Maintaining old tests and making new ones back serviceable.

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

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

Lubrizol CV1150 heavy duty motor oil additive package meets China’s GB D1 specification for heavy duty engines.

PC-12 is in the works. How may the new category differ from its predecessor?

Certas Lubricant Solution was quick to withdraw a legacy automotive lubricant after a Verification of Lubrication Specifications investigation upheld ...

Is the lubricants business on its way to commoditization? Tom Glenn weighs in.

ILSAC GF-7, the next passenger car engine oil specification due to market in four months, will make engines significantly cleaner and provide another ...

As first license for GF-7 nears, lubricant manufacturers must adjust their blending strategies to meet new performance requirements.

Commercialization of Europe’s new industry engine oil standard for heavy-duty diesel engines opened on Oct. 15, allowing lubricant marketers to prom ...

Steve Haffner discusses the benefits of ILSAC GF-7 as well as some of the concerns stakeholders had that have now been resolved.

The Japanese Automotive Standards Organization has developed a specification for new generation of ultra-high viscosity index gasoline passenger car e ...

Steve Haffner explores how stakeholder alignment for ILSAC GF-7 has differed from that of past categories.

Two of Europe’s important lubricant industry trade groups – ATIEL and UEIL – have formed a joint committee to work on sustainability topics of i ...

China is close to approving D1, the nation’s first diesel engine oil performance specification, a speaker from China National Petroleum Corp. said a ...

ILSAC GF-7, the next pair of industry performance specifications for engine oils used in conventional light-duty vehicles, has been sent to ballot by ...

Want to license an engine oil? Certify a lubricating grease? Sell an approved outboard motor oil? Verify that your food-grade lubricant meets internat ...

People from many organizations must come together to advance lubricant specifications, ensuring that engines both old and new continue to be protected ...

The timeline below illustrates the sheer number of engine oil categories required to meet today’s demands compared to a half of a century ago. W ...