Daimler Trucks North America has announced that it has established a new Light Commercial Vehicle Team, combining the resources of Sterling Truck Corporation's Class 3-5 lines and Mitsubishi Fuso brand low cab-over engine (LCOE) operations in North America. This new Light Commercial Vehicle operation will be based in Redford, Mich. and will focus on the sales, marketing, product strategy and distribution of the Sterling 360, the Sterling Bullet and Mitsubishi Fuso Class 3-7 LCOE trucks.

Caterpillar has revised its now 99 page Machine Fluids Recommendation Bulletin SEBU6250 which covers Caterpillar's most current recommendations and specifications for lubricants, including greases, and fuel and cooling system fluids for use in Caterpillar engines and machine components. The lubricant section alone is 51 pages in length. These recommendations are for Caterpillar machines, such as those used in earthmoving, not on-highway, nor natural gas engines.

Rohm and Haas Company Ion Exchange Resins and Novasep have announced their intent to form an exclusive Alliance to market and sell new technology for purification of crude glycerol by-product from biodiesel processing. The Alliance will bring together the expertise of two leaders in purification technologies to offer a complete process solution for crude glycerol purification. The territory for the Alliance will be global.

Petrobras is reportedly looking at increasing its U.S. refining capacity, a larger role in the domestic biofuels market and possibly Petrobras-branded gas stations in the United States. Over the next five years, Petrobras plans to invest US$4.9 billion in the United States which accounts for approximately one-third of its planned 2008 to 2012 investment outside Brazil.

The Synthetic AW Hydraulic Fluids Cross Reference Chart is the tenth of a 22-chart series of the Third Edition of our Synthetic Lubricant Cross Reference Chart Series. This 22-set series consists of over 7,000 (fully) synthetic lubricants marketed by over 450 worldwide lube manufacturing & marketing companies and OEMs.