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Podcast 28: More to Innovation than the Chemistry

February 19, 2025

The discussion about sustainability has so far largely focussed on products’ immediate environmental impact. But there ...

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Lubrizol to Axe Staff in France

February 12, 2025

Lubrizol is cutting staff in France and shifting some production overseas, blaming overcapacity in the market, the rise ...

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

February 5, 2025

Pilot Chemical Co. said last week that it will significantly expand its capacity to produce anionic surfactants at its s ...

Sustainable Chemicals from Agricultural Waste Plastic and Biomass

Sustainable Chemicals from Agricultural Waste Plastic and Biomass

February 3, 2025

Matias de Tezanos and Boris Zhmud explain how waste plastic can be converted into value-added products, including lubric ...

Ingevity Mulls Selling Lube Line

Ingevity Mulls Selling Lube Line

January 22, 2025

Ingevity is considering divesting from certain performance chemicals industrial specialties product lines at its site in ...

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

Mitsubishi Cancels MMA Plant

January 15, 2025

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., part of the Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi, axed plans to open a 350,000-metric-tons-pe ...

New Additives Suppliers Grow their Niches

New Additives Suppliers Grow their Niches

January 2, 2025

Growth in developing markets and supply chain disruptions have led to the emergence of a new generation of additives sup ...

Associations Roll Out Carbon Footprint Tool

Associations Roll Out Carbon Footprint Tool

December 25, 2024

Europe’s two leading lubricant associations launched their product carbon footprint calculation tool this week, vital ...

OQ Chemicals Ups Carboxylic Acids Prices

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 ...