Revamped ATIEL website

Revised Charter

ACEA 2004 sequences

Chemical limits

New brochure

The ATIEL website has been completely revamped to improve its user-friendliness and effectiveness.

The new website provides easy access to the ATIEL Code of Practice and other useful content including a list of members, industry diary, recent ATIEL technical papers, and links to related industry organisations. www.atiel.org

ATIEL is to broaden the scope of its programmes under a new, revised Charter. The change will allow ATIEL to undertake non-technical activities, such as EU Commission lobbying and marketing-related discussions with organisations such as ACEA.

A number of new committees have already been established to deal with used oil, the REACH European chemical legislation and Ecolabelling.

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) recently published its latest engine oil sequences (ACEA 2004).

Developed following extensive discussion with ATIEL and ATC, the new sequences set out European OEM quality recommendations for service fill lubricants used in gasoline, light- and heavy-duty diesel engines. As with previous ACEA sequences, compliance with the ATIEL Code of Practice is mandatory for any claim to meet ACEA 2004 requirements.

Among the major changes in ACEA 2004 are three new C category lubricants for use in gasoline and light-duty diesel engines using exhaust after-treatment technologies to comply with the latest Euro IV emissions standards. New chemical limits placed on C category oils require a new approach to oil formulation to ensure existing standards of protection and performance are maintained.

Claims against the ACEA 2004 sequences can be made immediately, and become mandatory in November 2005.

The increasing trend towards low SAPS (sulphated ash, phosphorus, and sulphur) oil sequences raises major issues for lubricants formulators. A technical presentation on ATIEL’s position in relation to these formulations is available on the ATIEL website.

To view the presentation click here.

A brochure outlining the activities of ATIEL has been produced. It provides information on ATIEL’s role in bringing together the knowledge and experience of Europe’s leading oil companies, acting as a focal point for lubricants technical issues, and helping to establish recognised quality standards.

To download a PDF of the brochure, or order a hard copy, click here.