Current and future legislation is forcing original equipment manufacturers to find ways to improve fuel economy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions ac ...

A Canadian proposal to lower application rates for a formaldehyde-free biocide based on a mixture known as CMIT/MIT has drawn opposition over concerns ...

HELSINKI, FINLAND – Several working groups reported progress in developing test methods for specific purposes during the European Lubricating Gr ...

A newly published reanalysis of a 2010 study widely used to assess the hazards of formaldehyde found no link between exposure to the chemical and leuk ...

ATIEL, the European lubricant industrys technical association, released a new compliance policy to support lubricant marketers that make valid perform ...

Engine tests are the most expensive and time-consuming parts of engine oil specifications, so its no surprise that developers take time to consider ho ...

The Standards Organization of Nigeria arrested a lubricant counterfeiting syndicate in a town near the countrys capital city of Abuja, an agency spoke ...

A California agency is working to adopt regulatory language on a law prohibiting the sale of any engine oil deemed obsolete by the American Petroleum ...

Members of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association want to continue pioneering lower-viscosity oils by developing a specification for SAE 0W ...

White mineral oils in consumer products face numerous regulations. Dont natural oils deserve the same oversight?

Testing company Intertek Group plc announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of KJ Tech Services, a Germany-based company specializing ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider its use of Toxic Substances Control Act Section 5 to review medium- and long-chain chlorinate ...

The production of chlorinated paraffins for use in lubricant additives and metalworking fluids will grow steadily in coming years in the Asia-Pacific ...

In its initial public offering, Jiangsu Lopal Petrochemical Co. raised 494 million (U.S. $71.68 million) to build several new production, warehouse an ...

Pakistans Oil and Gas Regulation Authority has granted an unprecedented number of marketing licenses to lubricant players in recent months in hopes of ...

Five government agencies recently joined hands in an effort to curb illegal lubricant trading in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The group, which was als ...

The Japanese Automotive Standards Organization revised its diesel engine oil standard, JASO M355, to include a new fuel economy category for heavy-dut ...

Tianhe Chemicals Group Ltd. said it is complying with - but not the subject of - a Hong Kong government anti-bribery agencys investigation into possib ...

Emeka Umejei reports on the regulatory environment in Africa.

The American Petroleum Institute last week invoked provisional licensing for the ILSAC GF-5 and API SN with Resource Conserving passenger car engine o ...