cliff of Petro-Canada Europe told the European Lubricating Grease Institutes Annual Genera...

The European Union has added lubricants to the list of products eligible to carry its Eco-label, establishing the first regionwide program to identify lubes that have relatively low environmental impact. The EUs decision, announced May 12, allows marketers to display its flower logo (see image below) on certain types of oils and greases demonstrated to cause lower levels of harm to soil and water and to generate reduced air pollutants. There is growing concern about the environmental impacts of ...

More than a year after undertaking its ethics initiative, the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association has revised its Code of Ethics and has moved to the next step – creation of an inter-industry task force to develop a product-testing program to improve the quality level of lubricants. “The purpose of the industry task force is to come together and develop methods to ‘raise the bar’ in the industry, to capitalize on the talents of all the industry groups and to ...