The FUCHS Group, which operates globally in the lubricants sector, is acquiring the business of ZIMMARK INC. The Burlington, Ontario, Canada based company is a service company offering value added services in the lubricants and Chemicals Process Management (CPM) space. With this acquisition the FUCHS Group expands its service portfolio in the industrial lubricant market…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Castrol Castrol has launched a refreshed line-up of co-engineered Ford-Castrol MAGNATEC lubricants. The range, including two new formulations with innovative DUALOCK technology, has been developed to offer non-stop protection from every start*. Available exclusively through Ford dealerships, Ford-Castrol MAGNATEC is the only engine oil recommended by Ford. The refreshed Ford-Castrol MAGNATEC range…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Valvoline Fluor Corporation announced that it has safely achieved mechanical completion of Valvoline’s new lubricants blending plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China, ahead of schedule. Fluor’s scope of work on the project included detailed engineering, procurement and construction management executed under a lump-sum services contract. Strategically located, the new 80,000-square-metre lube blending and packaging…
DetailsThe Federation Internationale de L’Automobile or FIA will introduce a 100% sustainable fuel in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) from next season, in line with introducing the new generation of power units, which integrate the hybrid technology in Rally1 class vehicles. Rally1, which will replace the World Rally Car in 2022, will place a…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Global Clean Energy Holdings ExxonMobil says it will be the exclusive buyer of renewable diesel to be produced at the Bakersfield, California, U.S.A. biorefinery owned by Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. (GCEH). The former Alon Bakersfield Refinery, which has been re-purposed into a biorefinery, will start producing renewable diesel early next year.…
DetailsExxonMobil Qatar has announced the appointment of Dominic Genetti as president and general manager effective July 1st. Genetti, who previously served as ExxonMobil Qatar’s vice president and executive director of Joint Ventures, will succeed Alistair Routledge. After eight years at ExxonMobil Qatar, Routledge has been appointed general manager of Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd.,…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of ExxonMobil ExxonMobil has completed a successful sea trial of the company’s first marine bio fuel oil with shipping company Stena Bulk, bunkered in the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The marine bio fuel oil is a 0.50% sulphur residual-based fuel (VLSFO) processed with a second generation waste-based FAME component (ISCC certified) – and…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Exol Lubricants Exol Lubricants has begun work on the redevelopment of its Rotherham site, in the UK, with the aim to complete the project in July 2021. This new development is part of Exol’s continued reinvestment strategy. The project at Rotherham involves the replacement of the existing portal frame building with a…
DetailsPhoto of Fuliang Xiu, President of Evonik Greater China, courtesy of Evonik Oil Additives Evonik Oil Additives, which is part of German specialty chemical company Evonik AG, announced the opening of a new Asia Pacific Oil Additives performance test lab in Shanghai, China. This new performance test lab, housing state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and testing services,…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Eurol Eurol Specialty Lubricants has introduced Eurol Grease HY-1/101 FD LT, a new, synthetic food-grade lubricating grease. Eurol Grease HY-1/101 FD LT is a ‘dual purpose product’. This means the grease is suitable for use in two different key applications, being lubrication of high speed bearings under ambient conditions and slow moving…
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