Tuesday, October 6, 1998

A Lot Available With Latest Release of MSC/NASTRAN for Windows

This mid-range priced version of MSC/NASTRAN contains a number of enhancements that result in faster time to market through improved solid modeling and meshing tools, and an updated, faster version of the MSC/NASTRAN solver. ... Continue reading

American Quantum Cycles Inc. Passes EPA Test

American Quantum Cycles Inc. announced that it has passed the Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards for its 88 cubic inch 4-Valve(R) engine. ... Continue reading

AOL Expands Auto Racing Presence With 2nd Season of NASCAR and ARCA Sponsorships

America Online, the world leader in interactive services and content, announced today its expanded participation in the world of auto racing with a new 1999 season schedule. ... Continue reading

Aon Announces Completion of Acquisition of Auto Insurance Specialists

Headquartered in Hermosa Beach, California, AIS is an insurance broker specializing in preferred, standard and non-standard automobile insurance coverage. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. ... Continue reading

Auto Dealers Add Web Sites, Sales Slow to Follow

The number of auto dealerships operating Web pages increased by 8 percent in the last year, but sales of vehicles through those sites have been slow to develop, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. ... Continue reading

AutoNation USA Opens Rancho Cucamonga Area Megastore

AutoNation USA opens its second used vehicle megastore in the Southern California area in Rancho Cucamonga. The new AutoNation USA, located at 9629 Buffalo Avenue, will be the 39th AutoNation USA megastore to open nationally. ... Continue reading

BAT International's Batsupercar Web Site to be On-Line Today

BAT International is currently in the process of bringing up a number of web sites to further provide its investors and interest parties information about BAT and its subsidiaries and products. ... Continue reading

BULLHIDE Liner Corp. Signs Four New Application Centers

BULLHIDE Liner Corp. announced its number of application centers has increased to 39 in 21 states and two countries with three new signings. This represents a total of 31 new signings so far in 1998 -- 15% ahead of projections. ... Continue reading

Capital Automotive REIT closes $149 Million in Acquisitions for Q3

Capital Automotive REIT announced that it has closed approximately $148.8 million of acquisitions in the quarter ended September 30, 1998. Consideration for the acquisitions was substantially all cash. ... Continue reading

Carey International Reports Q3 Results

Carey International, Inc. reported record results for the third quarter and nine months ended August 31, 1998. ... Continue reading

ContiFinancial Places $80 Million of Auto Loan Asset-Backed Securities

ContiFinancial Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Triad Financial Corporation, privately placed $80 million of asset-backed Notes. ... Continue reading

Dana's Perfect Circle Sealed Power Division Honored with Award

The Perfect Circle Sealed Power Division of Dana Corporation has been awarded the prestigious Allied Signal Truck Brake System 1997 Supplier Excellence Award. ... Continue reading

DCAP Insurance and Extech Announce Strategic Alliance

Extech Corporation announced a strategic alliance between Dealers Choice Automotive Planning Inc. and its affiliates, DCAP Insurance, and The Robert Plan Corporation, one of the largest insurers of assigned-risk drivers in the United States. ... Continue reading

Drag Bikes: Nitrous Express Turns Up the Heat on Street Bikes

Drag Bikes: Nitrous Express Turns Up the Heat on Street Bikes ... Continue reading

DymaMotive Technologies Suspends Further Conversions

DynaMotive Technologies Corp announced that it has suspended all conversions of Convertible Debentures pending a review by a special committee of the Company's Board of Directors of recent trading activity in the common shares of the Company. ... Continue reading

Easyriders, Inc. Gets Major Advertising Commitment

Easyriders, Inc. announced that it has received a commitment to purchase at least $200,000 of advertising in 1999, and up to $500,000 of advertising over the next two years, from Bikers Dream, Inc. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Appoints Colin Brown

Alan R. Begg, vice president, technology, Federal-Mogul Corporation, announces the appointment of Colin Brown to managing director of the corporation's central research and development laboratories at Cawston House, Rugby, England. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Appoints William J. Zdeblick

Alan R. Begg, vice president, technology, Federal-Mogul Corporation, announces the appointment of William J. Zdeblick to director of the company's Plymouth, Michigan Technical Center. ... Continue reading

Global Motorsport Group, Inc. Reports Record Sales Orders

Global Motorsport Group, Inc. reported that record sales orders of $5.2 million were received at the Custom Chrome Twelfth Annual Dealer Show held at the Company's headquarters on September 18th through 20th, 1998. ... Continue reading

IMPCO to Acquire Assets of Crusader Engines' Industrial Product Line

IMPCO Technologies Inc. announced it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire certain assets of the industrial engine product line of Crusader Engines from Thermo Power Corp., a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corp. ... Continue reading

Industrial Distribution Group Continues Expansion

Industrial Distribution Group, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisitions of J.M. Tool and Supply, Inc., Austin Ford Logan, Inc. and Atlantic Industrial Supplies, Inc. ... Continue reading

International Speedway Corporation Reports Q3 Results

International Speedway Corporation reported results for the third quarter and nine months ended August 31, 1998. ... Continue reading

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League Weekly Notebook

IRL: Pep Boys Indy Racing League Weekly Notebook ... Continue reading

IRL: Team Cheever Looks for Podium "Hat Trick" at Vegas

IRL: Team Cheever Looks for Podium ... Continue reading

Jaguar Posts Increase for September and Third Quarter

Jaguar Cars today announced that its September sales in the United States totaled 1,653 cars, up 20 percent compared with September 1997, and sales for the third quarter totaled 5,369, up 27 percent compared with the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Larraauri Wins Round 9 of the South American Touring Car Championship

Argentinian Oscar Larrauri (BMW 320i), won the ninth round of the South-American Touring Car Championship, last sunday at the Oscar Alfredo Galvez circuit, inBuenos Aires. ... Continue reading

LucasVarity Supplies Brakes and Components to New Honda Minivan

LucasVarity plc announced that its Automotive Division is producing a brake actuation system, rear drum brakes and front callipers for onda's 1999 minivan, the Odyssey. ... Continue reading

Mansur Industries Announces Agreement With Republic Industries

Mansur Industries Inc. announced that it has entered into a Master Purchase Agreement with Republic Industries pursuant to which the Company has become Republic's authorized and approved vendor of industrial parts washers. ... Continue reading

MARVAC Sponsoring 9th Annual Fall Detroit Camper & RV Show

The Michigan Association of Recreational Vehicles and Campgrounds (MARVAC) is sponsoring the 9th Annual Fall Detroit Camper & RV Show in Novi, October 7-11, 1998, at the Novi Expo Center. ... Continue reading

Mazda Announce Awards Honoring Most 'Out-Of-The-Box' People

It takes an out-of-the-box individual to know one. This rationale led Mazda to announce the signing of critically- acclaimed actress Jane Krakowski, as the national spokeswoman for the first-ever Mazda Protege Out-Of-The-Box Awards. ... Continue reading

Mazda Appoints Vice Presidents

President and CEO of Mazda North American Operations, announced that effective 10/1/98, Takaharu Kobayakawa will be v president of product planning and design, and Gordon Dickie will become vice president of engineering, manufacturing and supply. ... Continue reading

Mazda Protege Poll Says 'Twentysomethings' Can't Be Put in a Box

Being unique and 'your own person' is extremely important, but a mixture of some practicality and dependability is necessary for today's twentysomethings (or Gen Xers), a Mazda Protege Poll of this group found. ... Continue reading

Meritor Automotive Settles Treasury Interest Rate Lock Agreements

Meritor Automotive, Inc. reported the settlement of two forward treasury interest rate lock agreements resulting in a one-time payment of $31 million. ... Continue reading

NASCAR-CTS: Doug George to drive the #84 Porter-Cable Power Tools FORD at Sears Point

NASCAR-CTS: Doug George to drive the #84 Porter-Cable Power Tools FORD at Sears Point ... Continue reading

NASCAR-GDS: Hutto Wins, Huffman Clinches

NASCAR-GDS: Hutto Wins, Huffman Clinches ... Continue reading

NASCAR SJAPS: Query Goes Home to Land Another Victory

NASCAR SJAPS: Query Goes Home to Land Another Victory ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Earnhardt's Napkin Holds the Key to Park's Talladega

NASCAR-WCUP: Earnhardt's Napkin Holds the Key to Park's Talladega ... Continue reading

National Laboratory Fuel Cell Review Demonstrates Progress

The annual National Laboratory Research and Development Meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cells for Transportation Program was held on July 28-29 at Los Alamos (N.M.) National Laboratory. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Bazemore Racing Crew Members Remain Positive and Loyal

NHRA: Bazemore Racing Crew Members Remain Positive and Loyal ... Continue reading

Noble International, Ltd. Completes Acquisition of Assets of H&H Steel

Noble International, Ltd. announced that it has completed, through its subsidiaries, the acquisition of the operating assets and certain liabilities of H&H Steel Processing Company, Inc. ... Continue reading

Ovonic NiMH Batteries Featured

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. and its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. announced that their proprietary Ovonic nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries were featured at two European vehicle shows. ... Continue reading

OZO Diversified Automation Inc. Announces Plan to Sell

OZO Diversified Automation, Inc. announced that it had reached a nonbinding agreement in principle to sell its automation and depaneling business to JOT Automation, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of JOT Automation Group Oyj of Finland. ... Continue reading

Pep Boys To Sell 100 Express Stores

The Pep Boys, the nation's leading automotive aftermarket retail and service chain, announced that it has entered into a definitive real estate agreement to sell 100 of its non- service/non-tire format Express stores to AutoZone Inc. ... Continue reading

Perceptics Corporation Wins Customs Service Contract

Perceptics Corporation, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, has been awarded a contract worth up to $45 million from the U.S. Customs Service to provide automated vehicle license plate recognition (LPR) systems. ... Continue reading

Petit Le Mans Scrutineering Day# 1

The Premiere Petit Le Mans 1000 Miles at Road Atlanta this week-end is underway. The participating teams began arriving to the Lenox Square Mall to conduct the Scrutineering/Technical Inspection at 10:00 am this morning. ... Continue reading

POMS Corp. Ships POMS MES Version 4.1

POMS(C) Corp. announced that it has begun to ship POMS MES(TM) 4.1 -- the latest version of its industry -- leading MES software. ... Continue reading

Porsche Reports U.S. Sales for September 1998

Porsche Cars North America, importer and distributor of Porsche sports cars in the United States announced sales and stock figures for the month of September 1998. ... Continue reading

SAAB Cars Announces Contest For IT and Internet Enthusiasts

Saab Cars USA, Inc., announced a Fall 1998 contest promotion, targeted to computer executives, to celebrate the installation of its new e-commerce information system at its U.S. retailer locations. ... Continue reading

Seatbelt Safety for Children Improves with Simple Device

One small Michigan firm is determined to provide a solution to the number one cause of injuries and death for children ages four through nine -- lack of seatbelt use in automobile crashes. ... Continue reading

Siebe Confirms Sale of North Safety Products Business

United Kingdom based SIEBE plc announced the sale of its North Safety Products business to Norcross Safety Products LLC was subject to relevant regulatory approvals and to Norcross completing appropriate financing arrangements. ... Continue reading

Siemens Approve Ultracapacitor Agreement With Maxwell Technologies

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors of Siemens AG and the partnership committee of Siemens Matsushita Components GmbH have approved a broad-based agreement with Maxwell in the ultracapacitor business area. ... Continue reading

Suppliers Helping to Spare the Spare

PNGV suppliers are pumping up a new tire program that may help the American car companies and their federal partners develop technologies enabling the design of midsize "supercars" with up to 80 mpg. ... Continue reading

Tanknology to Provide Compliance Management Services to Budget

Tanknology-NDE International, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Budget Rent a Car Corp, whereby Tanknology will provide its Compliance Management Services on an outsource basis for all Budget facilities with fueling systems. ... Continue reading

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TORNADO Device Stirring Up Interest of Drivers and Fleet Managers

TORNADO reports that the company now supplies the City of Norwalk, Calif., with the TORNADO, an automotive air-channeling device that is designed to improve miles-per-gallon and boost the performance of vehicles. ... Continue reading

Universal Automotive, Inc. Named Preferred Supplier

Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. is pleased to announce that its Universal Brake Parts (UBP) unit has been selected as the preferred brake rotor and drum supplier to RPM Group. ... Continue reading

Universal Ice Blast, Inc. Announces it Is Coming of Age

In June, 1998, UIBI was awarded a contract from the New York DOT to clean lead based paint from two highway bridges from an allotment of 13. Over the past several months, the project has been a great success and UIBI has been commended by the NY DOT. ... Continue reading

USAC: The Week in Sprints, Midgets and Silver Crown

USAC: The Week in Sprints, Midgets and Silver Crown ... Continue reading

Warranty Can be Key in New Car Purchase

Consumers in the market for a new car should know the warranty coverage of the vehicle they are considering before buying it, according to AAA. ... Continue reading

WOO: World of Outlaws Point Standings Through October 5th

WOO: World of Outlaws Point Standings Through October 5th ... Continue reading