Six carriers, known for their exceptional customer service, dependable on-time delivery records and strong reputation within their own territories, have formed The Reliance Network. This new alliance, effective March 1, 2008, will provide seamless, across the continent, LTL, truckload and supply chain freight services.

Volkswagen has reached an agreement with Scania stock owners Investor AB and the Wallenberg Foundations regarding the purchase of their entire stakes in Scania, or 30.62% of Scania's voting rights. The purchase of the stake, reportedly worth approximately $4 billion, will increase Volkswagen's total votes in Scania to 68.60% (previously 37.98%) which corresponds to 37.73% of the capital (previously 20.89%).

ArvinMeritor, Inc, announced a re-establishment of its off-highway original equipment and aftermarket components business in North America, South America, Europe and Africa, at the CONEXPO- CON/AGG exposition last week, to address OEM customers in four continents.

John Deere has unveiled the first new machine form the construction industry has seen in decades, the 764 High-Speed Dozer (HSD), a unit that will give operators the ability to do more in less time. This innovative rubber-tracked dozer combines the speed of a grader with the flotation of a crawler dozer. As a result, operators can perform grading and moderate dozing at about double the speed of a similarly sized crawler. They'll also have the ability to travel 18 mph across a job site without damaging pavement. See the 764 HSD Video.

The Synthetic Heat Transfer Fluids Cross Reference Chart is the 12th of a 21-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.