Twenty Oil Associations And Committees

From extracting it from the ground to pouring it into your engine, the oil that we use in our cars, whether it is synthetic or mineral oil, goes through a long and complicated process. Governing these processes are many associations and committees. The following are 20 of those committees and associations:

1) AAMA (The American Automobile Manufacturers Association)
A trade association that represents car manufacturers headquartered in the United States. After the purchase of Chrysler by German Daimler-Benz the organization has been dissolved on December 31, 1998.

2) ACEA (Association des Constructeurs Europeens Automobiles)
This is the name of the new association of the European automobile manufacturers, formed in February 1991.

3) AGMA (American Gear Manufacturers Association)
The AGMA’s slogan is “Technology Driven. Globally Connected.” They are the responsible authority for the distribution of the knowledge pertaining to the design and analysis of gears.

4) AIAM (The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers)
The AIAM is a trade association representing 13 international motor vehicle manufacturers whose U.S. market share is 40 percent and growing.

5) ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
The American National Standards Institute is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards in the United States.

6) API (American Petroleum Institute)
A trade association that promotes U.S. petroleum interests, encourages development of petroleum technology, cooperates with the government in matters of national concern, and provides information on the petroleum industry to the government and the public.

7) ASLE (American Society of Lubrication Engineers)
This society is still in existence but is now known as the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). The ASLE had published standards for machine tool lubricants.

8) ASTM (American Society for Testing Materials)
Grade and quality specifications for petroleum products are determined by ASTM test methods.

9) CCMC (Comite des Constructeurs d’Automobile du Marche Commun)
European Common Market Automobile Manufacturers Association. This organization was dissolved at the end of 1990. ACEA, the new association of the European automobile manufacturers, formed in February 1991, and has decided to retain the CCMC oil sequences and their original designation for a transitional period.

10) CFR (Coordinating Fuel and Equipment Research Committee)
The committee is composed of engine manufacturers, petroleum-refiners, petroleum-consumers, universities, government, and other technical people who supervise cooperative testing and study engine fuels for the Coordinating Research Council, Inc.

11) CMA (Chemical Manufacturers Association)
The trade association responsible for the development and administration of the Petroleum Additives Panel Product Approval Code of Practice (CMA Code).

12) CRC (Coordinating Research Council Inc.)
An organization supported jointly by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), which administers the work of the Coordinating Fuel and Equipment Research Committee (CFR) and other committees pertaining to correlation of test work on fuels, lubricants and engines.

13) DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung)
DIN is the German national organization for standardization and is that country’s ISO member body.

14) EOLCS (Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System)
An administrative process and legally enforceable system by which API authorizes marketers of engine oil to display an API Mark or Marks on oils that meet specified industry standards, as prescribed in a formal licensing agreement.

15) EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
A federal agency established in 1970 to abate and control pollution through monitoring, regulation, and enforcement, and to coordinate and support environmental research.

16) ILMA (The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association)
A trade association of businesses engaged in compounding, blending, formulating, packaging, marketing, and distributing lubricants.

17) ILSAC (The International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee)
A joint committee of AAMA and JAMA members that assists in the development of new minimum oil performance standards.

18) ISO (International Standards Organization)
This organization, which is worldwide in scope, sets standards and classifications for lubricants

19) JASO (Japanese Automobile Standards Organization)
JASO is comprised of automobile and truck manufacturers, oil and oil additive companies, and government authorities.

20) SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
The organization responsible for the establishment of many U.S. automotive and aviation standards, including the viscosity classifications of engine oils and gear oils.

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