Infineum Trends 2014 focuses on the theme "Driving to a Sustainable Future"

Sustainability – meeting today’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs – is a driving force in our respective industries. Manufacturers around the world are creating a broader range of increasingly complex engineering solutions. They are developing the complex formulations required to make each of them work as effectively and efficiently as possible, while meeting more challenging emissions standards.

For 51 years Trends has provided data and trends on the automotive industry in general, as well as enhancements in powertrain technology; fuels and lubricants for power transmissions; marine; small engine; large engine; passenger car and heavy-duty diesel. It features industry leaders’ commentary on the ’mega trends‘ driving change, which include:

• Ever-tightening greenhouse gas and tailpipe emissions regulations
• Government-led fuel economy improvements
• Fuel and base stock supply and demand imbalances
• Continued economic instability, and uncertainty about the rate at which some developing markets will mature

The programme also looks specifically at the automotive, lubricant and additive markets within the Growth Economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as South Korea.

But with vast new opportunities come vast new challenges, making us all more interdependent than ever. Revolutionary new technologies are enabling petrol and diesel powered engines to deliver better performance with vastly reduced energy consumption and emissions. It is more important than ever to engage in conversations that can help advance those efforts, now and into the future - and Infineum Trends 2014 provides a platform for doing this.