Specs

NLGI Unveils New Grease Specs
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NLGI Unveils New Grease Specs

Lube Report Americas - July 8, 2020

The National Lubricating Grease Institute has scheduled a January launch for a program to certify high-performance multi ...

Q1 Sales Up for Clean Harbors, HCC

Q1 Sales Up for Clean Harbors, HCC

May 5, 2020

Clean Harbors’ Safety-Kleen segment and Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment both reported higher revenues ...

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GF-6, SP Hit Market May 1

April 29, 2020

First licensing for ILSAC GF-6A and GF-6B and API SP is scheduled to begin May 1. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s impa ...

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API Invokes Provisional Licensing

April 7, 2020

The American Petroleum Institute invoked provisional licensing for a key bench oxidation test for ILSAC GF-6 and API SP, ...

LSPI Concerns Center on Age of Oil

LSPI Concerns Center on Age of Oil

February 19, 2020

ILSAC GF-6 is on its home stretch to commercial introduction on May 1, but automakers and the lubricant industry are que ...

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Worries Raised Over Heavy-duty Engine Tests

January 8, 2020

The next heavy-duty engine oil category in North America is not expected for seven years, and industry insiders worry th ...

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Panelists Encourage ILSAC-ATIEL Cooperation

January 1, 2020

The world's two leading engine oil specification groups have developed a closer working relationship in recent years, wh ...

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GM Releases Dexos1 Gen 3 Details

December 18, 2019

After previously saying it would release Dexos1 Gen 3 in January and begin commercial licensing during the second quarte ...

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Mexico to Revamp Motor Oil Standards

December 4, 2019

The Mexican government is preparing to publish new national engine oil standards that are modeled on those in the United ...

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Gauging Past, Future Heavy-duty Engine Oils

September 18, 2019

Maintaining older categories when the industry is at risk of not having the necessary engine tests to keep them alive is ...

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FA-4 Oils Make Gradual Inroads

September 11, 2019

Although managers of heavy-duty truck fleets understand the fuel economy benefits of API FA-4 engine oils, many remain h ...

NLGI Pursues Future Grease Specs

NLGI Pursues Future Grease Specs

August 14, 2019

The National Lubricating Grease Institute yesterday announced a collaboration with the Center for Quality Assurance to d ...

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Optimizing Specification Development

July 10, 2019

A proposed new engine oil specification development process would disconnect engine test development from the specificat ...

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Sequence IVB Rules Approved

July 3, 2019

The API Lubricants Group closed the last key Base Oil Interchange/Viscosity Grade Read-Across task force ballots and ind ...

API Unveils New Logo for SAE 0W-16

API Unveils New Logo for SAE 0W-16

June 12, 2019

The North American auto industry now has a formal schedule for commercial introduction of the next passenger car motor o ...

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Approvals Cease for P Industrial Lubes

May 15, 2019

The laboratory that provided testing and certification for P hydraulic fluid and gear oil specifications has ceased oper ...

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ILMA Calls for Economy THF Spec

May 8, 2019

Amidst efforts to rid the market of 303 tractor hydraulic fluids, the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association ha ...