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AA BOI SWG
ATC–ATIEL BOI Strategic Working Group
AA CoPAG
ATC–ATIEL Code of Practice Alignment Group
AA HSE Group
ATC–ATIEL HSE Group
AA REACH-GES
ATC–ATIEL REACH Generic Exposure Scenarios
AAA
ACEA–ATC–ATIEL
AAM
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (USA)
AAMA
American Automobile Manufacturers Association (obsolete, replaced by AAA)
AASSG
ATC–ATIEL Strategic Steering Group
ABOT
Aluminium Beaker Oxidation Test
ACC
American Chemical Council (USA)
ACEA
European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
ACEM
The Motorcycle Industry in Europe
ACERT
Advanced Combustion Emission Reduction Technology (of Caterpillar)
AECC
Association for Emissions Control by Catalyst (EU)
AFNOR
Association Française de Normalisation
AFPM
American Fuels and Petroleum Manufacturers
AFR
Air/Fuel Ratio
AFV
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
AGMA
American Gear Manufacturers Association
AGO
Automotive Gas Oil
AGP
Automotive Guidance Panel
AGV
Area Gray Values
AI
Active Ingredient
AIAG
Automotive Industry Action Group
AMAP
Aftermarket Audit Program (of API)
AMT
Automated Manual Transmission
AN
Acid Number or Alkylated Naphthalene
ANFAVEA
Associaçao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores (association of vehicle manufacturers of Brasil)
ANPRM
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (USA EPA)
ANSES
Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AOAP
Auto/Oil Advisory Panel
API
American Petroleum Institute
ASME
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM
ASTM International – Standard development organisation
ATC
Technical Committee of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers in Europe
ATF
Automatic Transmission Fluid
ATIEL
The technical association of the European lubricants industry
ATV
All-Terrain Vehicle
BCP
Bench, Chemical and Physical Properties
BDFI
Biodiesel Flow Improvers
BDSI
Biodiesel Stability Improvers
BEE
Bureau Européen de l’Environnement also EEB
BLF
British Lubricants Federation
BMEP
Brake Mean Effective Pressure
BN
Base Number
BNP
Bureau de Normalisation des Pétrole
BOCLE
Ball On Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator
BOI
Base Oil Interchange
BOISI
Base Oil Intra-slate Interchange
BP
Bore Polish
BRIC
Brazil, Russia, India and China
BRT
Ball Rust Test
BS
Base Stock or Bright Stock
BSI
British Standards Institute
BSN
Bacharach Smoke Number
BTC
BTC Testing Advisory Group (previously The British Technical Council of the Motor and Petroleum Industries)
BTU
British Thermal Units
CA
Competent Authority (of the European Commission)
CAAM
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers
CAF
Clean Air for Europe
CAFE
Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CAGR
Compound Annual Growth Rate
CARACAL
Competent Authorities for REACH Classification and Labelling
CARB
California Air Resources Board
CBI
Confidential Business Information
CCD
Combustion Chamber Deposit
CCMC
Comité des Constructeurs d’Automobiles du Marché Commun (obsolete, replaced by ACEA)
CCS
Cold Cranking Simulator
CD
Coefficient of Drag
CDX
Catalytic Dewaxing
CEC
Co-ordinating European Council for the Development of Performance Tests for Transportation Fuels, Lubricants & Other Fluids
CEFIC
European Chemical Industry Council
CEN
European Committee for Standardisation (Comité Européen de Normalisation)
CEPS
Central Europe Pipeline System
CFC
Chlorinated Fluorocarbon
CFPP
Cold Filter Plugging Point
CGO
Cracked Gas Oil
CHP
Combined Heat and Power
CI
Compression Ignition
CIA
Chemical Industries Association
CIMAC
International Council on Combustion Engines
CLEPA
European Association of Automotive Suppliers
CLOG
Category Life Oversight Group
CLP
Classification, Labelling and Packaging
CMS
Cummins Material Specification
CNG
Compressed Natural Gas
COAT
Caterpillar engine Oil Aeration Test
COC
Cleveland Open Cup (flash point)
CONCAWE
European Oil Company Organisation for Environment, Health and Safety. The acronym originally stood for ‘Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe’
CoP
Code of Practice
CoRAP
Community Rolling Action Programme
COSHH
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
cP
Centipoise
CPD
Cloud Point Depressant
CR
Common Rail (diesel injection)
CRC
Co-ordinating Research Council (USA)
CRT
Continuously Regenerating Trap
cSt
Centistokes
CSTCC
Controlled Slip Torque Converter Clutches
CUNA
Commissione Tecnica di Unificazione nell’Autoveicolo (Italy)
CV
Constant Velocity (joints)
CVL
Commercial Vehicle Lubricant
CVT
Continuously Variable Transmission
DASMIN
Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle Mineralöl GmbH (D)
DCR
Declaration of REACH Conformity
DCT
Dual-Clutch Transmission
DEOP
Diesel Engine Oil Advisory Panel (API/EMA)
DFI
Direct Fuel Injection
DGMK
Society for Petroleum and Coal Science and Technology (Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle e.V.) (D)
DHyCa
Direction des Hydrocarbures et des Carburants
DI
Detergent Inhibitor
DIN
Deutsches Institut für Normung – German Institute for Standardisation
DLC
Diamond-Like Carbon
DME
Di-Methyl Ether
DOC
Diesel Oxidation Catalyst
DOE
Department of Energy (USA)
DOHC
Double Overhead Cam (twin cam)
DPD
Dangerous Preparations Directive
DPF
Diesel Particulate Filter
DRC
Declaration of REACH Conformity
DSC
Differential Scanning Calorimeter
DSD
Dangerous Substances Directive
DYNO
Dynamometer
EAPCCT
European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists
EC
European Commission
ECA
Emission Control Areas
ECB
European Chemicals Bureau (also called ISPRA)
ECCC
Electronically Controlled Converter Clutch
ECETOC
European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals
ECHA
European Chemicals Agency
ED10
Effective Dose effective for 10% of the population
EEB
European Environmental Bureau also BEE
EEDI
Energy Efficiency Design Index
EELQMS
European Engine Lubricants Quality Management System
EEV
Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicles and Engines
EFI
Electronic Fuel Injection
EFOA
European Fuel Oxygenates Association
EGR
Exhaust Gas Recirculation
EHD
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication
EHS
Environmentally Hazardous Substances
EI
Energy Institute – merger between the Institute of Petroleum (IP) and the Institute of Energy (InstE)
EINECS
European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances
EKS
Electronic Knock Sensor
ELGI
European Lubricating Grease Institute
ELINCS
European List of Notified Chemical Substances
EMA
Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association
EMD
ElectroMotive Diesel
EOFT
Engine Oil Filterability Test
EOLCS
Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System (of API)
EOVC
Engine Oil Viscosity Classification
EP
Extreme Pressure
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
EPEFE
European Programme on Emissions, Fuels & Engine Technologies
ERC
European Registration Centre (of ATC)
ERRMA
European Renewable Raw Materials Association<
ERTRAC
European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
ESI
Engine Service Interval
ESR
Existing Substances Regulation
ETC
European Transient Test Cycle
ETD
Energy Taxation Directive
ETS
Emissions Trading System (EU)
EU
European Union
EUCAR
European Council for Automotive R&D
EUDC
Extra-Urban driving cycle
EUI
Electronic Unit Injector
EUROPIA
European Petroleum Industry Association
EVA
Ethyl Vinyl Acetate
FAME
Fatty Acid Methyl Ester
FAP
Filtre a Particules (see DPF)
FAU
First Allowable Use
FBC
Fuel Borne Catalyst
FBP
Final Boiling Point
FDA
Food & Drug Administration (USA)
FE
Fuel Economy
FEI
Fuel Economy Improvement
FIE
Fuel Injection Equipment
FQD
Fuel Quality Directive
FTC
Federal Trade Commission (USA)
FTIR
Fourier Transform Infrared (spectroscopy)
FTP
Federal Test Procedure (USA)
Functional leadership
Professional with broad knowledge and skills, who may also have had cross functional experience, and now aspires to lead teams in their area of expertise
FVA
Fumarate Vinyl Acetate
FWD
Front Wheel Drive
FZG
Forschungsstelle für Zahnräder und Getriebebau: Technische Hochschule München (D) (Wear Rig)
GAARN
Group Assessing Already Registered Nanomaterials
GADSL
Global Automotive Declarable Substance List
GC
Gas Chromatography
GCD
Gas Chromatographic Simulated Distillation
GDI
Gasoline (engine) Direct Injection
GEO
Gas Engine Oil
GER
Global Emerging Regulations
GES
Global Exposure Scenarios
GF-
ILSAC Specification
GFC
Groupement Français de Coordination
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
GHS
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
GMOD
General Motors Oxidation and Deposits test
GO
Gear Oil
GRPE
Groupe des Rapporteurs pour la Pollution et l’Energie
GTL
Gas to Liquids
HC
Hydrocarbons
HCCI
Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
HCFC
Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
HD
Heavy-Duty (vehicle or lubricant)
HDD
Heavy-Duty Diesel
HDDEO
Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Oil
HDS
Hydrogenated Styrene Diene
HEUI
Hydraulically Actuated Electronically Controlled Unit Injectors
HEV
Hybrid Electric Vehicles
HFC
Hydrofluorocarbon
HFFI
Heavy Fuel Flow Improver
HFO
Heavy Fuel Oil
HFRR
High Frequency Reciprocating Rig
HGO
Heating Gas Oil
HP
Horsepower
HSD
Hydrogenated Styrene Diene
HSDI
High Speed Direct Injection (diesel engine)
HSE
Health, Safety, Environment
HSE (UK)
Health and Safety Executive
HTHS
High Temperature High Shear
I/M
Inspection and Maintenance
IBP
Initial Boiling Point
ICCA
International Council of Chemical Associations
ICE
Internal Combustion Engine
IChemE
Institution of Chemical Engineers
ICOMIA
International Council of Marine Industry Associations
ICP
Inductively Coupled Plasma (emission spectroscopy)
IDI
Indirect Injection
IEA
International Energy Agency
IFO
Intermediate Fuel Oil (marine bunker fuel)
IFP
Institut Français du Pétrole or IFP Energies nouvelles (F)
IFQC
International Fuel Quality Center
IGO
Industrial Gas Oil
ILMA
Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association
ILSAC
International Lubricants Standardization and Advisory Committee
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IR
Infrared
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISOT
Indiana Stirred Oxidation Test
IVD
Inlet Valve Deposit
JALOS
Japanese Lubricating Oil Society
JAMA
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Society Inc
JARI
Japan Automobile Research Institute
JASO
Japanese Standards Organisation
JAST
Japanese Society of Tribologists
JIS
Japanese Industrial Standards
JSAE
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan
K-REACH
Korea REACH (see REACH)
KPIs
Key Performance Indicators
KW
Kilowatt
LAAPP
Lubricant Additive Alkyl Phenol Panel
LAC
Lowest Additive Concentration
LCV
Light Commercial Vehicle
LDF
Long Drain Field test (Scania testing standard)
LEV
Low Emissions Vehicle
LLINCWA
Lubrication in Inland and Coastal Water Activities
LMOA
Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association (USA)
LOA
Letters of Access (REACH WGs)
LOFI
Lubricant Oil Flow Improver
LPG
Liquid Petroleum Gas
LRG
Lead Replacement Gasoline
LRI
Lubricants Review Institute (USA)
LS
Limited Slip
LSD
Low Sulphur Diesel
LSPI
Low Speed Pre Ignition
LTFT
Low Temperature Flow Test
MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
MCO
Motorcycle Oil
MDCL
Marine Diesel Cylinder Lubricant
MDFI
Middle Distillate Flow Improver
MDO
Marine Diesel Oil
MEPC
Marine Environment Protection Committee
MFVM
Multifunctional Viscosity Modifier
MG
Multigrade or Market General
MGO
Marine Gas Oil
MIL
Military Specification
MIRA
Motor Industry Research Association
MITI
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
MOC
Mineral Oil Content
MON
Motor Octane Number
MRV
Mini Rotary Viscometer
MS
Molecular Sieving
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
MTAC
Multiple Test Acceptance Criteria
MTBE
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
MTEP
Multiple Test Evaluation Procedures
MTF
Manual Transmission Fluid
MVEG
Motor Vehicles Emissions Group
MY
Model Year
NCDT
New Category Development Team
NCWM
National Conference on Weights and Measures
NEDC
New European Driving Cycle
NESCAUM
North East States for Co-ordinated Air Use Management
NGEO
Natural Gas Engine Oil
NGLI
National Lubricating Grease Institute (USA)
NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
NGVA
Natural Gas Vehicle Association
NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NMMA
National Marine Manufacturers Association
NMOG
Non-Methane Organic Gases
NOACK
Apparatus/Method for Volatility Measurement
NOx
Nitrous Oxides
NREL
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NSF
NSF International – public health and safety organisation
NSPA
NATO’s Integrated Logistics and Services Provider Agency
OA
Operability Additive
OBD
On-Board Diagnostics
OCP
Olefin Co-Polymer
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OEMs
Original Equipment Manufacturers
OICA
Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (formerly BPICA)
OIT
Oxidation Induction Time
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEST
Oil Protection and Emission System Test
ORI
Octane Requirement Increase
PACS
Priority Assessment of Chemical Substances
PAG
Polyalkylene Glycol
PAH
Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbon
PAI
Peak Area Increase
PAJ
Petroleum Association of Japan
PAO
Polyalphaolefins
PBT
Persistent, Bio-accumulative and Toxic
PBTVCC
PBT Value Chain Collaboration team
PC-
API Categories for Diesel Engines (prior to introduction)
PCA
Polycyclic Aromatic
PCD
Passenger Car Diesel
PCEO
Passenger Car Engine Oil
PCEOCP
Passenger Car Engine Oil Classification Panel
PCMO
Passenger Car Motor Oil
PCV
Positive Crankcase Ventilation
PDA
Premium Diesel Additive
PDSC
Pressure Differential Scanning Calorimetry
PEV
Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Pure Electric Vehicles
PFI
Port Fuel Injection
PIB
Polyisobutene
PIO
Poly Internal Olefin
PM
Particulate Matter
PMA
Polymethacrylate
PME
Palm Oil Methyl Ester
PMx
Particulate Matter with particle size below x microns
PNA
Polynuclear Aromatic
POE
Polyolester
POP
Persistent Organic Pollutant
PPD
Pour Point Depressant
PTF
Power Transmission Fluid
PTFE
Polytetrafluoroethylene
PTO
Power Takeoff
PVD
Physical Vapour Definition
PVL
Passenger Vehicle Lubricant
QSAR
Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship
R&D
Research and Development
RAC
Risk Assessment Committee
RDS
Risk Determining Substances
REACH
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals
RED
Renewable Energy Directive
RFO
Residual Fuel Oil
RME
Rapeseed Methyl Esther
RON
Research Octane Number
RPM
Revolutions Per Minute
RR
Railroad
RVP
Reid Vapour Pressure
SAE
SAE International – Society of Automotive Engineers
SAN
Strong Acid Number
SAPS
Sulphated Ash, Phosphorus, Sulphur
SCENIHR
Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks
SCR
Selective Catalytic Reduction
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SDS
Safety Data Sheet
SDSD
Safety Data Sheet Directive
SDX
Solvent Dewaxing
SEEMP
Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan
Senior management
Leveraging broad business knowledge and skills with the aspiration to lead a large part of the organisation
SFPP
Simulated Filter Plugging Point
SG
Single Grade (monograde)
SHPD
Super High Performance Diesel (oil)
SI
Système International (system of units)
SIAM
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
SIAR
Screening Information Assessment Report
SIDS
Screening Information Data Sets
SIEF
Substance Information Exchange Forum (within REACH)
SIG
Strategy Implementation Group (CEFIC)
SIP
Styrene Isoprene Co-Polymers
SLBOCLE
Scuffing Load Ball On Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator
SME
Small and Medium Enterprise or Soy(a) Methyl Ester
SMMT
Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (UK)
SNV
Schweizerische Normen Vereiniung, Swiss Association for Standardization
SPE
Society of Petroleum Engineers (EU)
Specialist
Deep knowledge or technical expert within a function
SPERC
Special Environmental Release Categories
SSI
Shear Stability Index
STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths
STLE
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
STUO
Super Tractor Universal Oil
TAD
Technische Vereinigung für Mineralöladditive in Deutschland
TAN
Total Acid Number
TBS
Tapered Bearing Simulator
TEL
Tetraethyl Lead
TEOST
Thermal Oxidation Engine Oil Simulation Test
TGA
Thermogravimetric Analysis
TGF
Top Groove Fill
THF
Tractor Hydraulic Fluid
THOT
Turbo Hydra-Matic Oxidation Test (of General Motors)
TISI
Thai Industrial Standards Institute
TLEV
Transitional Low Emissions Vehicle
TMC
Test Monitoring Centre (of ASTM)
TML
Tetramethyl Lead
ToR
Terms of Reference
TPEO
Trunk Piston Engine Oil
TPV
Tapered Plug Viscometer
TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act (USA)
TUV
Technischer Überwachungs Verien – organisations that work to validate the safety of products (D)
TWC
Three-Way Catalyst
UBA
Umweltbundesamt (German federal environment agency)
UEIL
European Union of Independent Lubricant Manufacturers
UFIP
Union Française des Industries Pétrolières
UFOR
Umweltforschungsdatenbank
UHC
Unburnt Hydrocarbon
UKAS
United Kingdom Accreditation Service
UKLA
United Kingdom Lubricants Association
UKPIA
United Kingdom Petroleum Industry Association
ULEV
Ultra-Low-Emissions Vehicle
ULSD
Ultra-Low-Sulphur Diesel
ULSK
Ultra Low Sulphur Kerosene
UNECE
UN Economic Commission for EU
UNGRPE
UN Group of Reporters on Pollution and Energy
UNI
Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (Italian organisation for standardisation)
UTAC
Union Technique de l’Automobile, du Motocycle et du Cycle (F)
UV
Ultraviolet
UVCB
Unknown or Variable Compositions, Complex reaction products and Biological materials
VCI
Verband der Chemischen Industrie
VDMA
Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau
VDS
Volvo Drain Specification
VGO
Vacuum Gas Oil
VGRA
Viscosity Grade Read Across
VI
Viscosity Index
VM
Viscosity Modifier
VOC
Volatile Organic Compound
VPS
Vacuum Pipestill
vPvT
Very Persistent and/or Very Toxic
VT
Valve Train
VVT
Variable Valve Timing
WAF
Water Accumulated Fraction
WAFI
Wax Anti Settling Flow Improver
WASA
Wax Anti Settling Additive
WCM
Wax Crystal Modifier
WDFQS
Winter Diesel Fuel Quality Survey
WFD
Waste Framework Directive
WHDC
World Harmonized Drive Cycle
WLTP
Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedures
WOE
Weight of Evidence
WOT
Wide Open Throttle
WOTAG
Waste Oil Technical Advisory Group (UK)
WTD
Weighted Total Demerits (of engine test ratings)
WTI
West Texas Intermediate
ZDDP
Zinc Dialkyl Dithiophosphate
ZDTP
Zinc Dialkyl Dithiophosphate
ZEV
Zero Emissions Vehicle
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