September 2026

Ghassan Aboud Automotive, a subsidiary of Ghassan Aboud Holding, has signed a strategic partnership with Idemitsu to introduce the Japanese company’s automotive and industrial lubricants to the Syrian market. Under the

Kroon-Oil has redesigned its entire small-packaging range and added a QR code linking to an online product passport, in a rollout the company said anticipates forthcoming European Union legislation on the Digital Product Passport (DPP). The redesign

Valvoline Global Operations has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Luval S.A., a Chilean manufacturer and distributor of lubricants,

Univar Solutions México, a subsidiary of Univar Solutions LLC, has announced a distribution agreement with LANXESS through its Ingredients + Specialties division. Under the agreement, Univar Solutions will distribute LANXESS’s portfolio of additives for lubricant and

Eni and PETRONAS have signed a feasibility agreement to evaluate the development of high-performance bio-gasoline built on Eni’s Ecofining technology process, the Italian company said. The

Shell officially inaugurated its grease manufacturing plant (GMP) in Marunda, Bekasi, Indonesia, on 15 September and told reporters the output is for the domestic market. The plant can make up to 12 kilotonnes a year of Shell Gadus greases. It

It is difficult to predict how long the current base oil supply shortage will last, Kim Won-gi, president of SK Enmove, told reporters in Ulsan, South Korea, according to The Korea Herald. Kim was

The chief executives of Europe’s seven leading truck and bus manufacturers have called on the European Union (EU) to postpone the 2030 carbon dioxide compliance deadline for heavy-duty vehicles by three years, arguing that the conditions needed to drive market

Arteco has announced that ZITREC EC 20, its premium propylene glycol 25 (PG25) direct-to-chip coolant, has achieved NVIDIA Qualified status for artificial intelligence (AI) factory and data centre infrastructure. The product is

The Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Sinopec Lubricant Co., Ltd. have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Lanzhou, China. Liu Weimin, a CAS academician; Zhou Feng, director of LICP and deputy