Automotive Lubricants

Cutting Costs: Three Ways Lubricants Can Help to Lower Expenses

Cutting Costs: Three Ways Lubricants Can Help to Lower Expenses

April 2, 2025

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

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

November 17, 2020

Custom Content – Within the space of just three years, Valvoline Europe has significantly grown its industrial lubrica ...

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

October 6, 2020

Custom Content – Valvoline, one of the world’s leading lubricant and automotive suppliers, has made a frictionless m ...

Lithium Grease Still Rules the Roost

Lithium Grease Still Rules the Roost

April 2, 2025

Lithium thickeners rule the market. But why is lithium grease so popular, and might its popularity peter out as formulat ...

Base Stocks Adjust to Changing Markets

Base Stocks Adjust to Changing Markets

April 2, 2025

Steve Haffner explores how advances in additive and base stock technology have impacted base oil demand and how they wil ...

Growth Opportunities in a Declining Market

Growth Opportunities in a Declining Market

March 3, 2025

How can lubricant makers in the U.S. grow despite declining demand? Tom Glenn weighs in.

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Carmakers Launch Process for GF-8

February 19, 2025

With the latest gasoline engine oil performance specification scheduled to come to market next month, automakers in Nort ...

Additive

Survey: Russian Drain Intervals Drop

February 12, 2025

A recent survey in Russia indicates motorists are reducing the intervals at which they replace their passenger car engin ...

Synthetic Base Stocks Pave the Way for Automotive Lubricants

Synthetic Base Stocks Pave the Way for Automotive Lubricants

February 3, 2025

How do synthetic base stocks help automotive lubricant formulators to meet ever-increasing standards? Pennzoil’s Sean ...

Banking on EV Batteries

Banking on EV Batteries

February 3, 2025

Arkema’s Woldemar d'Ambrières discusses the evolution of electric vehicle batteries as well as concerns about recycli ...

PC-12 Changes Are Coming

PC-12 Changes Are Coming

February 3, 2025

PC-12 is in the works. How may the new category differ from its predecessor?

Concerning Quality

Concerning Quality

January 2, 2025

Is the lubricants business on its way to commoditization? Tom Glenn weighs in.

How Excellence Shrinks the Industry

How Excellence Shrinks the Industry

December 2, 2024

Steve Haffner explains how advances in lubricant technology are decreasing demand for engine oils.

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 ...

Moove Acquires Grupo Pax

Moove Acquires Grupo Pax

November 6, 2024

Brazilian lubricant maker and distributor Moove acquired Grupo Pax and its three lubricant companies. The Brazilian Anti ...

Is India a Rising Powerhouse in the Lubricants and Grease Industry?

Is India a Rising Powerhouse in the Lubricants and Grease Industry?

November 4, 2024

India is increasing its influence in the global lubricants and grease market. Sudhir Sachdeva explains how.

ILSAC GF-7: A Meaningful Upgrade

ILSAC GF-7: A Meaningful Upgrade

September 27, 2024

Steve Haffner discusses the benefits of ILSAC GF-7 as well as some of the concerns stakeholders had that have now been r ...