Dover Chemical Corporation has developed and commercialized a new phosphorus-containing EP additive for the metalworking industry. MAYFREE 2033 is a light color and low odor extreme pressure (EP) phosphorus-based additive suitable for any metalworking application, whether it be in neat oil or aqueous coolant formulation. Also low in viscosity, it is designed for easy handling […]

Lockhart Chemical Company announced the expansion of the distribution partnership with Sea-Land Chemical Company to include the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. With the addition of these states, Sea-Land became the authorized distributor across all of North America for the entire Lockhart portfolio of additives and packages for the lubricants […]

Figures released yesterday by the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) show that global production of molybdenum rose while usage fell in the third quarter of 2019 when compared to the second quarter of the same year. Global production of molybdenum rose by 1% to 143.9 million pounds (mlbs) when compared to the previous quarter of 2019, […]

IPAC has prevailed in two separate legal actions against a former sales representative/distributor company – Monaco-based Black Gold S.A.R.L., owned by Lorenzo Napoleoni and Sophia Napoleoni – and a former employee, Jeff Melendez, for theft of IPAC’s intellectual property.  International Petroleum Products and Additives Company Inc. (IPAC) is a full-service additive manufacturing and sales company […]

UK-based additive manufacturer Infineum spent more than USD100 million in developing products for ILSAC GF-6, according to Infineum CEO Trevor Russell, who spoke last Friday at the ICIS World Base Oils & Lubricants Conference in London. “We’re just one stakeholder,” he adds. Infineum is one of the four major additive companies that develop and manufacture […]

SI Group, a leading global developer and manufacturer of performance additives, process solutions, pharmaceuticals, and chemical intermediates based in Schenectady, New York, U.S.A., announced the launch of ETHANOX® 1315 lubricant antioxidant. The new antioxidant provides lower overall volatility under higher temperature conditions which extends the effective usage range of the lubricant application. According to SI […]

IMO 2020 has been hailed as one of the most dramatic fuel regulation changes ever implemented, and its impact on the whole shipping industry and marine fuel supply chain is already being widely reported. The new global sulphur cap introduced by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has triggered major changes in demand within the marine […]

Wednesday, 15 January 2020, marked a historic day for Infineum’s Business and Technology Centre in Linden, New Jersey, U.S.A.  For the first time in its 73-year history, the site was powered by electricity produced on the Infineum site.  The electricity is from a renewable source having been generated by a newly installed two-megawatt solar field […]

The Canadian government has imposed “ministerial conditions” on 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)-, compound with (Z)-N-9-octadecenyl-1,3-propanediamine, allowing its use to manufacture engine and transmission lubricants or when contained within those products. When Environment Canada and Health Canada suspect that a new substance may be toxic, control measures are imposed to minimize any risk to the environment or […]

Infineum held a ceremony with the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone on 8 January 2020 to mark the signing of the letter of intent to begin its integrated manufacturing base phase II project in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province.  Infineum Zhangjiagang plant first began production in March 2016, as the company’s first wholly owned blending plant in China. […]