Tuesday, February 23, 1999

64 HBCUs Vie for Top Honors in National Academic Challenge

In March 1999, over 300 students from America's top Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will compete in the 1999 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) National Championship Tournament in Washington, D.C. ... Continue reading

Acura Announces Pricing for 1999 Alex Zanardi Edition NSX

Acura announced pricing for its 1999 Alex Zanardi Edition NSX exotic sports car. The manufacturer's suggested retail pricing for the special edition model is $84,000. ... Continue reading

ARI Signs First RV Industry Supplier to Complete Dealer System

ARI Network Services, Inc. announced that Workhorse Custom Chassis of Union City, Ind., became the first RV industry supplier to select a complete ARI dealer communications and electronic publishing system. ... Continue reading

Autoliv Strengthens Position in Airbag Inflators

Autoliv Inc., a worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has exercised its option to increase the company's holding from 51% to 66% in the French airbag inflator company Livbag. ... Continue reading

Best Buy Adds Clarion to Car Audio Lineup

Best Buy Co., Inc., the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, announced a new partnership with Clarion Corporation of America (CCA), a world leader in the car audio and electronics industry. ... Continue reading

Bourns Introduces Two New MULTIFUSE Battery Protection Models

Bourns Inc., a leading manufacturer of passive components, introduced two new MULTIFUSE(R) Polymer PTC resettable fuse product models for battery applications. ... Continue reading

Bullhide Liner Signs With Ford Truck Dealer in Washington State

The Bullhide Liner Corporation has announced that one of its dealers, Bullhide Liner of Puget Sound (Seattle, WA), has signed an exclusive two-year contract with Bidford Ford -- the largest volume Ford pickup truck dealer in Washington State. ... Continue reading

Carlisle Companies Announces Management Changes

Carlisle Companies Incorporated announced the appointment of Dennis J. Hall to the position of Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, effective March 1, 1999. ... Continue reading

CART: Fernandez Ready for More Wins in 1999

CART: Fernandez Ready for More Wins in 1999 ... Continue reading

Cherry Semiconductor's CS-1107 Provides Full Relay Control

The CS-1107 Automotive Single Relay Driver, an ASSP from Cherry Semiconductor Corporation, is designed expressly to power and detect fault conditions in an automobile relay. ... Continue reading

Chicago Auto Show Attendance Record Signals Continued Market Strength

The 91st Chicago Auto Show closed Sunday night with an all-time record attendance of 1,215,734, surpassing the previous mark by more than 135,000. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Reports 1998 Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year Results

Collins & Aikman Corporation announced that sales for the fourth quarter ended December 26, 1998 increased 17.8 percent to $506.1 million, from $429.7 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year. ... Continue reading

CTS Corporation U.K. Ltd. Receives Mitel Telecom Award

CTS Corporation U.K. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland, has been honored with the Mitel Telecom Supplier-of-the-Year Award for manufacturing excellence in 1998. ... Continue reading

Digital Mafia Enterprises Announces Signed Letter of Intent

Pride, Inc. announced that it has executed a Letter of Intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Digital Mafia Entertainment, LLC in exchange for the issuance of 7,400,000 shares of Pride Common Stock. ... Continue reading

Eaton Promotes Whitaker to New Position

Eaton Corporation announced the promotion of Jerry R. Whitaker to the position of Vice President-Power and Control Systems Operation for its Cutler-Hammer business unit, effective immediately. ... Continue reading

Energy Research Corporation Announces Spin-off of Evercel

Energy Research Corporation announced that it has effected a spin-off to its stockholders of 100% of the shares of Evercel, Inc., formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of ERC. ... Continue reading

First DynaPower Metal Cleaning Sales Into Two Markets

DynaMotive Technologies Corporation announced that it has received two orders for its DynaPower acid free, ultrasonic wire cleaning system from Conex Cable, Inc. in Dublin, CA, and from Suralform, Inc. in Venezuela. ... Continue reading

First Technology PLC to Acquire Control Devices, Inc.

First Technology PLC and Control Devices, Inc. announced a definitive agreement for First Technology's acquisition of Control Devices in a recommended tender offer at $16.25 per share in cash for all of Control Devices' outstanding shares. ... Continue reading

Goodyear is Title Sponsor for 62nd Soap Box Derby

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company hopes to help continue the process of rekindling America's passion with the All-American Soap Box Derby by taking an active role as national title sponsor for the 62nd running of the championship race. ... Continue reading

Haas Automation, Inc., Chooses Solidworks

SolidWorks(R) Corporation announced that Haas Automation has chosen SolidWorks solid modeling software as its corporate-wide standard for 3D design. ... Continue reading

Innovation Now the Critical Strategy for Long-Term Success

As the Internet compresses time and the global economy shrinks the world, two renowned business strategists agree on what will define the competitive platform of our near future - innovation. ... Continue reading

Intel Introduces Pentium Processors and Chipsets for In-Car Computing

At its semi-annual Developer's Forum, Intel Corporation will announce Extended Temperature Pentium(R) processors with MMX technology and supporting chipsets that have been designed to meet the stringent requirements of the automotive environment. ... Continue reading

Investor AB Comments On Volvo's Ownership in Scania

Volvo explained in a press release that it does not have any intention of selling its 13% ownership block of shares in Scania, regardless of eventual ownership changes in Scania. ... Continue reading

IRL: Fitness Trainer Helps Pennzoil Panther Crew Get Lean and Mean

IRL: Fitness Trainer Helps Pennzoil Panther Crew Get Lean and Mean ... Continue reading

Is Concrete Paving the Answer to the Pothole Pox?

Left un-repaired, potholes are more than an annoyance. They can generate costly vehicle repairs and pose threats to health and driver safety. Here are some current examples: ... Continue reading

I-Sim Driving Simulator to be Featured at Maryland State House

I-Sim Corporation announced that members of the Maryland General Assembly will test drive I-Sim's Mark II mobile driving simulator at the Maryland State House during the week of Feb. 22. ... Continue reading

Kapa Version 2.0 Released by Accord Solutions, Inc.

Accord Solutions, Inc. announced the release of Kapa Version 2.0. Kapa(TM) is a design language for message interaction that enables engineers to create rapid prototypes, design emulations and validations, module test environments, productcertification. ... Continue reading

Kenwick's Automax Division Reports Pre-tax Earnings

Kenwick Industries, Inc. reported 1998 revenues for their Automax Automobile Division (includes Automax Finance Unit). ... Continue reading

Land Rover's Active Cornering Enhancement (ACE) Wins Award

In a ceremony at the Canadian International Auto Show, Land Rover's new Active Cornering Enhancement system (ACE) was awarded the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada's "1999 Best New Technology Award." ... Continue reading

Lexus Announces New Pricing

Lexus announced price increases for select models while the Manufacturer Suggested Retail Prices (MSRP) for the ES 300 entry-level luxury sedan and the GS 400/300 sports sedan remain unchanged. ... Continue reading

MascoTech, Inc. Announces 1998 Results

MascoTech sales increased to $1.6 billion in 1998 from $922 million in 1997 principally as a result of the acquisition of TriMas Corporation which was completed on January 22, 1998. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Recalling 2600 Cabriolet Vehicles

Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. (MBNA) announced that it has initiated a voluntary recall of about 2,600 vehicles. ... Continue reading

MotorVac Technologies Expands Facilities to Meet Strong Product Demand

MotorVac Technologies Inc. announced that the company recently added 10,000 square feet to its facilities by occupying the building adjacent to its current facility. ... Continue reading

NASCAR GDS: Howell to Sub for Injured Crenshaw

NASCAR GDS: Howell to Sub for Injured Crenshaw ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Chad Little Settles in for '99

NASCAR WCUP: Chad Little Settles in for '99 ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Mark Martin Rockingham Press Conference

NASCAR WCUP: Mark Martin Rockingham Press Conference ... Continue reading

North Carolina Speedway and General Mills Announce Agreement

North Carolina Speedway and General Mills have signed a multi- year title sponsorship agreement for the October 23-24 NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series weekend, officials announced. ... Continue reading

OEA Announces Second Quarter Results

OEA, Inc. announced results for its second quarter and six- month period ended January 29, 1999. ... Continue reading

Oswald Rates SAE Congress Valuable as a Place to do Business, Share Ideas

"This year's Congress is not just about engineering," said Robert Oswald, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert Bosch Corporation. " It's about business, collaboration and opportunity. ... Continue reading

Robert Lutz Will Sign `Guts' at SAE Congress Bookstore

Robert A. Lutz, the former president and vice chairman of Chrysler Corporation, will sign his new book "Guts" in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Bookstore at the 1999 SAE International Congress & Exposition in Cobo Center, Detroit. ... Continue reading

SDRC Organizes for Growth Market Opportunities

SDRC, a leading provider of enterprise product development solutions worldwide, announced organizational changes aimed at strengthening the overall corporation for growth acceleration into the year 2000. ... Continue reading

SDRC Receives Approximately $2M in Orders from Tusas Aerospace

SDRC announced that Tusas Aerospace Industries has placed new orders for SDRC's market-leading Metaphase(R) Enterprise(TM) product data management (PDM) software and related services. The value of the orders is approximately $2 million. ... Continue reading

SPX Corporation to Sell Dual-Lite Business

SPX Corporation announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Dual-Lite business to U.S. Industries for an undisclosed amount. The agreement is subject to normal closing adjustments and regulatory review. ... Continue reading

Standard Products' Directors Authorize Stock Repurchase Program

The Standard Products Company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 5 percent of the Company's outstanding common shares over the next three years. ... Continue reading

Stocks: Late Model Sportsman Series Preview, 441 Speedway

Stocks: Late Model Sportsman Series Preview, 441 Speedway ... Continue reading

The MathWorks Control Design Tools Selected by Ford's Powertrain Group

The MathWorks, Inc. announced that Ford Motor Company has purchased the MathWorks control design software tools to provide seamless computer-aided engineering support for the development of Ford's powertrain control systems. ... Continue reading

Toyota Subsidiary Places Order for SMS CT System

Scientific Measurement Systems announced that Bodine Aluminum, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor based in Missouri, has placed an order for an SMS SmartScan CT system. ... Continue reading

Trucks: Myakka Brokers Southern Pro Truck Series Results

Trucks: Myakka Brokers Southern Pro Truck Series Results ... Continue reading

Unique Mobility, Inc. Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System To Debut

Unique Mobility, Inc. announced that it has delivered electric propulsion system components to Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, as part of their development and installation of a hybrid-electric powertrain system in a heavy tracked vehicle. ... Continue reading