After months of industry rumors and speculation, General Motors Corp. has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Allison Transmission commercial and military business to The Carlyle Group and Onex Corporation for approximately $5.6 billion. The sale agreement covers substantially all of Allison Transmission, including seven manufacturing facilities in Indianapolis, Ind. and its worldwide distribution network and sales offices.

Chevron's Lubricants University has announced that archived issues of its Lubrication magazine are now available free of charge on its site. Over 650 issues of this valuable industry resource, dating back to 1920, have been made available on the Lubricants University web site.

Federal-Mogul Corporation's Champion® brand, one of the most respected brands in the automotive industry, has introduced a line of performance additives and lubricants. Champion is the "Performance Driven" brand of spark plugs and other leading automotive products.

ConocoPhillips Company has announced that Kendall GT-1® Diesel synthetic blend motor oil has been upgraded to API CJ-4 quality. Kendall GT-1 Diesel is specially designed for use in diesel engines of light trucks and sport utility vehicles.

Radiator Specialty Company, the maker of GUNK® and LIQUID WRENCH® automotive and household lubricants and chemicals, has announced the introduction of a line of industrial lubricants, solvents and degreasers to be sold through the traditional industrial distribution channel. The new products are marketed under the "LIQUID WRENCH INDUSTRIAL" and "GUNK INDUSTRIAL" brand designations.

The Misc. Synthetic Industrial Lubricants Chart is the eighteenth 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.