South Milwaukee-based heavy mining equipent OEM Bucyrus International, Inc. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the mining equipment business of Terex Corporation for US$1.3 billion in cash. The mining equipment business of Terex produces the world’s largest hydraulic excavators, rugged haul trucks, advanced drilling machines, and highwall mining systems including equipment under the O&K, Unit Rig, Reedrill, Superior Highwall, Halco, and Hypac.brand names.

Amalie Oil Company has announced the promotion of Andrew Bornstein to Vice President, North America Sales & Marketing. Bornstein, a graduate of the University Of Colorado, has served Amalie since 1999, first as District Manager West and for the last nine years as Amalie’s Business Development Manager. Amalie’s six District Managers will report to Andrew at Amalie’s Tampa, Florida National Headquarters. Andrew will report to Denny Madden, Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing.

As a reminder, the 5th Edition of our Synthetic Lubricant Cross Reference Chart Series is scheduled to be published in the OEM/Lube News beginning Monday, January 11, 2010 and run through June 2010, with a different chart each week. Although most of the information contained within these charts is a result of our own research and input from various oil companies, if any of our reader companies have new synthetic lubricants to add to these charts, we welcome any additional suitable product information.