More than half of all grease produced during 2015 was made in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institute’s Grease Production Survey Report.

Japan’s top four lubricant companies are expected to merge into two entities by 2017, events that could significantly reduce competition. Foreign brands are unlikely to take up much slack, observers say, due to difficulty entering the market.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) GL rating system is intended for gear oil specifications. While a manual transmission does in fact have gears, it may also contain other components such as synchronizers. 

As a part of the new API CK-4 and FA-4 heavy-duty diesel oil categories, a newly proposed ASTM International test standard (WK52873) has been introduced – the first oxidation test in the United States to run on diesel.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed a cleanliness code that is the primary piece of data reviewed on most industrial oil analysis reports. The value of this code can...

Japan will have excess supply of API Group I base stocks because demand is shifting to Group II and Group III to meet specifications for fuel-efficient automotive engines dominating the local market, industry experts told Lube Report Asia.