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Universal Lubricants hits 1.5M gallon production mark for recycled motor oil

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million gallon production mark for its ECO ULTRA line of recycled motor oil. The company has been selling to professional installers, but is now moving the product into retail channels, said John Wesley, CEO. Universal Lubricants has hit the 1.5-million Earlier post.) The US produces approximately 1.3

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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To that effect, the brand will be putting products on display in Las Vegas next week for CES 2024. Shortly after VinFast confirmed its attendance at CES, it announced that it had officially signed agreements with five dealers in four states across the country to have them play host to its products. But it’s plotting to expand its U.S.

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DOE releasing $20M in funding to ARPA-E awardees; NEXTCAR and REFUEL projects

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.: High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen – $1,500,000. Wichita State University: Alkaline Membrane-Based Ammonia Electrosynthesis with High Efficiency for Renewable and Scalable Liquid-Fuel Production – $855,000.

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4 Takeaways About Boeing’s Quality Problems

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Interviews with more than two dozen current and former employees reveal longstanding concerns about quality, particularly as pressure increased to keep production going in the company’s factories. audit of Boeing’s 737 Max production documented dozens of lapses in quality-control practices. Here are some takeaways. A six-week F.A.A.

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Alaska Airlines 737 May Have Left Boeing Factory Missing Bolts, N.T.S.B. Says

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The piece was manufactured in Malaysia in March and received by Spirit AeroSystems, a Boeing supplier in Wichita, Kan., has also indefinitely limited Boeing’s ambitious plans to increase production of all Max jets, miring the company in uncertainty. Mr. Calhoun visited Spirit in Wichita. The N.T.S.B.

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Aviation automobile startup fizzling in Mich.

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Terminating moment, he visited Wichita, Kan., ” Now, as town and order paintings to entice Toyota-backed Joby Gliding and a possible $500 million production plant to the airport, Rimanelli fears being forgotten. the place he stated economic expansion officers rolled out the crimson carpet for him.

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Grounded Boeing Max 9 Jets Could Resume Flying Within Days

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Federal regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for Boeing 737 Max 9 jets to fly again — but also said they would put new limits on production of the troubled planes. In its statement, the agency said it would not allow Boeing to expand production of any of the 737 Max planes — not just the Max 9 but also other versions of the plane.