Researchers at two China universities said recently that nano-copper particles show early promise to become part of a new generation of industrial lub ...

Already in the midst of building its second factory, Richful Lube Additive Co. last week unveiled plans to expand its existing chemical manufacturing ...

The global fleet of hybrids could grow faster than battery electric vehicles as industry experts forecast that powertrain production in the short term ...

Performance Polymers Can Help to Augment Hydraulic Fluid Performance. The world is constantly moving in the direction of increasing productivi ...

Metalworking fluid biocides producer Troy and Arxada, a lubricants and biocides manufacturer, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufacturing ...

Lubricants and biocides manufacturer Arxada and Troy, a producer of metalworking fluid biocides, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufactur ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. said this week that it will build a large maleic anhydride plant at its oil refinery in Panipat, India, part of a broader progra ...

Lanxess said this week that it will expand its output of aminic antioxidants for lubricants at a chemical factory in Taiwan. The German chemical compa ...

Chemicals producer Verdant Specialty Solutions acquired fellow producer Baze Chemical this week, further expanding its surfactant manufacturing capaci ...

In the Eye of the Storm One of the unrelenting concerns for base oil market participants over the past several months was the fact that both buyers ...

Specialty chemical supplier Albemarle Corp. announced yesterday that it has agreed to purchase Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials Co., a start-up t ...

Dorf Ketal Chemicals and TriBonds Chemical Co. announced today the formation of a joint venture that will manufacture lubricant additive components an ...

Huntsman Corp.’s Performance Products division will expand its manufacturing facility in Petfurdo, Hungary, to meet growing demand for polyurethane ...

A new report by Human Rights Watch urges carmakers to do more to reduce impacts on communities and the environment from their aluminum supply chains.

In response to growing demand, Lanxess is expanding production capacity for light-color sulfur carriers – extreme pressure additives for the lubrica ...

Afton Chemical, Quaker Chemical, and HollyFrontier’s lubricants and specialty products segment all reported increased profits for the second quarter ...

Lubricant additive sales volumes in the United States took a slight downturn in June, although volumes for the first half of the year remained well ab ...

Axel Christiernsson Group announced on July 15 that it is proceeding with an additional expansion and improvement plan across its three grease plants ...

France’s Ministry of Ecology last week implemented a system giving increased regulatory scrutiny to industrial sites that have had accidents or a hi ...

Local firefighting officials said last week that a June 14 blaze that heavily damaged a Chemtool grease plant in Rockton, Illinois, was triggered by a ...