AK Steel's Middletown Works Wins Prestigious Maintenance Honor
AK Steel's Middletown Works has won a 1998 North American Maintenance Excellence (NAME) Award. The award is considered by many in industry to represent the most prestigious honor bestowed in North America's industrial maintenance field. ... Continue reading
American Honda Reports Record Sales in February
Record February sales of Honda and Acura vehicles were buoyed by all-time record truck sales and triple-digit gains on sales of Odyssey minivan and Acura TL, according to figures released by American Honda Motor Co., Inc. ... Continue reading
Automotive Direct Marketing Day 'Early Bird' Tickets on Sale Now
"Auto Day offers attendees an excellent opportunity to grow their automotive direct marketing expertise with a full day of seminars, speakers, networking, luncheon and other events." ... Continue reading
AutoZone's 2nd Quarter Sales Up 40%; Same Store Sales Up 8%
AutoZone, Inc. reported net income for the 12 weeks ended February 13, 1999, of $36.0 million, an increase of 5% from $34.4 million for the fiscal second quarter of 1998. Diluted earnings per share increased 9% to 24 cents from 22 cents. ... Continue reading
Britax, a Manufacturer of Child Seats -- Leads in Simple Installation
Britax, number one in the world for sales of child safety seats has again set the pace for safety and innovation with its simple to install "ISOFIX" child seat. ... Continue reading
Dana Researchers Develop 'Virtual Prototype' Process
The costly, time-consuming process of producing automotive component prototypes is about to change thanks to technology developed at Dana Corporation's Technical Research Park located in southeastern Michigan. ... Continue reading
Donnelly Launches European Turnaround Plan
Donnelly Corporation said that the company has begun communicating with its European employees on a broad plan to turn around several of the company's key European operations. ... Continue reading
Exide Corporation, the world's largest supplier of lead-acid batteries, announced it and the Sears Automotive Group have decided to end their five-year relationship. ... Continue reading
FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies
1999 National Events Schedule ... Continue reading
Ford and Harley-Davidson Announce Five-Year Alliance
Harley-Davidson and Ford Motor Company join forces in a new strategic alliance that brings together two of America's most powerful brands. ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company's U.S. Sales Up 8% to All-Time February Sales Record
U.S. consumers purchased or leased an all-time record 319,340 cars and trucks from Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, and Jaguar dealers in February, up eight percent from a year ago. The previous February sales record (318,937) was set in 1996. ... Continue reading
Goran Capital Reports 1998 Results; Positioned for Growth in 1999
Goran Capital, Inc., a leading specialty insurer, the fourth largest crop and twelfth largest nonstandard auto insurer, reported the 1998 results and discussed the Company's program to improve results and to maintain growth. ... Continue reading
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation Names Richard Knopke
The Hertz Corporation announces the appointment of Richard Knopke as Region Vice President, Mid-West Region, for Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC). ... Continue reading
Hyundai February Retail Sales Notch Big Increase
Hyundai Motor America announced sales of 9,474 vehicles for the month of February. ... Continue reading
Infiniti Announces February Sales
Posting its second best February ever, Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), reported total February sales of 5,516 units, a 40.8 percent increase over last month and a 34.4 percent increase versus the previous year. ... Continue reading
IRL: Foyt, Kelley, Bradley Teams Enter 83rd Indy 500
IRL: Foyt, Kelley, Bradley Teams Enter 83rd Indy 500 ... Continue reading
Johnson Controls Awarded Additional Sears Battery Business
Johnson Controls, Inc. announced that it has been selected to supply all DieHard(R) and PlusStart(R) batteries for Sears, Roebuck and Co. ... Continue reading
KIA Continues with Strong Sales Numbers
The Groundhog may have predicted a long winter on Feb. 2, but it certainly cast no shadow on Kia's sales performance. Kia announced sales of 6,703 vehicles for the month of February, nearly 10 percent higher than last February. ... Continue reading
Land Rover Reports February 1999 Sales
Land Rover North America, Inc. reported February 1999 sales of 2212 units, which represents Land Rover North America's best February ever. ... Continue reading
Lexus Posts Best-Ever February Sales; RX 300 Success Continues
Lexus' sales momentum continued with best-ever February sales of 14,113, a 45 percent increase over the same period last year. For the first two months of the 1999, sales are up 46.2 percent. ... Continue reading
Mayflower and DaimlerChrysler Plan US Bus Joint Venture
Mayflower Corporation announces that it has signed a letter of intent with Freightliner Corporation of the USA, a DaimlerChrysler company, to form a new US joint venture producing and marketing low-floor lightweight buses. ... Continue reading
Mazda Reports Month-End February Sales
Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) reported U.S. sales of 16,910 units for the month of February. ... Continue reading
Mercedes February Sales on Par with Same Month Last Year
Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. (MBNA) reported sales of 12,257 new vehicles during the month of February 1999, remaining on par with the 12,342 vehicles sold in February 1998. ... Continue reading
Meritor Automotive Wins PACE Award for Innovation Leadership
Meritor Automotive, Inc. was announced a winner of the 1999 Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contributions to Excellence (PACE (TM)) award for its Highway Parallelogram trailer air suspension system. ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors' February Sales Total 16,558
Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc. (MMSA) sold 16,558 vehicles in February, supporting a 7 percent overall sales increase for the year. ... Continue reading
MSX International and CADFORM Engineering Joint Capabilities
MSX International and CADFORM Engineering will present their joint capabilities in automotive product design and engineering at the Automotive Technology Engineering International Trade Fair (ATE) March 16-19 in Sinsheim, Germany. ... Continue reading
NASCAR: Best of Winston Cup and Busch Grand National Meet in Coca-Cola 300
NASCAR: Best of Winston Cup and Busch Grand National Meet in Coca-Cola 300 ... Continue reading
NASCAR BGN: Larry Pearson Liked Going Home to Darlington
NASCAR BGN: Larry Pearson Liked Going Home to Darlington ... Continue reading
NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Inc. Hires Jeff Clark
NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Inc. Hires Jeff Clark ... Continue reading
NASCAR: Speedway Children's Charities Helps Your Office Get Up to Speed
NASCAR: Speedway Children's Charities Helps Your Office Get Up to Speed ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Buckshot Jones Ready for Vegas
NASCAR WCUP: Buckshot Jones Ready for Vegas ... Continue reading
New Logistics Subsidiary Established in Mexico By Axis Group
Allied Holdings, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Axis Group, Inc., has established a new subsidiary to provide logistics services to the automotive industry in Mexico. ... Continue reading
NHRA: Johnson Scores his 13th Career Title, Takes Over Points Lead
NHRA: Johnson Scores his 13th Career Title, Takes Over Points Lead ... Continue reading
Nissan Reports February Sales; Altima Sales Up 30.8 Percent
The Nissan Division of Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA), reported total sales of 42,538 units in the month of February, an increase of 14.7 percent versus the previous month. ... Continue reading
Petersen Names Tom Moloney President and COO
James D. Dunning, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EMAP Petersen, Inc. announced the appointment of Tom Moloney as the new President and Chief Operating Officer. ... Continue reading
PricewaterhouseCoopers Names Tom Webb Sr. Manager in the Automotive Practice
Tom Webb, most recently chief economist for the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), has been named Senior Manager in the automotive practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services organization. ... Continue reading
Record February Sales for DaimlerChrysler
DaimlerChrysler had record sales of 227,707 units in the U.S. in February. Dodge, Jeep(R), Chrysler and Plymouth made up 215,450 of those sales, an 8% increase over last year and the 5th consecutive month in which those brands have set a record. ... Continue reading
Republic Industries to Sell Remaining Shares of Republic Services
Republic Industries, Inc. announced that it will sell all of its shares of Republic Services, Inc. in a public offering. ... Continue reading
SeatSentry Offers Most Advanced Step in Children's Automobile Safety
NEC Automotive Electronics is offering the first and only technology designed to eliminate the risk of a child being killed or injured by a side airbag. ... Continue reading
Sesame Street and Ford Deliver Bilingual Automotive Safety Campaign
Ford Motor Company and Children's Television Workshop (CTW) have teamed up to bring "Buckle Up with Sesame Street," their national multi-city safety tour, to the Kansas City Auto Show at Bartle Hall. ... Continue reading
Southern California Fights Air Pollution Using GPS Vehicle Tracking
Radio Satellite Integrators, Inc. announced its completion of an innovative project for the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), the state agency responsible for cutting air pollution in greater Los Angeles. ... Continue reading
The Aegis Consumer Funding Group, Inc. Elects New Chairman of the Board
The Aegis Consumer Funding Group, Inc. announced that Donald E. Bender was elected Chairman of the Board. Mr. Bender has served as financial advisor to Prairie Boy Investments, Inc. ("Prairie"), the Company's largest shareholder. ... Continue reading
Titan Motorcycle Introduces New High-Performance 'Phoenix' Line
Titan Motorcycle Co. of America announced that its new line of motorcycles will be formally introduced to the motorcycle public on Wednesday, March 3, at Daytona "Bikeweek99." ... Continue reading
Toyota Reports Best-Ever February Sales
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. reported total sales of 108,141 units, an increase of 18.9 percent over last year's record-setting month and the best-ever February in the company's history. ... Continue reading
Walbro Corporation Unveils Fuel System of the Future at SAE '99
Walbro Corporation unveiled its 2000x Smart Tank(TM) -- fuel system of the future -- at the Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center in Detroit during the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) 1999 International Congress and Exposition. ... Continue reading
Worldwide DENSO Plants to Achieve ISO 14001 Certification
DENSO expects 57 of its 58 worldwide manufacturing facilities in 16 countries to achieve ISO 14001 certification by the end of this year. This includes 14 North American plants. ... Continue reading
The Yellow Cab Company of Bloomfield, Conn., has gone green with its purchase of 31 Honda Civic GXs, powered by clean- burning compressed natural gas (CNG). ... Continue reading
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