As the Association of Southeast Asia Nations moves to eliminate intra-regional tariffs by 2018, analysts say member countries non-tariff measures coul ...

LONDON – The process for developing automotive engine oil specifications has been a hot topic for the past several years. Many in the lubricants ...

ATIEL, the European lubricants industrys technical association, released a new version of its Code of Practice, which provides guidance for developers ...

In late December, Californias Department of Food and Agricultures Division of Measurement Standards disclosed that Smittys Supply Inc. paid $751,555 t ...

The South Korean government has moved to eliminate more than half of all registered domestic lubricants manufacturers in an effort to weed out non-ope ...

Holdups keep hounding the creators of ILSAC GF-6, API SP and Dexos1:2015 engine oils, as if they were stuck in Groundhog Day. General Motors' Eric Joh ...

Grease and bearing performance go hand in hand, but these days bearings long outlive their lubricants. Researchers continue the quest for longer servi ...

A consultant from the U.K.s REACH Centre summarizes the status of the regulations implementation.

Brazils National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels raised the minimum performance levels for lubricants sold in Brazil, effective from the ...

A turf spat between government agencies has lubricant blenders in Nigeria doing double the paperwork and paying double the fees. Nigerian lube compani ...

Japan removed hydraulic fluids, mainly silahydrocarbon oils, from the Export Trade Control Order list of goods, opening the way for exports to begin J ...

China implemented National V fuel emissions standard nationwide last week. Lubricant additive supplier Infineum International called it a reminder tha ...

Haynes Publishing Group, known best for its owners workshop manuals, recently acquired Oats Ltd., a technology business that provides lubricant inform ...

A local lubricant and grease association was recently founded in Tianjin, China, a city near Beijing that has attracted a growing number of blenders.

Many attending the Auto-Oil Advisory Panel meeting earlier this month in Orlando, Florida, were braced for unpleasant news, but the reality was still ...

Australias Jan. 1 deadline to comply with a global system of chemical labeling requirements has some of the market's lube traders scrambling to prepar ...

ORLANDO, Florida – ILSAC GF-6, the passenger car engine oil upgrade now under development, has slipped behind schedule again and may not get its ...

Licensing began last week for the latest engine oil specifications from Europes auto industry – a long-awaited update that significantly raises ...

The Union of the European Lubricant Industry recently helped defeat a proposal to bring bulk lubricants under the European Unions Excise Movement and ...

Diesel engine oils meeting the American Petroleum Institutes new standards, API CK-4 and FA-4, will begin appearing in the marketplace tomorrow, beari ...