This webinar is based on Kline’s just published report covering Global Used Oil and Re-refined Lubricants Market. It will help you gain a general understanding of key trends and developments that are driving the used oil re-refining market.Continue reading
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Synthetics: Where Is the Strongest Growth Expected?
It is a known fact that the conventional lubricants market is projected to be flat to declining in the foreseeable future. To offset these declines and both maintain and grow their market share, businesses need to look for opportunities in various market segments, with synthetics being one of them. Sales of synthetic and semi-synthetic lubricants are projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7% and 3.9%, respectively, between 2018 and 2023.Continue reading
Live Webinar – Assessing Opportunities in the Global Lubricant Industry
Attend our live presentation led by George Morvey, Industry Manager of Kline’s Energy Practice, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. This live webinar is based on Kline’s 17th annual assessment of the global lubricants industry, published in 3rd Quarter 2019. It will help you gain a general understanding of the current status of the global lubricants and synthetic lubricants industry.Continue reading
Live Webinar – Opportunities in Lubricants: North America
Join Pooja Sharma, Project Manager in Kline’s Energy Practice, as she presents insights on the North American consumer lubricants market from the recently completed report. Register for the upcoming webinar on Wednesday, October 16, at 9:00 am EDT to learn more about:Continue reading
Changing consumer automotive lubricant quality levels in North American market present opportunities as well as challenges
Growing environmental concerns and tightening fuel efficiency norms, as well as lubricant product innovations, are bringing changes to the North American consumer automotive lubricants market. While it has remained flat in the last five years, the market is now experiencing a fast change in the quality levels of lubricants. The consumption of synthetic and semi-synthetic products, particularly in the United States and Canada, is growing, resulting in extended average drain intervals for passenger vehicle lubricants. Continue reading
Upcoming Webinar – Understanding the Basestocks Market
The global basestock industry continues to witness greater challenges. While the existing challenge of slow demand growth consistently outpaced by new supply creation persists, newer challenges in the form of alternate automobile technology, such as electric vehicles, are shaping the market landscape. On the other hand, the tightening fuel economy and emission regulations and original equipment manufacturers’ specifications are driving the use of high-performance basestocks. Attend this upcoming webinar on October 9 at 9 AM EDT to answer critical questions:Continue reading
Challenges Galore for Basestock Suppliers Due to Shifting Market Environment
The global lubricant basestocks market faces a bleak outlook. In the past, any new capacity created was accommodated by relatively faster demand growth and the corresponding shutdown of inefficient plants, but the situation has changed, affected by a reduction in finished lubricant demand growth.Continue reading
Live Webinar – Global Trends in Lubricant Additives
Lubricant quality continues to improve, driven by regulations for fuel economy and emissions control. China has released their China VI emission standard for 2021, and India plans to skip Stage V and jump directly to Bharat Stage VI emission standard by 2020. These factors create new business and growth opportunities and challenges for the lubricant additive industry. Join our live webinar on Wednesday September 25Continue reading
Change is coming to the lubricant additives market!
The lubricant additives market has traditionally been slow to embrace major changes and shift to new chemistry, as traditional chemistries have served the industry well for many decades, and OEMs tend to be more comfortable with tried-and true-components such as ZDDP antiwear additive. However, with the ever-increasing push toward greater fuel economy, OEMs are being driven toward new technology and metallurgy for their drivetrains along with continuing to lower the engine oil viscosity requirements. These shifts, along with the push for longer lubricant life, may be pushing traditional chemistries to their performance limit, where adding more simply isn’t good enough or may be chemically limited to protect exhaust after treatment devices.Continue reading
Spotlight on Lubricants: Jeepney or EV?
Kline’s Energy Practice is regularly asked about volumetric lubricant demand growth and where opportunities exist for a supplier of industrial and automotive lubricants in a particular country market. In the not-too-distant past, emerging and developing country markets were rapidly growing in terms of lubricants demand and, as such, it wasn’t hard for a supplier to ride the wave and build volume. Those opportunities seem to be fewer and far between, and lubricant suppliers must now take a more focused approach to identifying and monitoring trends at or just below the surface in order to be on the right side of the demand wave going forward. Continue reading