The European Automobile Manufacturers Associations 2018 engine oil sequences will be delayed until at least mid-2020, ACEAs heavy-duty diesel chairman ...

Chinese lubricant marketers generally follow lubricant specifications developed in North America or Europe, but one of the markets leading suppliers f ...

Brazils government is considering a proposed overhaul of its regulations of chemicals - a step that would be in line with the growing numbers of natio ...

The recent departures of three veteran leaders has left a shortage of experience among the North American collection of committees that develop automo ...

The European Parliament voted Wednesday to adopt stricter carbon dioxide emission standards for new cars and vans in the European Union after 2020 in ...

The Association of Indonesian Lubricants Distributors, Importers and Producers (Perdippi) is taking legal actions to try to nullify a mandatory nation ...

Advanced machinery in Chinas increasing number of Industry 4.0-enabled factories is accelerating demand for cutting-edge metalworking fluids.

The American Petroleum Institute is posting information on unauthorized oils displaying API engine oil certification marks on a new web page, as part ...

The Lubricant Producers Association of Nigeria asked the countrys government to raise the tariff on imported finished lubricants to 50 percent to prot ...

The Japanese Automotive Standards Organization is preparing for adoption next month of a new specification for ultra-low-viscosity 0W-12 and 0W-8 pass ...

Vessel operators and oil marketers are girding for the impacts that IMO 2020 will have on shipping and marine lubricants, but an industry analyst pred ...

With Brexit only a few weeks away and still no firm withdrawal agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union uncertainties abound about ...

Europes lubricant industry has fallen far behind in the development of base oil interchange and viscosity grade read-across guidelines but is now work ...

Shandong province aims by 2020 to replace all local diesel vehicles that don't comply with emissions standards newer than China 3 - which was adopted ...

Vietnams implementation of a mandatory national lubricant standard last December may reduce the availability of low quality recycled lubricants, but o ...

There is increasing talk in the lubricants industry about a range of technologies collectively referred to as Industry 4.0 and how they can be used to ...

Government application of economic sanctions is on the rise, and that can create complications during an age of global trade. Companies in a wide rang ...

ASTM International approved as a standard a new small scale oxidation test that provides more accurate results for biobased greases. The approval culm ...

Competition rules in the European Union allow automakers to recommend certain brands of replacement parts, including engine oils and other lubricants, ...

Indonesia, the largest automotive market in Southeast Asia, is considering new fiscal policies and regulations to encourage production and purchases o ...