View from the Bridge - November 15
As global growth swithes from China to the US, the lubes industry looks to increased viscocity and biolubes for a sustainable future.
As global growth swithes from China to the US, the lubes industry looks to increased viscocity and biolubes for a sustainable future.
China's developing economy may soon surpass the US in specialist machine lubricants consumption, but new Euro metal laws could have significant impact on metalworking fluids. \n
Is the VW crisis the auto-industry's Deepwater Horizon and will it prove to be a turning point? What role will lubricants play in helping meet the increasing environmental pressures now being placed on the auto sector?
Ashland is to create two separate companies with Valvoline out on its own.
Royal Dutch Shell has given up on Alaskan oil production after poor returns and political pressure
German carmaker VW has been rocked by an apparently wide-ranging crisis involving alleged fraud through use of 'defeat devices' in the US and Europe.
The company's 75% holding will go to a US private equity firm and Tongyi's founder
What if the current oil price is the new reality? The effect of low prices on the global economy, lubes producers and off-highway manufacturers. Plus artificial intelligence in providing lubes information.
Caterpillar will design and manufacture its CAT vocational truck family in-house following a split with Navistar.
Shell has launched an industry-first, artificial intelligence online lubes information service for customers in the UK and the US.