Vicky Denton

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) used the Asian Lubricant Exhibition (ALE) 2026 to press the case for replacing mineral-oil lubricants in palm oil mills with palm-based, food-grade alternatives, arguing that…

BMW Group Malaysia is working with local partners to complete what it calls the final piece of the puzzle in automotive circularity: taking used engine oil from its own dealer network, having it re-refined in Malaysia…

The technical argument over re-refined base oil (RRBO) was settled 31 years ago. The buying argument was not, and the industry is still stuck between the two.

BRB Lube Oil Additives and PETRONAS Lubricants International share a stand at ALE 2026, their first joint showcase under PETRONAS.

Group III base oil was changing hands at USD 11.40 per gallon in July, against USD 3.40 in January before the Gulf conflict began — a rise of 235%, and the steepest of any American Petroleum Institute (API) base oil…

Malaysia approved MYR 34.6 billion (USD 8.5 billion) of data centre and cloud computing investment in the first quarter of 2026 alone, across 33 projects — and every computation in them eventually becomes heat. That,…

Food brands are no longer asking only whether a lubricant is food grade. They are asking for documentary proof that it is free of two contaminant families they had barely heard of five years ago, and the legal exposure…

Kemipex FZCO, UMW Lubetech and Hyrax Oil have won the first Best Stand Awards at the Asian Lubricant Exhibition (ALE) 2026, presented on the main stage at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC)…

Malaysia has identified a shortage of 100,000 engineers needed to support its future, and about half of the country's graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields are now women.…

Engine oil for motor vehicles sold in Malaysia will have to be certified and carry a SIRIM conformity label from 6 October 2026, the third enforcement date set for an order gazetted almost two years ago, the Asian…