Vehicle manufacturers chasing higher fuel efficiency, combined with UK road tax incentives to reduce CO2 emissions, have seen turbo charged diesel engines rise rapidly in popularity.
WD-40 Co. has a new way for users to apply its WD-40 product. WD-40 EZ-Reach is a new WD-40 multi-use product can which features an attached eight-inch flexible straw that bends and keeps it shape.
Continental A.G.’s ContiTech division has launched a website that focuses on vehicle maintenance and troubleshooting tips for automotive aftermarket professionals and consumers.
GKN plc (“GKN”) today announces that it has agreed to acquire Fokker Technologies Group B.V. (“Fokker”) from Arle Capital (“Arle”) for an enterprise value of €706 million (£499 million), (the “Transaction”).
Stopping a monster tractor unit when it is racing at 100 mph is a challenge for any braking system, but putting its products to work in some of the toughest testing grounds possible has always been a priority of Wulf Gaertner Autoparts AG the company behind the MEYLE and MEYLE HD component brands.
The SATAjet 5000 B high performance spray gun has proved to be extremely popular with refinish professionals since its introduction last autumn. Building on this success SATA is now offering this spray gun model in a new special surface design.
The MANN+HUMMEL Group, www.mann-hummel.com, based in Ludwigsburg, Germany, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which MANN+HUMMEL will acquire the global filtration operations (excluding its Affinia South America (“ASA”) operations) of Affinia Group, the manufacturer of the Wix and Filtron brand of filters.
FUCHS PETROLUB SE, which operates globally in the lubricants sector, is acquiring Sweden-based company Statoil Fuel & Retail Lubricants AB (SFR Lubricants), Stockholm, from Couche-Tard Luxembourg S.A.R.L., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX: ATD.A ATD.B).
While the long-term direction of Pirelli’s truck tyre business looks set to seem the firm combined with the commercial vehicle operations of ChemChina-owned Aeolus, Pirelli’s high profile return to April’s CV Show for the first time in a decade is unlikely to have been coincidental (see Company New section for the latest details on the ChemChina-Pirelli acquisition).
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