Malaysia’s KLK OLEO expands business footprint

Photo courtesy of KLK OLEO KLK OLEO, a global oleochemical producer based in Malaysia, has expanded its business footprint to the Americas with a new sales office in Woodbury, New York, U.S.A. KLK OLEO is the manufacturing division of its parent company, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, a leading international plantations group listed on Main Market…

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Major PCMO specification changes unlikely in near future

There are more than 1.4 billion motor vehicles on the road, an overwhelming majority of which are conventional internal combustion engines (ICE) that use lubricants, oils, and greases. Yet, with growing electrification and a global trend to tighten environmental standards, the ICE is coming under increasing scrutiny. So, what does this mean for the future…

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LUKOIL now main lubricant supplier for MAN’s German engine plant

Photo courtesy of LUKOIL Russian oil company LUKOIL says it is now the main lubricant supplier for MAN’s engine plant in Nuremberg, Germany. MAN Truck & Bus has production facilities in three European countries (Germany, Austria, and Poland), Russia, South Africa and Turkey. The MAN Group, based in Munich, Germany, is one of Europe’s leading players in…

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Lukoil Group to boost refinery yield of light products to 75%

Photo courtesy of Lukoil Group Lukoil, one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas companies, is getting a tax break from the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation to construct new deep oil refining units at Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez LLC, a PJSC Lukoil wholly owned subsidiary and one of the largest oil refineries in Russia.…

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Lubrizol appoints Aspelin as its first chief diversity officer

Photo courtesy of Lubrizol The Lubrizol Corp., a Berkshire Hathaway Company and of the major global fuel and lubricant additive makers based in Wickliffe, Ohio, U.S.A., has appointed Cheree Aspelin as the company’s first chief diversity officer. In this role, Aspelin will continue to advance the company’s organizational capability by further embedding diversity and inclusion…

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Lubes and Base Oils: SK Innovation, BASF, Brugarolas, Schaeffler India

Photo courtesy of Burgarolas South Korea’s SK Innovation says it can produce Group III+ base oils from plastic wastes South Korea’s SK Innovation said it has successfully produced solvents and lubricating base oils from plastic wastes through chemical recycling. With chemical recycling, fossil resources for chemical production can be replaced with recycled material from plastic…

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Lubes and Base Oils: SK Innovation, BASF, Brugarolas, Schaeffler India

Photo courtesy of Burgarolas South Korea’s SK Innovation says it can produce Group III+ base oils from plastic wastes South Korea’s SK Innovation said it has successfully produced solvents and lubricating base oils from plastic wastes through chemical recycling. With chemical recycling, fossil resources for chemical production can be replaced with recycled material from plastic…

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