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Wednesday, June 19, 2002		VOLUME 2 ISSUE 25

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ILMA: Auto Makers Will Postpone GF-4
American and Japanese automakers have decided to delay adoption of GF-4, the next passenger car motor oil upgrade, according to the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association. Automakers decided last week that a new standard cannot be developed fast enough to have GF-4 oils available by the fall of 2003, to protect emissions control systems required on model year 2004 cars.
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Milacron Focuses on Fluids, Plastics
Milacron Inc. announced yesterday that it has agreed to sell Valenite, its North American machine tool business, to the Swedish firm Sandvik for $175 million, in order to focus on production of plastics processing equipment and industrial fluids. Milacron's fluid sales were close to $100 million last year.
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Uniform E-Business Standard On the Way
Three standards organizations announced last week that they will cooperate to develop common e-commerce protocols for the petroleum, chemicals and agricultural industries, making it easier for companies to transact business over the Internet.
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Base Oil Price Report
During an uneventful week for the U.S. base oil market, buyers and sellers were left to mull a reported delay in the next passenger car motor oil upgrade. Individuals from both camps said a postponement of GF-4 could slow a further shift in demand to premium stocks.
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Correction
A May 29 article on Factory Mutual’s new standards for fire-resistant fluids incorrectly reported the flammability classification of phosphate esters. According to Akzo Nobel, phosphate esters will be in the preferred Group 1 class (fluids that are usually unable to stabilize a spray flame), while polyol esters may be Group 2 (less flammable than mineral oil but able to stabilize a spray flame under certain conditions).

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