Tata Motors is in the process of turning around its fortunes in the Indian passenger vehicle market. It wants to explore more avenues of exporting its cars to markets around the world and China seems to figure high on the list of possible future markets for the Indian car maker. Tata Motors is believed to be in talks with Chery Automobiles of China for a partnership under which both the car manufacturers will share both platforms and technological bits.
Shell has formally opened its first lubricant and oil research facility in Shanghai, China. The Shanghai research centre becomes the company’s third facility which will focus on lubricants product development and its application for China and other countries such as India, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. The Shanghai centre will become a part of Shell’s network of lubricants laboratories, working closely with the other two centres, each located in Hamburg, Germany and Houston, USA respectively. These are part of a wider 10-centre strong global network of Shell R&D centres. The research centre sprawls a good 92,500 sq ft and will cover a wide range of product applications which include passenger car motor oils (PCMOs), motorcycle oils (MCOs), heavy duty engine oils (HDEOs), transmission fluids, as well as industrial and speciality oils and greases. The research work will also cover oils for the shipping centre. The Shanghai facility will also provide techni...
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