A Reminder to Do-It-Yourselfers: Recycle Used Motor Oil and Oil Filters Together
Jun 11, 2012
A recent survey by California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) revealed a serious gap in awareness among drivers who change their own motor oil. While 95 percent of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) oil changers said they recycle their used motor oil, approximately one-third admitted to dumping their us ... Continue reading
Icom North America Earns Eight New EPA Certifications
May 14, 2012
Icom North America, a leading developer and manufacturer of liquid-injection propane (autogas) systems for commercial and consumer vehicles, has received eight new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certifications for its patented JTG II Propane Liquid Injection bi-fuel systems. The new certifications cover all ... Continue reading
Chevron Lubricants Expands Relationship With Red Eye Radio
Mar 12, 2012
Chevron Lubricants, maker of the Delo brand of technologically advanced engine oils, lubricants and coolants, today unveiled an expanded relationship with Red Eye Radio (formerly Midnight Trucking Radio). Chevron's Delo brand will support all major Red Eye Radio events and programs during 2012, including an appearance ... Continue reading
Gryphon Investors Acquires Majority Stake in K&N Engineering
Dec 24, 2011
Gryphon Investors, a leading middle market private equity firm based in San Francisco, announced today that it has acquired a majority interest in K&N Engineering, a leading provider of premium air and oil filtration products for the automobile industry. Jerry Mall, one of the original founders of K&N, along with curre ... Continue reading
Shell Lubricants Celebrates Five Years as World's Number One Lubricants Supplier
Nov 17, 2011
For the fifth year running Shell Lubricants (Shell) topped the list of the world's leading lubricants suppliers, according to annual research into the global lubricants market. The study, conducted by Kline & Company (Kline), gave Shell more than 13 percent of the market by volume in 2010 and a two percent lead over it ... Continue reading
Universal Lubricants Passes Two of the Industry's Most Stringent Audits
Nov 1, 2011
Universal Lubricants-- one of the oldest lubricant manufacturing and distribution companies in the United States-- announced today that it has been certified by Ford Motorcraft's Bulk Oil Inspection and Shell's Distributor Product Quality Assurance Program (DPQA), two of the industry's most stringent national audits fo ... Continue reading
Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas to Launch 'Change and Innovate' Campaign at 2011 AAPEX Show
Oct 26, 2011
Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc., Los Angeles will launch the Change and Innovate' marketing campaign at the Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX), held in Las Vegas, Nevada from Nov. 1 to 3 at BOOTH 238. Hitachi's booth will also showcase an expanded line of Electronic Throttle Bodies (ETB) in a bran ... Continue reading
Cooper Standard Board Discontinues Evaluation of Possible Sale of Company
Oct 24, 2011
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: COSH) (the "Company"), the parent company of Cooper Standard Automotive, previously announced that its Board of Directors commenced a process to evaluate various strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, including, but not limited to, the possible sale of the Company. Ba ... Continue reading
ZScanning Helps Tier 1 Auto Supplier Navigate Today's Trickiest Engineering Challenges
Aug 18, 2011
As automobiles change, so do the demands on suppliers of parts -- right down to the rubber hoses that carry air into the engine, coolant to the radiator, and fluids to brakes and windshields. ... Continue reading
Aug 9, 2011
DENSO Corporation will exhibit at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, September 13-25, 2011. The company will use the theme 'Connecting Drivers, Vehicles, and Society' to showcase its future and current technologies in the area of environment, safety, and convenience. You can find DENSO in Hall 4.0, booth A04. With its groun ... Continue reading
Consumer Affairs - AiM Assigns A To F Grades To Cars And Trucks Based On 150-Point Inspection Report
Jul 26, 2011
<b>AiM Mobile Inspections Launches Grading System to Rate Inspected Vehicles on Age, Mileage and Condition</b> <i>AiMâs vehicle grades make it easy for consumers to know, which used vehicle to buy based on appearance, mileage and mechanics compared to similar year, make and model vehicles. AiMâs full-time tec ... Continue reading
Jun 27, 2011
Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed an electrical brushless diesel fuel pump for on- and off-highway engines with significantly improved durability to help keep heavy-duty vehicles working longer. The technology suits 12V and 24V applications and is available for diesel engines typically used in the medium- and hea ... Continue reading
Direct Injection Reduces Fuel Consumption and Emissions
Jun 3, 2011
Anyone who has ever played the game "telephone" knows that the more times a message gets passed along, the less accurate it will be when it gets to its destination. The same thing applies to feeding fuel to an engine. Across-the-board use of direct injection in the Buick lineup is helping to take translation layers out ... Continue reading
Mazda Develops Highly Efficient 'SKYACTIV-G 1.3' Direct-Injection Gasoline Engine
May 19, 2011
Mazda SKYACTIV-G 1.3 direct-injection 1.3-liter gasoline engine will be the first of its next-generation SKYACTIV technologies to be introduced to the market. The breakthrough SKYACTIV-G 1.3 achieves a record high compression ratio (for a regular gasoline mass production automobile engine) of 14.0:1 and exhibits high e ... Continue reading
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