Organizations

AAMA
American Automobile Manufacturer Association.

ACEA
Association des Contructeurs Europeens (Association of European Automotive Manufacturers)

AGMA
“American Gear Manufacturers Associations,” an organization serving the gear industry.

ANSI
American National Standards Institute

API
American Petroleum Institute

ASEAN
Association of South-East Asian Nations

ASLE
American Society of Lubrication Engineers. Changed now to Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE).

ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers

ASTM
American Society for Testing and Materials - a society for developing standards for materials and test methods.

ATC
Technical Committee of the Petroleum Additive Manufacturers

ATIEL
Association Technique de l’industrie Europeene des Lubrifiants

BTC
British Technical Council.

CAFE
Corporate Average Fuel Economy

CARB
California Air Resources Board

CCMC
Comite des Contructeurs d’Automobile de Marche Commun (Commont Market Automobile Manufacturers Association).

CEC
Coordinating European Council

CFR
Coordinating Fuel and Equipment Research Committee, 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.

CMA
Chemical Manufacturers Association.

CONCAWE
Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe.

CL (Cleanliness level)
A measure of relative freedom from contaminants.

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, engines, etc.

CUNA
Commissione Tecnica de Unificazione nel l’ Autoveicolo.

DAP
Detroit Advisory Panel

DIN
Deutsche Koordinierungsausschuss

EFTC
Engine Fuels Technical Committee

ELTC
Engine Lubricants Technical Committee

EMA
Engine Manufacturers Association

EOLCS
Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency

GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

ILMA
Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association

ILSAC
International Lubricants Standardization & Approval Committee

IP
Institute of Petroleum

ISO
International Standards Organization

JAMA
Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association

JASO
Japanese Automobile Standards Organizations

JIS
Japanese Industrial Standards

JSAE
Society of Automotive Engineers, Japan

LRI
Lubricants Review Institute

MVMA
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association

NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement

NFPA
National Fluid Power Association

NEMA
National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NLGI
National Lubricating Grease Institute

NMMA
National Marine Manufacturers Association

NVMA
National Vehicle Manufacturers Association

OECD
Organization Economic Cooperation and Development

RSI
Registrations Systems Inc

SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers

SSU
Saybolt Universal Seconds (SUS), a unit of measure used to indicate viscosity, e.g., SSU @ 40° F

STLE
Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers, formerly ASLE, American Society of Lubrication Engineers.

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