Regulations Specs & Testing

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Lubricants Group has agreed to move forward with balloting on three proposals tied to the next heavy-duty en ...

A new standard for assessing lubricants’ environmental footprint was registered under the International Environmental Product Declaration System, ma ...

Ex-New Jersey governor Chris Christie slammed President Donald Trump’s trade and foreign policies at ILMA

The Verification of Lubricant Specifications began an investigation and issued a warning regarding engine oils that claim to meet the Stellantis FPW 9 ...

Maintaining old tests and making new ones back serviceable.

Dexron-VI: The Test of Time

September 26, 2025

A 20-year look back at the development of a landmark automatic transmission fluid specification.

Briefly Noted

September 22, 2025

WearCheck, a condition-monitoring specialist based in Durban, South Africa, launched a new website for its lubricant-management division, Lubrigard. T ...

Peruvian lubricant supplier Viskosil Industries won a trademark infringement judgement last month against competitor Vistony, which was found to have ...

Confusion looms over Algeria’s lubricant market this week after the reported lifting of a monopoly on the import of lubes and other products.

Stay Ready

August 3, 2025

Monitoring lubricants, fuels and coolants in emergency generators helps keep them operating in times of critical need.

Rapidly evolving global regulatory policies are changing the electric vehicle landscape, and blenders must adapt and remain agile.

Market Monitor

July 9, 2025

When Verification of Lubricant Specifications was formed in 2013, there was clearly a lack of understanding in some areas of the marketplace about fin ...

ATIEL and UEIL released guidance on how greases and lubricants can be managed at the end of their functional lives.

ILSAC GF-7 is here. Steve Haffner outlines the tools used to deploy the new specification.

Al Yates examines how oil analysis and filter debris analysis are vital to wind turbine reliability programs.

Europe’s oleochemicals industry is urging lawmakers in Brussels to widen the scope of the European Union Deforestation Regulation.

Mannol brake fluid fails second round of tests to ensure it meets life-saving performance claims.

API Is Not Alone

April 30, 2025

Who are the major players in motor oil specification development right now, and how are they impacting the lubricants industry?

ATIEL launched two new resources designed to support lubricant marketers in aligning with ACEA oil sequences.