Additives

OQ Chemicals Ups Carboxylic Acids Prices
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OQ Chemicals Ups Carboxylic Acids Prices

December 11, 2024

Germany-based OQ Chemicals announced it will increase prices for its range of carboxylic acids.

A Growing Need for Additive Versatility

A Growing Need for Additive Versatility

December 2, 2024

As first license for GF-7 nears, lubricant manufacturers must adjust their blending strategies to meet new performance r ...

Infineum Plans India Additive Plant

Infineum Plans India Additive Plant

November 20, 2024

United Kingdom-based additive company Infineum will open an additive blending plant in India next year. The announcement ...

Chinese Adco Eyes Foreign Markets

Chinese Adco Eyes Foreign Markets

October 16, 2024

Aorun is a relative newcomer to the lubricant additives business and is one of several Chinese companies looking to supp ...

Ingevity Stock Tumbles after CEO Walks

Ingevity Stock Tumbles after CEO Walks

October 9, 2024

Specialty chemicals company Ingevity saw the company’s value tumble after its CEO John Forston left the boardroom for ...

Infineum Splits Business Units

Infineum Splits Business Units

October 2, 2024

Infineum has split operations into two business units to develop products for new energy vehicles and enhance new busine ...

Innovation Is More than New Molecules

Innovation Is More than New Molecules

September 27, 2024

Chemical regulation may be reducing the flow of new molecules into the market, but it has prompted a variety of new appr ...

Copper Additive from the Past Could be Industry Future

Copper Additive from the Past Could be Industry Future

September 3, 2024

Is copper a viable anti-wear solution, and what barriers might it face on its way to market?

Ingevity Merges Oleo, Tall Oil Units

Ingevity Merges Oleo, Tall Oil Units

August 21, 2024

Performance chemicals company Ingevity Corp. is to close its Crossett, Arkansas facility and shift oleo production to No ...

How Do Chemical Regulations Influence the Lubricants Industry?

How Do Chemical Regulations Influence the Lubricants Industry?

August 1, 2024

Chemical regulations are becoming more stringent and numerous, especially in regions like Europe. How might these regula ...

How Would Proposed SDPA Regulations Affect Lubricant Additives?

How Would Proposed SDPA Regulations Affect Lubricant Additives?

August 1, 2024

ATC explains its stance on the proposed EU Harmonized Classification and Labelling for C4:C8 and C9 substituted diphenyl ...

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Lubrizol Plans India Additive Factory

July 31, 2024

Lubrizol Corp. announced plans to build a U.S. $200 million factory in India to make chemical additives for lubricants a ...

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Ingevity, Georgia-Pacific End Tall Oil Trade

July 16, 2024

Ingevity Corp. ended its crude tall oil purchase agreement with GP Pine Chemicals LLC after several years of partnership ...

Podcast 22: Growth for the Additives Business in IMEA

Podcast 22: Growth for the Additives Business in IMEA

July 4, 2024

Lubrizol, one of the largest lubricant additive companies in the world, has identified IMEA as a high-growth region.

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China Shifts from Lithium Thickeners

June 28, 2024

China’s grease industry continued shifting away from lithium soap thickeners, according to the latest survey from the ...

NLGI: Lithium Thickeners Still Declining

NLGI: Lithium Thickeners Still Declining

June 26, 2024

The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, ...

Lithium Thickeners Dip in Europe

Lithium Thickeners Dip in Europe

June 25, 2024

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest surv ...