Steel Dynamics, Inc. and OmniSource Corporation have announced the execution of a definitive agreement whereby Steel Dynamics will acquire OmniSource, one of North America's largest scrap recycling companies, a privately held company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Freightliner LLC has announced the upcoming change of its corporate name to Daimler Trucks North America LLC. Effective January 7, 2008, this corporate identity will reflect the company's role as steward of several highly regarded brands in a number of different industry sectors, and its role as the North American presence of the world's largest commercial vehicle producer. In parallel, the shareholders of the former DaimlerChrysler AG approved a corporate name change to Daimler AG.

Eaton has again revised its Roadranger Products Approved Lubricants List (TCMT0020), having just done so last month, adding Lubricants USA (FINA) and Rosemead oils to the list of approved lubricants. This Approved Lubricants List contains transmission and drive axle lubricants approved by Eaton and Dana for use with the Roadranger Extended Warranties.

The Dow Chemical Company has annonced that it will increase the North American off-list prices of UCON Hydrolube Fire-Resistant Hydraulic Fluids effective November 1, 2007, or as contracts allow. The price for all UCON Hydrolube concentrates, thickeners, fully formulated fluids and high pressure fluids will increase by US $.02 per pound or US $.18 per gallon.

The POE & PAG Compressors Oils Cross Reference Chart is the third of a 24-chart series of the Third Edition of our Synthetic Lubricant Cross Reference Chart Series. This 24-set series consists of over 7,000 (fully) synthetic lubricants marketed by over 450 worldwide lube manufacturing & marketing companies and OEMs.