Vicky Denton

Lubricants · F+L Daily 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… 10 September 2026 · 7 min read Sutida Ketudut Food brands are no longer asking only whether a lubricant is food grade.

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, an ALE 2026 audience was told on 9 September, is why a lubricant testing company is talking about data centres at all.

Lubricants · F+L Daily 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… 10 September 2026 · 12 min read 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 group.