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Abbreviations       Organizations

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 dell' 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.