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Reference Chart Series Publication Schedule
2005
Aug 1 NAE PAO
Compressor
Aug 8 IE PAO Compressor Aug 15 NAE Diester
Compressor
Aug 22 IE Diester
Compressor
AUG 29 NAE PAG
& POE Compressor
Sept 5 IE PAG & POE Compressor
Sept 12 NAE H1 FG
Compressor
Sept 19 IE H1 FG
Compressor
Sept 26 NAE
Refrigeration Compressor
Oct 3 IE Refrigeration
Compressor
Oct 10 NAE EP
Gear
Oct 17 IE EP
Gear
Oct 24 NAE Non-EP Gear/R&O Oct 31 IE Non-EP
Gear/R&O
Nov 7 NAE AW
Hydraulic
Nov 14 IE AW
Hydraulic
Nov 21 NAE FR
Hydraulic
Nov 28 IE FR
Hydraulic
Dec 5 NAE Industrial
Chain
Dec 12 IE Industrial
Chain
Dec 19 NAE H1 FG Gear
& Hydraulic
Dec 26 IE H1
FG Gear & Hydraulic
Remaining Charts Scheduled for
2006
Jan 2 NAE
PCMO
Jan 9 IE
PCMO
Jan 16 NAE
HDDEO
Jan 23 IE
HDDEO
Jan 30 NAE API GL-5
Gear
Feb 6 IE API GL-5
Gear
Feb 13 NAE SAE 50
Manual Transm.
Feb 20 IE SAE 50
Manual Transmission
Feb 27 NAE
Grease
Mar 6
IE Grease
Mar 13 NAE Misc.
I, Automotive
Mar 20 IE Misc. I,
Automotive
Mar 27 NAE
Misc. II, Industrial
April 3 IE Misc.
II, Industrial
NAE = North American
Edition
IE = International
Edition
Above Schedule Subject
to Change
Misc. includes ATF,
Gas Turbine, ALO,
Nat Gas
Engine/Compressor, Vacuum Pump , Tenter Frame, Open Gear,
UTHF, Transformer, Mist, Way, Heat Transfer, Cat TO-4, EMD, and
other specialty.
This Week's PAG & POE Synthetic
Lubricant Cross Reference Chart Sponsored by United
Color Manufacturing, Inc.
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 Daimler and Volkswagen in Talks About Building VW Vans in U.S. August 23, 2005, DaimlerChrysler AG and Volkswagen AG are in
talks about jointly producing a VW-branded minivan for the U.S. market, a
German newspaper reported Tuesday. Financial
daily Handelsblatt, citing company sources, said the automakers were in
talks about the new project, and that an announcement was likely at next
month's international auto show. The VW branded minivan would most likely
be available to consumers by 2007. Neither
VW nor DaimlerChrysler had immediate comment. For more details,
click here VW Minivans Johnson Controls to Buy York for $3.2 Billion August 24,
2005, Johnson Controls, Inc. and York International
Corporation announced that Johnson Controls, a supplier of
automotive systems and batteries, will acquire York, a global
supplier of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigeration
(HVAC&R) equipment and services for $3.2 billion dollars. For more detail,
click here Johnson Controls to Buy
York Crown to Sell Global Plastic Closures Business for $750 Million August 18, 2005, Crown Holdings, Inc. announced that
it has entered into an agreement to sell its Global Plastic Closures
business to PAI partners, a leading European private equity firm, for
an aggregate purchase price of approximately US $750 million. Crown's
Global Plastic Closures business has 29 facilities located in 15
countries across Europe, the United States and Asia with approximately
3,500 employees. For more details, click here Crown Sells Plastic
Closure Business
Giddings & Lewis to be Sold to NYC Firm August 22, 2005, German manufacturer ThyssenKrupp AG is
selling its metal-cutting machinery business, which includes Giddings
& Lewis Inc. in Fond du Lac, to Maxcor Inc. for an undisclosed price.
Giddings & Lewis will be sold to New York City-based Maxcor along with
Fadal Engineering Co. Inc., a California
machining company that Giddings & Lewis owned before Giddings was
acquired by Thyssen AG. For more details, click here Giddings & Lewis August 22, 2005, The Mauser Group
announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire
substantially all of the assets of Russell-Stanley Holdings,
Inc., based in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The agreement
is expected to close in autumn, 2005. Russell-Stanley is North
America’s largest manufacturer of plastic drums and second largest maker
of steel drums. For more details, click here Mauser
Acquires Russell-Stanley
Transport Topics TTNews.com Issues Their 2005 List of
Top 100 For-Hire and Private Fleet Rankings
August 2005, Transport Topics
TTNews.com has issued their 2005 List of Top 100 For-Hire Carriers, led by
UPS and FedEx, and the Top 100 Private Carriers, led by Sysco,
Wal-Mart and Ahold USA/US Foodservice. Rankings are listed in number of
tractors. To download their actual reports, in total, including full
detail on all 200 carriers, click on the links Top 100 For-Hire Fleets and Top 100 Private Carriers Kline Releases Study on Lube Opportunities Created by Deregulation of Indian Petroleum Industry August 15, 2005, Kline & Company has
just issued a news release announcing a study BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EMERGING LUBRICANT
MARKETS OF SOUTH ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND NORTHERN AFRICA,
2005-2015 detailing the
opportunities now open for multinational producers of automotive
lubricants to more freely compete in the Indian market and other Asian
countries as a result of recent deregulation. For more details,
click here Kline Indian Deregulation Study
Continuing Series for
the Next 31 Weeks
Synthetic Lubricant Cross Reference Charts In this issue of the North American Edition and every following edition, including the International Edition, for the next 31 weeks, we will be publishing an 18-set series of Synthetic Lubricant Cross Reference Charts. Included in the series are over 3,500 synthetic lubricants marketed by approximately 175 lube manufacturing/marketing companies and OEMs. See Synthetic Lubricant Cross Reference Chart Series Publication Schedule in the left hand column. Click on the link to view and download this week's chart, the PAG & POE Synthetic Compressor Lubricant Cross Reference Chart International Base Oil Price Report
Spot
prices for the above are typically $30-$50/MT higher. The above
information was obtained, under agreement, from the Petrosilicon Base Oil
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