Lubes'n'Greases Magazine

The April issue features a special report on sustainability. Discover what it takes to be a sustainable company in today’s lubricants industry, as well as how environmentally acceptable lubricants may fit into the evolving world of marine lubricants.

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Special Report on Sustainability

EALs and their Future in Marine Applications

Raj Shah and Bob Fang explore new research on environmentally acceptable lubricants that can be used as antifouling agents and stern tube lubricants.

Special Report on Sustainability

How to Be Sustainable

General Director Remco Klaassen of Matrix Lubricants discusses what it takes to be a sustainable business in today’s lubricants industry.

Business

Broadening the Demographic: Women in Lubricants

Rocol’s Jess Baker discusses how education, mentorship and more have propelled her career in the lubricants industry.

Heavy-Duty Lubricants

Three Ways Lubricants Can Help to Lower Expenses

Shell’s Frank Machatschek shares expert insights on how lubrication can have a disproportionately large impact on fleet operating costs.

Grease

Lithium Grease Still Rules the Roost

Lithium thickeners rule the market. But why is lithium grease so popular, and might its popularity peter out as formulators develop other types of greases?

Departments

Monthly Base Oil Report

Spring Fever

Many base oil market participants worry that the lackluster demand of the past two years may be the new normal. Do their anxieties have merit?

Base Oil Report Video

Lubes’n’Greases Base Oil Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Lubes’n’Greases Managing Editor Sydney Moore discuss this month’s base oil report.

Automotive Lubricants

Base Stocks Adjust to Changing Markets

Steve Haffner explores how advances in additive and base stock technology have impacted base oil demand and how they will continue to do so in the long term.