Anti-counterfeiting

Police Swoop on Fake Oil Factory
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Police Swoop on Fake Oil Factory

August 14, 2024

Law enforcement over the weekend seized drums of counterfeit Castrol engine oil and packaging during a raid in the city ...

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Trade Group, Agencies Fight Counterfeiting

September 29, 2023

The Indonesia Lubricants Association organized a talk show last month to discuss how it is cooperating with the nation ...

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Paper Spotlights Counterfeiting

August 20, 2021

Ten percent of the lubricants consumed globally are counterfeit, according to a white paper published last week by the A ...

Stihl Fights Counterfeit Lubes in Russia

Stihl Fights Counterfeit Lubes in Russia

August 11, 2020

Stihl, a German agricultural equipment maker, recently started a campaign to fight entities that counterfeit its genuine ...

A Glimpse at the Future of Packaging

A Glimpse at the Future of Packaging

August 5, 2020

A market survey helps elucidate potential growth areas and trends shaping packaging for the lubricants sector.

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API Fights Against Unauthorized Labels

March 13, 2019

The American Petroleum Institute is posting information on unauthorized oils displaying API engine oil certification mar ...

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New Weapons Fight Counterfeits

December 1, 2015

Anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies come with costs, but proponents say lubricant marketers should balance them a ...

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Sharpen Your Wits Against Counterfeits

June 2, 2014

Why let fraudsters imitate your labels, tamper with your packages and adulterate your lubricants? Here are new tools in ...

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Is That Really My Oil?

May 22, 2014

Petroleum products can be a magnet for theft, counterfeiting, adulteration, commingling and other abuses. Battling such ...