SPEC DEVELOPMENT SLOGS ON THROUGH PANDEMIC

摘要

People from many organizations must come together to advance lubricant specifications, ensuring that engines old and new continue to be protected. The COVID-19 pandemic has made doing so more difficult, impeding early work on the next North American heavy-duty diesel engine oil categories and slowing rollout of the latest ACEA sequences from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, which were published in April.Infineum Industry Liaison Manager Joan Evans told Lubes'n'Greases that work in North America has faced additional obstacles from hurricanes and other severe weather that taxed resources, and the transition between United States presidential administrations, which altered the legislative environment. "Our industry's supply chains have been strained for over a year now with these events, and it is sometimes difficult to concentrate efforts on future activities when the present creates such challenges," she said.