Adrian Brown is away. His column will reappear in the April 13 edition of Lube Report Asia.

With Chinas passenger car parc set to continue revving through the next five years, experts at an industry event last month said that diversified routes to market, strong brand reputation and improving formulations are keys for market share growth.

Indias state-run oil marketing companies plan to set up used lubricating oil centers across the country with an aim of making collection efficient in the burgeoning market.

Tianhe Chemicals Group reported yesterday that the gross profit for its lubricant additives segment decreased 7.2 percent in 2017 due to a drop in sales of additive components.

Fuchs Petrolub plans to start operation of its 36 million (U.S. $44.3 million) lubricants blending plant in Wujiang, a Suzhou district in Chinas Jiangsu province, in 2019, the German company said in its 2017 annual report.