Wednesday, June 30, 2004 VOLUME 4 ISSUE 26   News Sponsored by RohMax Oil Additives News Sponsored by Chevron Oronite Subscribe or Unsubscribe ISSUE ARCHIVE June 23, 2004 Vol. 4 Issue 25 [MORE] Group Pushes Fair-trade Rules for Lubes An association of businesses and regulators is scheduled to vote next month on a proposal aimed at curbing unfair trade practices in the lubricants industry. Among other things, the changes recommended by the National Conference on Weights and Measures would require warning labels on containers of obsolete engine oils and require transmission fluid marketers to document performance claims. [FULL STORY]   Schools Seek Space-age Lubrication The University of Florida and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a new generation of synthetic lubricant coatings for future air- and spacecraft. [FULL STORY]   Crompton Plant Recovering from Fire Crompton Corp. said yesterday that it has resumed production of polyalphaolefins at its Elmira, Ontario, plant, which was damaged during a June 11 fire. Lines of some other products – such as alkylated diphenylamine antioxidants – are still sidelined, but the company said it expects them to start up again soon. [FULL STORY]   Drum Reconditioners Rolled into One A newly formed Florida company announced that it has acquired four drum reconditioning businesses to become the second-largest industrial container service provider in the United States. The company, American Container Net Inc., said it is also negotiating to buy three other firms and aims to develop a national network. [FULL STORY]   Base Oil Price Report Motiva still has no company for the price cuts it announced June 18. No other Group II supplier followed the company’s lead, and some said it is possible that none will. [FULL STORY]   CONTACT US E-MAIL COMMENTS TO: Lube Report Editor Published by LNG Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright © 2004 LNG Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Tim Sullivan, Editor. Lube Report (ISSN 1547-3392), Lubes'n'Greases Magazine and Lubricants Industry Sourcebook are published by LNG Publishing Co., Inc., 6105-G Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, Virginia 22044 USA. Phone: (703) 536-0800. Fax: (703) 536-0803. Website: www.LNGpublishing.com. Email: info@LNGpublishing.com. For sponsor information contact Gloria Steinberg Briskin at (800) 474-8654 or (703) 536-7676 or gloria@LNGpublishing.com. Forward to a colleague Privacy Policy

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