Many of the foreign brand motor oils purchased by consumers are "wonders" in the motor oil industry. No one knows how many "foreign brands" there are in the Chinese market. According to industry insiders, in China The number of "foreign brands" on the market is about 5,000. Funny, the total number of companies in the world that have obtained API certification is only 716. European lubricant companies that comply with European ACEA standards cannot make up for the lack. More than 4,200 vacancies.

It is the simplest to fabricate a fictitious foreign brand. It has no technical content and is also the easiest to be seen through. The more technical content is to actually register a company overseas and apply for a trademark.

It is the easiest to register a "foreign brand" in the United States

The United States allows the registration of offshore companies. You only need to spend more than 10,000 yuan to entrust the registration of an American company. People can Continue to stay in China, not in the United States. The purpose of registering this kind of US offshore company is to obtain a company name and a US trademark. No one supervises where these engine oils are produced, what formula they use, and what quality standards they implement. of.

The most popular market recently is German engine oil.

However, Germany does not allow the registration of offshore companies. To register a company in Germany, someone must stay in Germany, so travel to Southeast Asia, which is relatively free in Europe, Chinese people, including Taiwanese, Hong Kong people, Singaporeans, Malaysians, etc., have gone to Germany to register limited companies, or find a local friend in Germany to cooperate and register the company in the name of a German. In addition to the company name, there is no factory building. , no production equipment and no office address.

They entrust European companies to OEM, or produce in Eastern European countries and then re-export from Germany, or simply produce directly in China. Their products are almost invisible in Germany because they are all Made for china.

In 2017, DEKRA (announced by German authoritative magazine

DEKRA Petroleum Magazine) has a total of 58 brands

ADDINOL

AGIP

ARAL

AVIA

BAYWA

BIZOL

BLOCK

BP

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CASTROL

CHEVRON

DEUTZ

DGM

DE OLIEBRON< /p>

ELF

ELLER MONTAN

EMKA

EXXONMOBIL (ExxonMobil)

FINKE

FUCHS

HESSOL

HILBERT

HOYER

HUNOLD

JET

KLUTH

LD

LIQUI MOLY

LUHMANN

LUKOIL

MEGUIN

MITAN

OEST

OMV

PANOLIN

PETRONAS

PENNASOL

POHLMANN

PRISTA

PROFI-TECH

Q8

RAVENOL

SHELL (Shell)

SIPS

SRS

STAR

SVG/HGK

SWD

TEXACO

TOTAL

UNIL

VALVOLINE )

WISURA

WUNSCH OLE

XADO

ZELLER+GMELIN

Being on the Deakra Yearbook means this The brand is

an engine oil brand sold in Germany and recognized by Dekra.

How to identify whether the brand you buy is a "fake foreign devil"

Unfortunately, the majority of consumers cannot tell the difference based only on the brand name and packaging quality. More and more "fake foreigners" The product packaging of "Yangguizi" is high-end and classy, ??and it looks more real than the real thing. We can only judge it through the information of professional institutions. The following is a list of the top 20 engine oil brands in the world.

The industry has extensive knowledge about the ranking of the world's top refined oil suppliers. Multiple data sources unanimously agree that Shell is the world's number one lubricant seller. The top five are also ExxonMobil, BP Castrol, Total and Chevron, the top 20 lubricant sellers account for approximately two-thirds of the world's total lubricant supply, of which the top 10 account for the total supply About 50%.