General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. It is the only manufacturer-produced ...
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NitroFill Inc. and the Castrol Motor Oil division of BP Lubricants USA Inc. have formed a joint venture -- and a program for car dealers. The "Lifetime Protection Plan" is a a new and used car dealer program that provides dealer customers ...
Tags: Motor Oil, Auto Parts, tyre, tire
On October 15, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (Oct. 7-13) the overall average finished steel price in China was unchanged week on week. In the given week, average prices of 0.5 mm non-grain-oriented ...
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AGC Chemicals Americas Inc. has added AG-E070 to its line of AsahiGuard E-SERIES fluoropolymers for sizing in paper, paperboard and pulpvmolding applications. AsahiGuard AG-E070 imparts outstanding oil, grease and watervresistance in paper ...
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A new technical brochure that explores the benefits and performance properties of NEROX® 505 and 605 Carbon Black pigments for industrial coatings is now available for download from Orion Engineered Carbons. NEROX 505 and NEROX 605 ...
Hyundai’s efforts to dominate SEMA show no sign of waning following the release of a teaser image of the JP Edition Genesis coupe. The Hyundai JP Edition Genesis coupe is the result of a collaboration between Hyundai and auto-tuner ...
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Holden/HSV tuner Walkinshaw Performance has launched its first supercharged packages for the VF Commodore and Gen-F, offering peak outputs just shy of 500kW and 1000Nm. The Walkinshaw W457 package boosts output of the Holden ...
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"We hate it when our friends become successful," lamented Morrissey. Canada's energy industry likely shares the gloomy British singer's sentiment. Canada sits just across the border from the world's largest oil and gas market, and its ...
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China and Russia on Tuesday pledged to expand energy cooperation in projects of oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich co-chaired the ...
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Taiwan's CPC will become a net exporter of isomer-grade mixed xylenes in 2014 from being a net importer as it has been producing more MX by using feedstock reformate supplied by its own system, a company source said Wednesday. "We are ...
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Goulston Technologies Inc., Monroe, N.C. — a formulator and manufacturer of spin finishes and other specialty chemicals for man-made fiber, nonwovens and downstream production; and a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Takemoto Oil ...
The Saudi Acrylic Polymer Company (SAPCO), a joint venture (JV) which has been established by Evonik Industries and the Saudi Acrylic Acid Company (SAAC), has signed the Mechanical completion certificate for the superabsorbents polymer ...
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TCS says its Facebook app ties tire dealer websites with social media fans?to increase traffic to stores and boost sales. TCS Technologies, a provider of technology solutions to the tire and auto service industries, has introduced a ...
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France-based steel pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced that Vallourec Tubos do Brasil, Vallourec's wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, will supply premium pipes for the offshore Xerelete field in Brazil, of which French multinational ...
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Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), one of the four futures exchanges in mainland China, has announced that it will launch trading of iron ore futures on October 18. According to the DCE, trading will be for iron ore containing 62 percent ...
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