China recently introduced a ban on overloading transport vehicles, aiming to improve safety and road management. Some lube suppliers say more trips wi ...

Several countries in Asia are changing their approach to evaluating and restricting chemical substances, according to a global trade expert who recent ...

Dick Beercheck covers a report indicating that European automakers may have rigged fuel economy tests.

Lubricants needed by food, beverage and pharmaceutical producers must meet stringent technical and hygiene requirements, including national, internati ...

An Ohio congressman introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that calls tribology critical to the U.S. economy and urges the feder ...

A California bill that would have promoted longer engine oil drain intervals and placed further regulations on automotive service providers, including ...

The Nigerian Department of Petroleum Resources recently raided three unlicensed blenders in the north central state of Kwara for producing substandard ...

As higher fines loom for GHS label violations, a streamlined labeling tool could rescue distributors still trying to catch up. (Video!)

German daily Die Welt reported that the European Commission has found Volkswagen broke consumer laws in 20 European Union countries by cheating on emi ...

Dick Beercheck reviews the issues with Group III base oil interchange.

Founded in 1923 as an independent lube manufacturer, Verkol is in the midst of rebranding itself as part of the Quaker Chemical family of products.

The Tanzanian Bureau of Standards shut down a lubricants manufacturer and confiscated substandard, counterfeit lubricants from distributors as a resul ...

Russian police shut down a business in an old warehouse in Togliatti, Samara Oblast, last week that allegedly manufactured counterfeit motor oils of p ...

The Cabinet of Sri Lanka authorized the countrys Public Utilities Commission last week to act as regulator of the lubricants industry, part of the gov ...

While marine operators ponder Vessel General Permit compliance, the risk of violating other North American environmental regulations lurks just beneat ...

Ukraine’s state railway Ukrzaliznytsia resumed its normal lubricant supply after a court reviewed the state monopolys appeal of a previous court ...

Chinas GTS Chemical Holdings withdrew from the London Stock Exchange last week, saying the listing was too expensive and provided too little help in i ...

Sri Lankan officials decided last week to grant more licenses for lube suppliers, according to an executive from its state-owned oil company. The move ...

Canadas recent decision to remove amino methyl propanol from its list of volatile organic compounds – due to its negligible effect on formation ...

Several U.S. government agencies, including the Air Force, are testing the performance of biobased motor oils in non-tactical ground vehicles for poss ...