Wednesday, September 30, 1998

AIAG Clarifies Relation to Autochain Online

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) would like to clarify earlier reports about the AutoChain Online(TM) program -- an electronic data interchange (EDI) performance tracking database introduced at the AUTO-TECH 98 Conference & Exposition earlier this month. ... Continue reading

ASA Tire Systems Announces Y2K Compliance

ASA Tire Systems announced today the Year 2000 (Y2K) compliancy of its product line. ... Continue reading

BAT International's Otay Mesa Plant Delivers First Vehicles To U.S.

BAT International received their first four vehicles in the U.S. from their new Otay Mesa composite chassis auto plant. The vehicles arrived at BAT's new Chula Vista offices in San Diego for distribution to U.S. customers. ... Continue reading

Bell & Howell to Provide Electronic Parts Catalogs Globally for Isuzu

Bell & Howell Company announced it has signed a contract to provide electronic parts catalogs (EPCs) for Isuzu's passenger cars, trucks and industrial engines for all Isuzu dealerships globally outside of Japan. ... Continue reading

'Bobby Likis Car Clinic' Will Videocast On The Internet

Bobby Likis (host of 'Bobby Likis Car Clinic' and 'Car Clinic Minute') announced that his two-hour, Saturday car-talk program, 'Bobby Likis Car Clinic,' will simultaneously videocast on the Internet while broadcasting to 50 radio stations nationwide. ... Continue reading

Caliber Collision Centers Hosts Consolidation Panel at CAA Autobody Expo '98

Caliber Collision Centers hosted a panel on "Understanding Collision Industry Consolidation" to an audience of independent auto body shop owners and insurance executives at the California Autobody Association's Autobody Expo '98, in Ontario, Calif. ... Continue reading

CART: Goodyear Tire Notes for the CART Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

CART: Goodyear Tire Notes for the CART Texaco Grand Prix of Houston ... Continue reading

CART: Texas Tea and the IC108E

CART: Texas Tea and the IC108E ... Continue reading

Cascade Corporation Files 1,630,000 Share Shelf Registration for Holders

Cascade Corporation has filed a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering 1,630,000 common shares for holders of equity interests received when Cascade acquired Kenhar Corporation, Industrial Tires Limited, and Hyco-Cascade Pty., Ltd.. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Denounces Texas $64 Million Verdict

Chrysler Corporation denounced a Starr County, Texas jury's decision to hit the automaker with $64 million in damages in a lawsuit stemming from a tragic 1996 accident. ... Continue reading

Collaboration and Communication in the Electric Vehicle Market

Today GM Advanced Technology Vehicles and Toyota Corp. held the first scheduled forum to address how an inductive electric vehicle battery charging system can be used by all automakers in their production electric vehicles (EVs). ... Continue reading

Detroit Leaders Recognize and Support The Partners-In-Education '98 Gala

The Partners-in-Education '98 Gala, sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), brought together more than 450 presidents, vice presidents, CEOs, directors, executives and leaders from world-wide companies to recognize and support four local non-profit organizations at the Detroit Institute of Arts on Se ... Continue reading

F1, BTCC, RALLY: This Week in Ford of Europe Motorsport

F1, BTCC, RALLY: This Week in Ford of Europe Motorsport ... Continue reading

Federal Grant to Hispanic Coalition for National Traffic Safety Program

U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater announced an NHTSA grant of $225,000 to the National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations in Washington, D.C., for traffic safety programs with the potential of reaching millions of Hispanic people in the United States ... Continue reading

Ford Chooses Captura Software's Global Expense Management Solution

Captura Software announced it has entered into an agreement with Ford Motor Co. to provide an online travel and entertainment (T&E) expense management system for Ford's worldwide operations. ... Continue reading

Freudenberg-NOK Breaks Ground on Axle Seal Facility

As part of an initiative to create focused factories dedicated to specific processes and products, Freudenberg-NOK has broken ground today on a new 37,000-square-foot facility for axle seal production in Northfield, N.H. ... Continue reading

Guide Corp to Assume Delphi Lighting Business

Guide Corporation and Delphi Automotive Systems of General Motors Corporation today signed definitive and binding agreements that will lead to the transfer of Delphi's lighting business to Guide. ... Continue reading

J.D. Power: Responsiveness is Key to Satisfying Stranded Motorists

Manufacturer-sponsored emergency roadside assistance (ERA) programs that are promoted effectively and are responsive to customers can significantly strengthen brand sentiment and heighten repurchase intentions, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 1998 Emergency Roadside Assistance Study. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Appoints Jeff Steiner Director of Business Development

Jeffrey P. Steiner has been promoted to director of business development for Johnson Controls' DaimlerChrysler Business Unit, he had been director of worldwide marketing communications for the company ... Continue reading

Mexican Industries' Aguirre Elected To the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Pam Aguirre, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Mexican Industries, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC). ... Continue reading

Miller Industries, Inc. to Explore Strategic and Financial Alternatives

Miller Industries, Inc. announced today that a Special Committee of its Board of Directors has decided to explore various strategic and financial alternatives to enhance shareholder value. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green and Brewco to Part in '99

NASCAR BGN: Mark Green and Brewco to Part in '99 ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Red Man names Steurer as Crew Chief

NASCAR Trucks: Red Man names Steurer as Crew Chief ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Goodyear Tire Notes for UAW-GM Quality 500

NASCAR-WCUP: Goodyear Tire Notes for the NASCAR Winston Cup UAW-GM Quality 500 ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Newt's Notes on Charlotte

NASCAR-WCUP: Newt's Notes on Charlotte ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Park Still Negotiating Rookie Learning Curve

NASCAR-WCUP: Park Still Negotiating Rookie Learning Curve ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Todd Bodine Tops LJ Racings Best, Looks Forward to Charlotte

NASCAR-WCUP: Todd Bodine Tops LJ Racings Best, Looks Forward to Charlotte ... Continue reading

NHRA: The Warren Report: Parts America Nationals Edition

NHRA: The Warren Report: Parts America Nationals Edition ... Continue reading

Oxford Automotive, Inc. Appoints John Walker As Director of Manufacturing Engineering

Oxford Automotive, Inc., a leading Tier 1 supplier of manufactured engineered metal components, assemblies and modules, recently announced the appointment of John Walker as director of manufacturing engineering. ... Continue reading

Raybestos Industrie-Produkte and Raybestos Friction Products - Suzhou Receive Quality Certifications

Raytech Corporation announces that two more of its subsidiaries have achieved QS-9000 and ISO 9001 certification, the validation of quality performance required to do business in the automotive industry today. ... Continue reading

Significant Jump in Colorado's Safety Belt Usage

U. S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today joined Colorado Governor Roy Romer in reporting a state-wide safety belt usage rate of 66 percent, an increase of six percentage points from last year. ... Continue reading

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Completes Dealership Acquisition

Sonic Automotive, Inc. announced today that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Higginbotham Dealership Group. ... Continue reading

Steel Industry Shows Off Designs for Lightweight Auto Doors, Hoods, Decklids, Hatches

The world steel industry has developed a range of design concepts for automotive doors, hoods, decklids and hatchbacks that could save more than 50 pounds of weight in an automobile, reports American Iron and Steel Institute. ... Continue reading

Thatsracin.com Opens to Sell NASCAR-related Merchandise

Stock car racing fans can now shop online and browse racing-related classified ads at thatsracin.com, the premier independent web site covering NASCAR. ... Continue reading

Unique Random-Vibration Technology Highlights New Version of MSC/FATIGUE

The MacNeal- Schwendler Corp. announced the release and shipment of MSC/FATIGUE, Version 8, a post-finite element analysis (FEA) application to predict the expected life of a structure or component. ... Continue reading

USCAR's Composite Consortium to Unveil Breakthrough Manufacturing Process

Leaders representing state and local government, as well as the auto and aerospace industries, will get a sneak peek at a potentially breakthrough composites manufacturing technique that may lead to cheaper and quicker composite structures for the auto industry. ... Continue reading

Visteon's Super-Integrated Approach - An Industry First

Sometimes less is more. That's certainly the case with Visteon's breakthrough super-integrated approach to designing successful solutions for its customers. ... Continue reading

WOO: Along the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series Trail

WOO: Along the Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series Trail ... Continue reading