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Tuesday, June 29, 1999

1999 Midwest Car and Truck Nationals

1999 Midwest Car and Truck Nationals

Midwest Car and Truck Nationals ... Continue reading

1999 Monster Trucks

1999 Monster Trucks

Truck Thunder Drags ... Continue reading

1999 Street Machine

1999 Street Machine

Truck Thunder Drags ... Continue reading

Accelerated Technology Announces Nucleus OSEK For Infineon Technology

Accelerated Technology Announces Nucleus OSEK For Infineon Technology

Accelerated Technology, Inc. announces Nucleus OSEK, Accelerated Technology's full-featured implementation of the OSEK/VDX operating system, for Infineon Technologies' C167 16- bit, high-performance microcontroller. ... Continue reading

A Cocktail of Automobile History, from NASCAR to Monaco via Paris and Beijing

A Cocktail of Automobile History, from NASCAR to Monaco via Paris and Beijing

In the fall of 1999, fifty fabulous automobiles, exceptional in design, performance, beauty and history will again grace the heart of Manhattan. ... Continue reading

Alternative Fuel Systems Forms Alliance With DaimlerChrysler Licensee IDEM

Alternative Fuel Systems Forms Alliance With DaimlerChrysler Licensee IDEM

Alternative Fuel Systems Inc. announced the signing of a detailed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the largest diesel engine manufacturer in Iran. ... Continue reading

AMA: Grand National Dirt Track Series Results, Allen County Fairgrounds

AMA: Grand National Dirt Track Series Results, Allen County Fairgrounds

AMA GRAND NATIONAL DIRT TRACK SERIES PRESENTED BY DRAG SPECIALTIES ALLEN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, LIMA, OHIO - JUNE 26, 199 ... Continue reading

ARCA Midgets: Gibson Goes at Grundy County

ARCA Midgets: Gibson Goes at Grundy County

ARCA Midgets: Gibson Goes at Grundy County ... Continue reading

ARCA Trucks: Kasmierski Thumps Thunderbird ARCA Trucks

ARCA Trucks: Kasmierski Thumps Thunderbird ARCA Trucks

ARCA Trucks: Kasmierski Thumps Thunderbird ARCA Trucks ... Continue reading

Arctic Cat Holds Successful Model Year 2000 ATV Dealer Show

Arctic Cat Holds Successful Model Year 2000 ATV Dealer Show

Arctic Cat Inc. unveiled their first automatic transmission all- terrain-vehicle (ATV) at the company's international dealer show in Salt Lake City, Utah last week. ... Continue reading

Bayer Establishes Therban Hot Line: 1-877-THERBAN

Bayer Establishes Therban Hot Line: 1-877-THERBAN

Bayer Corporation has established a toll-free hot line for Therban(R) HNBR, 1-877-THERBAN, providing one centralized location for all inquiries regarding the high-performance specialty elastomer. ... Continue reading

Bullhide Signs Sixth Master Distributor

Bullhide Signs Sixth Master Distributor

The Bullhide Liner Corporation announced that it has signed a new Bullhide/Quarra master distributor, bringing its total number of master distributors to six. ... Continue reading

Carey International Posts 53% Net Income Increase on 47% Revenue Growth

Carey International Posts 53% Net Income Increase on 47% Revenue Growth

Carey International, Inc. reported record results for the second quarter ended May 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - Weekend Wrap

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - Weekend Wrap

CASCAR Castrol Super Series - Weekend Wrap ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Hot temps at Cayuga leave Vanderwyst 11th

CASCAR: Hot temps at Cayuga leave Vanderwyst 11th

#77 Loctite Chevrolet - Vanderwyst Motorsports - Cayuga report ... Continue reading

CCC Information Services Announces Charge Related to Share Repurchase

CCC Information Services Announces Charge Related to Share Repurchase

CCC Information Services Group Inc. announced that it has completed the repurchase of 500,000 shares of its stock from a charitable trust which had received the shares from Mr. David Phillips, Chairman of CCC. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Realigns Auburn Hills Design Office

DaimlerChrysler Realigns Auburn Hills Design Office

Effective immediately, DaimlerChrysler has realigned its Auburn Hills Design Office following K. Neil Walling's announcement of his plans to retire June 30, 1999, after more than 33 years of service with the company. ... Continue reading

Delphi Expands Business With Nissan; Contract Means New Investment for Saginaw

Delphi Expands Business With Nissan; Contract Means New Investment for Saginaw

Delphi Automotive Systems announced it has significantly expanded its business with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., prompting additional investment in precision manufacturing technology for integral steering gears produced here. ... Continue reading

[EMAIL] Lynx-News

[EMAIL] Lynx-News

Lynx Racing News: Memo Makes The Big Time and Other Success Stories ... Continue reading

Fuel Cell Electrode to be Developed

Fuel Cell Electrode to be Developed

Rhombic Corporation announces that the company has accepted a second proposal from the University of Missouri to participate in a joint research plan to develop doped diamond electrodes and undoped diamond film for the hydrogen fuel cell market. ... Continue reading

Future Three to Receive 1999 Outstanding Achievement Award

Future Three to Receive 1999 Outstanding Achievement Award

Future Three will be honored with the 1999 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Board of Directors of the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). ... Continue reading

General Motors Delivers Additional Target Vehicle to AimRite Holdings

General Motors Delivers Additional Target Vehicle to AimRite Holdings

AimRite Holdings Corporation is pleased to announce the arrival of another project vehicle from General Motors. A COAST(tm) suspension control system will be installed on this vehicle at its new consolidated facility in San Diego, CA. ... Continue reading

InfoGation Announces OEM Version of Odyssey Navigation Software

InfoGation Announces OEM Version of Odyssey Navigation Software

InfoGation Corp. announced the Odyssey(TM) Navigation Engine, a set of software modules that will be marketed to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of automotive electronics who are creating in-vehicle computing systems. ... Continue reading

Jeannine M. Davis Elected Executive Vice President Administration, General Counsel and Secretary CTS Corporation

Jeannine M. Davis Elected Executive Vice President Administration, General Counsel and Secretary CTS Corporation

The CTS Corporation Board of Directors elected Jeannine M. Davis, Executive Vice President Administration, General Counsel and Secretary CTS Corporation, according to an announcement by Joseph P. Walker, CTS Chairman, President and CEO. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls' Headliner-integrated Audio to Debut in 2002 Minivans

Johnson Controls' Headliner-integrated Audio to Debut in 2002 Minivans

Thanks to an innovative technology from Johnson Controls, some "near-future" minivans will have premium sound systems with headliner-integrated speakers. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Ricky Craven to Drive for Midwest Transit Racing

NASCAR WCUP: Ricky Craven to Drive for Midwest Transit Racing

NASCAR WCUP: Ricky Craven to Drive for Midwest Transit Racing ... Continue reading

New Horizons of Michigan Awarded GM Global Training Contract

New Horizons of Michigan Awarded GM Global Training Contract

New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Michigan has been awarded a major contract with General Motors Corporation that will result in more than 20,000 GM employees receiving computer training on an annual basis. ... Continue reading

NHRA Federal-Mogul Series; Delmar, Del., Final Results

NHRA Federal-Mogul Series; Delmar, Del., Final Results

NHRA Federal-Mogul Series; Delmar, Del., Sunday Final Results ... Continue reading

NHRA: Scelzi, Force, Yates, Seeling, and Panella Win Sears Craftsman Nationals

NHRA: Scelzi, Force, Yates, Seeling, and Panella Win Sears Craftsman Nationals

NHRA: Scelzi, Force, Yates, Seeling, and Panella Win Sears Craftsman Nationals ... Continue reading

O'Reilly Auto Parts Chain Adds Prolong Appearance Products

O'Reilly Auto Parts Chain Adds Prolong Appearance Products

O'Reilly Automotive Inc., one of Prolong International Corp.'s long-standing and respected retail sales partners, has added Prolong Super Lubricants' recently introduced line of Prolong Appearance Products(TM) to its extensive store inventory. ... Continue reading

Oxford Automotive, Inc. Acquires Leading German Automotive Supplier, Wackenhut Gmbh

Oxford Automotive, Inc. Acquires Leading German Automotive Supplier, Wackenhut Gmbh

Oxford Automotive, Inc. announced it has purchased one of the leading German automotive suppliers Gebr.Wackenhut GmbH located in Nagold, Germany. "Wackenhut is a perfect strategic acquisition for Oxford Automotive. ... Continue reading

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Names Steve Hanson Vice President of Marketing

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company Names Steve Hanson Vice President of Marketing

Pennzoil-Quaker State Company announced that Steve Hanson has joined the company as vice president, marketing for Quaker State Products. ... Continue reading

Philip G. Semprevio Elected Executive Vice President CTS Corporation

Philip G. Semprevio Elected Executive Vice President CTS Corporation

The CTS Corporation Board of Directors elected Philip G. Semprevio, Executive Vice President CTS Corporation, according to an announcement by Joseph P. Walker, CTS Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. ... Continue reading

Rexhall Industries Names Investor Relations Firm

Rexhall Industries Names Investor Relations Firm

Rexhall Industries, Inc. announced it has retained Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc. (LE&A) as the Company's investor relations counsel. ... Continue reading

Riviera Tool Company Announces Third Quarter Results and New Orders

Riviera Tool Company Announces Third Quarter Results and New Orders

Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Riviera Tool Company reported its operating results for the three and nine months ended May 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Save A Life This Holiday Weekend: Buckle Up

Save A Life This Holiday Weekend: Buckle Up

The National Safety Council estimates that 352 people involved in serious motor vehicle crashes will live this Independence Day weekend because they wore their safety belts. ... Continue reading

SDRC Receives Contract From Mannesmann Dematic AG

SDRC Receives Contract From Mannesmann Dematic AG

SDRC announced that Mannesmann Dematic Mobile Cranes has standardized on SDRC's award-winning I-DEAS software for its entire engineering process requirements. ... Continue reading

Standard Parts Corporation Expands NAPA Auto Parts Outlets

Standard Parts Corporation Expands NAPA Auto Parts Outlets

Standard Parts Corporation, the Tacoma based NAPA Auto Parts operator has acquired the Big Wheel Auto Parts/Pochel Distributing facilities and will be converting the outlets to NAPA Auto Parts starting in mid July. ... Continue reading

Teleflex Automotive Buys Kendallville, Indiana Facility

Teleflex Automotive Buys Kendallville, Indiana Facility

Teleflex powered adjustable pedal production levels have risen from 30,000 units in 1998 to over 250,000 units in 1999, and projected worldwide production levels of approximately 2 million by the year 2003 are projected. ... Continue reading

The Attorney General Montgomery Needs to Act Now, According to UAW

The Attorney General Montgomery Needs to Act Now, According to UAW

Readers of several papers may have recently learned of internal B.F. Goodrich documents revealing that Goodrich intends to lay- off 650 Cleveland workers if it is allowed to merge with a North Carolina firm. ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Fireworks Highlight Holiday Weekend Show, Bloomington Pennzoil Cup Sprint Car Points Battle Tightens

TRACKS: Fireworks Highlight Holiday Weekend Show, Bloomington Pennzoil Cup Sprint Car Points Battle Tightens

TRACKS: Fireworks Highlight Holiday Weekend Show, Bloomington Pennzoil Cup Sprint Car Points Battle Tightens ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Rain Cancels All Scheduled Events at Jax Raceway

TRACKS: Rain Cancels All Scheduled Events at Jax Raceway

TRACKS: Rain Cancels All Scheduled Events at Jax Raceway ... Continue reading

TRW and Biosys Sign Marketing Agreement for Driver Slumber Warning System

TRW and Biosys Sign Marketing Agreement for Driver Slumber Warning System

TRW Inc. and Biosys AB of Goteborg, Sweden, announced that they have signed an agreement for the marketing and development of a slumber warning system to alert vehicle drivers to conditions of drowsiness. ... Continue reading

USAR: Gill Debuts Taurus, Takes Food City 250 Win

USAR: Gill Debuts Taurus, Takes Food City 250 Win

USAR: Gill Debuts Taurus, Takes Food City 250 Win ... Continue reading

VDO Introduces the Carin 522 Car Navigation System

VDO Introduces the Carin 522 Car Navigation System

VDO North America's Audio Navigation Division announces the introduction of the Carin 522 Interactive Car Navigation System. The Carin 522 is VDO's latest vehicle navigation system. ... Continue reading

WSI Announces Agreement in Principle To Acquire Precision Machining

WSI Announces Agreement in Principle To Acquire Precision Machining

WSI Industries, Inc. announced it has reached an agreement in principle, subject to various conditions, to purchase the stock of Bowman Tool and Machining, Inc. in Rochester, MN. ... Continue reading

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