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GF-7, a More Modest Upgrade, Will Launch March 31

December 22, 2024

ILSAC GF-7, the next passenger car engine oil specification due to market in four months, will make engines significantl ...

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 ...

Podcast: Positive Outlook for 2025

Podcast: Positive Outlook for 2025

December 19, 2024

Depending upon your perspective 2024, the two major environmental conferences at the end of the year were either a crush ...

Perstorp Buys OQ Chemicals’ Dutch Esters Plant

Perstorp Buys OQ Chemicals’ Dutch Esters Plant

December 18, 2024

Swedish chemical company Perstorp last week announced it had bought OQ Chemicals’ Dutch esters manufacturing facility.

Demand Dropping for Group I in Europe

Demand Dropping for Group I in Europe

December 18, 2024

Europe is still the biggest consumer and producer of API Group I base oils, even as demand is falling, leading to an ove ...

Environmental Benefits of Hybrids Questioned

Environmental Benefits of Hybrids Questioned

December 18, 2024

Real-world data shows negligible differences in greenhouse gas emissions between plug-in hybrids and conventional intern ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

December 18, 2024

Energy markets once again appear to be taking in stride dramatic developments in the Middle East – the type of drama t ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

December 12, 2024

The rapid and surprising fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime in Syria heralds a new day in that long embattled country. I ...

Ingevity Spends on Charleston Plant

Ingevity Spends on Charleston Plant

December 11, 2024

United States-based chemical maker Ingevity will invest more than U.S.$53 million into a facility near its headquarters ...

September U.S. Base Oil Imports Jump

September U.S. Base Oil Imports Jump

December 11, 2024

Lubricant makers in the United States gobbled up record quantities of imported base stocks in September, according to re ...

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.

Unlocking the Secrets of Grease

Unlocking the Secrets of Grease

December 11, 2024

Greases are an important part of the lubricants industry, but they are often less understood than fluid lubes. To help b ...

Fuchs Completes Strub Purchase

Fuchs Completes Strub Purchase

December 4, 2024

Fuchs Group completed the acquisition of the Swiss industrial lubricant company Strub. In Sepetmber, the company signed ...

Vibra Expands Rio Plant

Vibra Expands Rio Plant

December 4, 2024

Brazilian lube company Vibra completed expansion works of its Lubrax lubricant plant in Duque de Caxias to the tune of $ ...

Lube Groups Flag Sustainability Guidance

Lube Groups Flag Sustainability Guidance

December 4, 2024

Leading lubricant associations in the United States and Europe have expressed concerns over an influential sustainabilit ...

Changing Positions: Kloster at BASF

Changing Positions: Kloster at BASF

December 4, 2024

Lots of chairs moving around in Europe in November, with some of the big companies filling positions across their busine ...