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By H.P. Nadkarni • April 15, 2014
Balmer Lawrie & Co., India’s grand
old grease company, is trying to shake off some dust. In the midst of a
multi-plant plan to expand its production capacity, the 146-year-old
company is also aiming to become a bigger player in the market for
lubricating oils.
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By Tim Sullivan • April 15, 2014
Fuchs Petrolub announced that its
Australian subsidiary will build a lubricant blending plant in Beresfield,
New South Wales, Australia, to replace an existing facility in Wickham.
Officials said the new plant will be larger and will be in a better
location.
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By Jeongmae Choi • April 15, 2014
South Korea's lubricant market is
reacting to more stringent diesel vehicle emission limits that are being
phased in this year and next with higher quality engine oils.
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By Ying Huang • April 15, 2014
Sinopec Lubricants became a
recommended supplier of oil-air lubricating oil for Yantai Huashun
Machinery Engineering Equipment’s oil-air centralized lubrication system
products.
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April 15, 2014
Revenue growth from machinery
production in China dipped to 1.8 percent in 2012 due to over-capacity,
according to market research firm IHS
Technology. The market research firm predicts a rebound to
growth rates of 8-10 percent in coming years. U.S.-based BioBlend has selected
Indonesian firm National
Energy Solutions to distribute its bio-based industrial lubricants
in Indonesia.
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By Richard Beercheck • April 15, 2014
Conventional theories about
metalworking fluids state that they react chemically with the surfaces of
metal workpieces during the short time that the two are in contact. These
reactions supposedly form metal chlorinate, metal sulfide or metal phosphor
layers that are more easily removed by the machine tool. Researchers at a
German supplier of metalworking fluids challenged that model.
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Base Oil Reports
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Asia Base Oil Price Report
With healthy demand and firm crude
oil and feedstock costs continuing to exert upward pressure on base oil
prices in Asia, it appears that prices are poised to move up.– by
Gabriela Wheeler
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