ILMA Files Lawsuit to Protect Independent Lubricant Manufacturers
ILMA filed a lawsuit today in Colorado state court challenging how the state is implementing its packaging recycling law, known as the […]
California’s SB 343 Sparks Multi-State Labeling Conflict for Lubricant Industry
ILMA members have been familiar for decades with the “chasing arrows” logo — three rotating arrows forming a triangle — on the […]
Refund Status of Voided Trump Tariffs: What ILMA Members Need to Know
Update (2/24): President Trump has walked back the Section 122 duties to 10%, though he will consider raising them to 15% in the […]
ILMA Denounces Smitty’s Supply, Steps Up Compliance Testing
In light of findings from the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspection of the Smitty’s Supply facility in Roseland, Louisiana, the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA) […]
US-India Trade Deal Reduces Tariffs on Castor Oil Products
President Trump announced yesterday that the U.S. and India have agreed to a bilateral trade deal under which the U.S. will cut […]
OSHA Extends HazCom Compliance Deadlines
OSHA has issued a final rule, extending the compliance deadlines set in the agency’s 2024 amendments to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). […]
ILMA Challenges Hazardous Chemical Inventory Reporting Action
On November 17, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a direct final rule that would align hazardous chemical inventory reporting under […]
CPSC Backs Away from Regulating Pre-Filled Fuel Additive Containers
After more than three years of sustained advocacy by ILMA and its partner organizations, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has effectively […]
New Mexico PFAS Products Law: What Lubricant Manufacturers Need to Know
New Mexico has enacted legislation regulating products that contain intentionally added per- or poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), with final implementing regulations expected in […]
Cautious Optimism in North America’s Lubricant Talent Market
In the Lubricants Talent Report 2025, published by industry recruitment firm and ILMA member ABN Resource, the United States emerges with one […]
Electrification to Trim Heavy-Duty Volumes but Boost Market Value Through 2040
A new Kline & Co. report commissioned by ILMA finds that while commercial vehicle electrification will gradually reduce lubricant volumes in the […]
Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Generate $15.2 Billion in Economic Activity Across North America
Independent lubricant manufacturers continue to punch well above their weight in the North American economy, according to a new economic impact analysis […]
