Kemipex, UMW and Hyrax Oil win first ALE stand awards
Kemipex FZCO, UMW Lubetech and Hyrax Oil have won the first Best Stand Awards at the Asian Lubricant Exhibition (ALE) 2026, presented on the main stage at the
Lubricants industry urged to court young talent at ALE 2026
Malaysia has identified a shortage of 100,000 engineers needed to support its future, and about half of the country’s graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are now women. Neither figure guarantees the lubricants industry a share of
Group III base oil prices up 235% since Gulf conflict began
Group III base oil was changing hands at USD 11.40 per gallon in July, against USD 3.40 in January before the Gulf conflict began — a rise of 235%, and the steepest of any American Petroleum Institute (API) base oil
MOAH and PFAS rules reshape food-grade lubricant demand
Food brands are no longer asking only whether a lubricant is food grade. They are asking for documentary proof that it is free of two contaminant families they had barely heard of five years ago, and the legal exposure behind
Data centre boom pushes lubricant testing towards thermal fluids
Malaysia approved MYR 34.6 billion (USD 8.5 billion) of data centre and cloud computing investment in the first quarter of 2026 alone, across 33 projects — and every computation in them eventually becomes heat. That, an ALE 2026 audience was
BRB, PLI share ALE booth in first outing under PETRONAS
BRB Lube Oil Additives & Chemicals (BRB LAC) is exhibiting alongside PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI) at the Asian Lubricant Exhibition (ALE) 2026, its first trade show appearance since becoming part of the PETRONAS Group. The two companies share Stand 1E01
Re-refined base oil’s real barrier is buyers, not chemistry
The technical argument over re-refined base oil (RRBO) was settled 31 years ago. The buying argument was not, and the industry is still stuck between the two. A main-stage panel at the Asian Lubricant Exhibition (ALE) 2026 was held on
BMW eyes closed-loop lubricant recycling in Malaysia
BMW Group Malaysia is working with local partners to complete what it calls the final piece of the puzzle in automotive circularity: taking used engine oil from its own dealer network, having it re-refined in Malaysia and putting it back
MITI Deputy Minister challenges lubricants industry to replace water cooling
Malaysia’s Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry opened the Asian Lubricant Exhibition (ALE) 2026 by telling the lubricants industry it had gone from sunset to sunrise on the back of data centre demand — and then challenging it to
Data centre cooling opens a new door for lubricants
Malaysia’s data centres now draw about 1.3 gigawatts (GW) of power, and every one of those watts ends up as heat that has to be removed — making data centre cooling an opening for lubricants and cooling fluids, Tan Tze