Electric vehicle (EV) sales are growing at an extremely quick pace world-wide, with growth at over 60 percent annually in some markets. This is especially true in the U.S., China, some European countries and Japan. This current trend in these geographic areas will “certainly impact lubricant demand patterns and likely the way that lube marketers […]
A shortage of skilled trade workers, sales reps and engineers in the lube industry threatens to disrupt continuity in the industry as more young workers move toward IT. Many millennials and Gen Xers mistakenly believe IT provides the only innovative career path suited to their desire for growth and opportunities to use their technical skills. […]
Yin Tang is a chemist for Ingevity’s lubricants team and the first full-time employee at our new lubricants lab in Shanghai. For the last three months, Yin has worked closely with Scott Cheng, commercial global technical lead, to develop the new lab that will provide technical expertise to our Chinese customers. Prior to joining Ingevity, […]
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) developed a new standard to help users select the most appropriate test methods measuring the properties of lubricants. The guide, ASTM D8146, will help users evaluate and compare the performance of different tests that measure the same property. It covers techniques for evaluating the statistical capability and fitness […]