TravelCenters of America LLC has acquired the operating businesses of Petro Stopping Centers, LP.for a reported $700 million, creating a combined network of over 230 locations in 41 states.

Italian based Carraro Group, a world leader in automotive axles, final drives, transmissions, and other power transmission systems and components, has announced the acquisition of miniGears SpA and the creation of Gear World.

Supresta, LLC has announced that it will increase its list prices on selected products effective July 1, 2007, or as contracts allow. Supresta will raise the prices of its Fyrquel line of special application fluids by 4-5 percent.

Dow Chemical Company has announced that it will increase all list and off-list selling prices in North America by US$0.04 per pound for its line of propylene glycol products. This increase will become effective July 1, 2007 or as allowed by individual contract terms.

Chevron's Lubricants University has introduced two new courses, "Electric Motor Bearing Lubrication" and "Passenger Car Engine Lubrication" as part of its on-line training portfolio.

BioSelect Fuels LLC, a division of Standard Renewable Energy LLC, and Chevron Technology Ventures, a division of Chevron USA, unveiled their biodiesel plant in Galveston, Texas this past Tuesday. The plant is one of the first large-scale biodiesel production facilities in North America and is now producing clean-burning biodiesel from renewable resources.

The Synthetic AW Hydraulic Fluids Chart is the sixteenth of an eighteen chart set of the Second Edition of our Synthetic Lubricant Cross Reference Chart Series. The complete series consists of over 6,500 (fully) synthetic lubricants marketed by over 425 worldwide lube manufacturing & marketing companies and OEMs.