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Volvo Trucks Introduces New Volvo VDS-4.5/API CK-4 Factory Fill Engine Oil

Volvo Trucks North America announced last week that it will be offering a new factory fill engine oil for the Volvo D11, D13 and D16 engines. The new engine oil meets the new Volvo VDS-4.5 engine specifications and also exceeds the new API CK-4 specification.

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Pakistan's Hi-Tech Lubricants Starts Production at Its Expanded Lube Blending Plant

Lahore, Pakistan-based Hi-Tech Lubricants announced it has started commercial production earlier this month following approval from the country’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority from its expanded 30,000 metric tons per year lube blending plant in Lahore, established at a cost of Rs1.91 billion (US$18 million).

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ASTM Developing More Efficient Test for Lubricating Greases

A proposed ASTM International standard is aimed at creating a faster, simpler way to test the stability of lubricating greases. The test method could provide benefits such as using a smaller sample and providing results in a shorter time compared to other methods.

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Online Retailer Offers 300 Different Engine Oils

European online retailer, Delticom AG, is launching a new online shop specializing in engine oil. The new online shop offers a total of over 1,400 different vehicle products, including more than 300 different engine oils, as well as transmission oil, gear oil, greases and other lubricants for cars and other vehicles.

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Correction to 'Cummins Revises Lists of Registered CES Oils' story last week

In our story last week 'Cummins Revises Lists of Registered CES Oils' we inadvertently referred to CES 20076, CES 20077, CES 20078, and CES 20081 as all being API CF-4 oils. These instead meet API CH-4, CH-4, CI-4 and CJ-4, respectively.
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