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EVs Also Threaten Industrial Lubes
Although the transition to electric vehicles will gradually cut the automotive industry’s need for industrial lubricants, metal forming fluids used to make car bodies should remain in demand, [...]
SK, Repsol to Expand Cartagena Plant
SK Lubricants and Repsol have decided to expand their joint venture base oil plant in Cartagena, Spain, SK officials confirmed yesterday. The project will increase capacity of the facility [...]
New Market Leaders for Kenyan Lubricant Market
When most multinationals began moving out of Kenya, it opened the door to an influx of new lubricant market players, a Kenyan lubricants distributor official told Lube Report on the sidelines [...]
Fuchs Buys Glass Container Lubes Maker
Mannheim, Germany-based Fuchs Petrolub SE acquired Belgian glass container lubricants manufacturer VDV Lubricants to expand its product offering in the sector. Dendermonde, Belgium [...]
Impact of Marine Rules Unclear
New, more stringent emissions limits are laid out clearly for the shipping companies in coming years. Less clear is which route the industry will follow to meet those mandates, and that makes [...]
Deal Brings Oman's Lubes to Kenya
Oman Trading International, a subsidiary of Oman Oil Marketing Co., inked an agreement with Kenya’s Hass Petroleum to sell the Muscat-based marketer’s range of lubricants in the East African [...]
EU Revising Lubes Ecolabel
The European Union is working on a revision of its Ecolabel standard for lubricants. Regulators say the proposed changes will strengthen protections for the environment while also encouraging [...]
Eaton Revises Its Lubricant Suppliers List
Eaton has revised its Lubricant Suppliers List (TCMT0020 EN-US), which lists suppliers of approved fluids that meet the PS-386 transmission lubricant specification (which replaced PS-164rev7) [...]
ACEA Works Toward 2018 Upgrade
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association is working to complete an upgrade of its ACEA automotive engine oil standards by the end of this year. The first upgrade since 2016, the 2018 [...]
Cummins Issues New NGEO Specification CES 20092
A new mobile natural gas engine oil performance specification has been introduced for stoichiometric combustion Cummins Westport mid-range and heavy-duty engines. This new specification [...]
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