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The May issue of National Oil & Lube News is a montage of information, starting with our 2008 Guide to Additives & Cleaners. This exclusive listing of the chemical additives and cleaners available to fast lube operators is a wealth of valuable add-on service opportunities sure to enhance operators' bottom lines.

Elsewhere in the issue, we take a look back at AOCA's Las Vegas convention, a fun-filled event that attracted hundreds of lube industry professionals from across the country.

We also take a closer look at the emerging fast lube market in Mexico and the efforts of two companies, SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune-Up and Grease Monkey International, to capture the hearts and minds of Mexican oil change consumers.

A project we've been working on for some time is an exclusive survey of oil change consumer attitudes. To find out what oil change consumers really think about the service experience, we asked them. Read on to learn what they had to say.

As always, we've got a couple of Web-exclusive articles this month, including a look at maintaining one of the world's largest mining trucks and a survey that reveals what Americans really feel about their vehicles.

New to our site this month is a "Product Videos" section. Find out the latest and greatest from industry vendors in these exclusive videos, and check back frequently as we expand not only this great section, but also add an industry news video section to NOLN.net.

If you want to read the current issue of NOLN before it hits your mailbox, you can download an electronic copy (what we call NOLN Digital) of our magazine here. Plus, paid subscribers can log on and download a printable version of the electronic magazine.

Looking for an answer to a technical question? Simply post your query on our Lube Chat forum (Resources/Lube Chat above). You can receive answers from any one of the many fellow operators who frequent this forum. Or, if you're looking for that hard-to-find product or service from an industry vendor be sure to visit our Online Buyers Guide, a searchable database of virtually every fast lube industry vendor and their product/service offerings. It's a great tool you'll want to visit time and time again.

If you're looking for news more than once per month, we've got a couple of resources you can check out. First, sign up for our biweekly NOLN e'News in the box at left. Then, twice each month, we'll deliver late-breaking industry news, calendar and other information directly to your e-mail inbox. Plus, don't forget to check out our Lube News Blog, a frequently updated weblog containing news and notes from around the industry, sprinkled with a bit of this and a bit of that from our staff. You can read the headlines before they even become headlines. Plus, readers can leave their own insightful comments about the industry.

If you run into a problem or simply have any questions about how to navigate the site, feel free to let us know about it here. And check back frequently in the weeks ahead as we continue to unveil dramatic changes to NOLN.net.