GLG News by Specialty Chemical Experts

Heavy Duty diesel truck engines must meet stringent EPA NOx emissions standards in 2010.  Solutions include SCR catalysts and/or high EGR rates.  The tradeoffs in performance and fuel economy may define market share among the major engine makers.

Cheaper crude oil means less attractive returns for alternative fuels producers.  Coupled with collapsing capital and credit markets further expansion of renewable fuels capacity is in doubt.

First the banks, now the auto-makers come to the U. S. taxpayers for a bail-out. Are the railroads trying to get their place in line with the Obama administration?   Government regulation, environmental impact and unionized labor costs are key factors making railroads unattractive investments....

The law is needed and necessary.  Technology may not be the best solution in every case. 

Green initiatives when integrated with traditional continuous program programs work in many industries.   Many corporate giants and governments leaders are doing it right!

East coast retail grocer, Wegmans Food Markets is dropping prices in response to the current downturn.  What is troubling is the impact on their supply chain and downstream suppliers?   

Three years ago a former Chairman of an American OEM automotive company told me  that the problem with GM, Ford, and Chrysler was that they all believed originally that the Japanese would never learn how to make cars that Americans would buy, and, then, after that turned out to be false they simply...

The backbone of American manufacturing is made up of profitable, high-productivity companies in a variety of industries, which create or find a way to manufacture the latest and most relevant technologies for our health, safety, workplace productivity, or leisure. The backbone consists also of those...

Short term planning, or no planning at all, got the American owned and operated OEM Automotive industry into the predicament it is in today. Not only are the current managers of these companies not 'car-guys' they are also not manufacturing engineering or quality management 'guys.' You cannot decide...

It is incredible that anyone would consider financing the further operations of the American OEM automotive industry without insisting first that its current management be replaced as a precondition. The enabling legislation creating the facility to lend taxpayer originated funds include the following...