ADP Alliance DMS System Receives DaimlerChrysler DSP Certification
ADP's Alliance(TM) dealer management system has become one of only five such systems to date to receive DaimlerChrysler's Dealership Service Provider Certification. ... Continue reading
ADP Canada and Mercedes-Benz Canada Launch Application Server for Canadian Dealers
Mercedes-Benz Canada dealers have been offered the opportunity to substantially reduce computing expenses by running their dealer management system (DMS) through an application server at the Mercedes-Benz headquarters in Toronto. ... Continue reading
ADP Dealer Services Assumes Complete IT Responsibilities for 460 Nissan Motor Germany Dealers
ADP Dealer Services has assumed complete information technology (IT) responsibilities for 460 Nissan Motor Germany dealers, including dealer management system (DMS) software and on-site and telephone hotline technical support. ... Continue reading
Aetna Announces Extension to the Consent Solicitation for Senior Notes
Aetna Industries, Inc. previously announced on November 17, 1999, that it had commenced a consent solicitation relating to its $85.0 million outstanding principal amount of 11 7/8% Senior Notes due 2006, Series B. ... Continue reading
AK Steel Earns Nissan Quality Award for Eighth Consecutive Year
AK Steel Corporation has earned Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corporation U.S.A.'s Quality Master Award for the eighth consecutive year. No other integrated steel producer has won the award for more than three consecutive years. ... Continue reading
All-Car Automotive To Supply a Wide Variety of Liteglow Products
Spencer Krumholz, president and CEO of Liteglow Industries Inc., announced that Liteglow Industries will supply All-Car Automotive, one of the leading auto parts chains in the Midwest, with a wide assortment of products. ... Continue reading
Allen Communication Wins Toyota Business for Extensive Sales Training Course
Allen Communication, a leading online training courseware and tools developer, announced its selection by Toyota Motor Sales to provide an extensive sales training course. ... Continue reading
Annual Cycle World International Motorcycle Show Thunders Into Seattle
The 164,500(a) motorcyclists registered in Washington will find that Christmas has come early this year -- in the form of the largest consumer-oriented powersports show series in the nation. ... Continue reading
ARMO Award Winners Announced at '99 SEMA Show * ITE
The Automotive Restoration Market Organization, a council of the Specialty Equipment Market Association, held an awards ceremony honoring this year's ARMO Hall of Fame recipient and ARMO Person of the Year in Las Vegas at the '99 SEMA Show * ITE. ... Continue reading
ASC Incorporated & Edscha Awarded BMW Z3 Roadster Roof System Contract
ASC Incorporated, Southgate, Mich., U.S.A., and Edscha Cabrio- Verdecksysteme GmbH, Hengersberg, Germany, have been awarded the contract for development and production of the complete roof system of the next generation BMW Z3 Roadster. ... Continue reading
ASC Incorporated & Edscha Establish Joint Venture
ASC Incorporated, Southgate, Mich., U.S.A., and Edscha AG, Remscheid, Germany, have agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture for the development, production and delivery of complete convertible roof systems. ... Continue reading
ASC Incorporated to Open Munich Technical Center
ASC Incorporated will open a technical center in Munich, Germany, to provide product development and technical support to customers throughout Europe. The announcement was made by Uwe Heitzmann, ASC director of European business development. ... Continue reading
AT&T Awarded Contract from GM To Manage Global IP Network
AT&T announced that it has been awarded a five-year contract worth approximately $350m from General Motors to design, build and manage a global Internet Protocol network that will greatly enhance the automaker's e-business connectivity. ... Continue reading
Copart Reports Record First Quarter Results
Copart earned net income of $6,312,600 or $.23 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2000, generating a 53% increase in earnings per share over the same period in fiscal 1999, on revenues of $40,507,600. ... Continue reading
Credit Acceptance Corporation Announces Waiver Extension
Credit Acceptance Corporation announced that the waivers of non- compliance with the fixed charge coverage ratio in the agreements relating to their senior notes and bank debt have been extended through December 10, 1999. ... Continue reading
Delphi Automotive Selects AT&T for Global Networking
AT&T said it will design, build and operate a global Internet Protocol (IP) networking capability for Delphi Automotive Systems that will allow them to link its global locations with more than 2,800 suppliers and customers. ... Continue reading
DESC S.A Will Expand Capacity At Their Cast Aluminum Wheel Plant in Chihuahua
DESC, S.A. de C.V. announced that Unik S.A. de C.V., its wholly owned autoparts subsidiary, and Unik's partner Hayes Lemmerz International will expand capacity at their cast aluminum wheel plant in Chihuahua, Mexico. ... Continue reading
Economic Recovery Promises Growth and Increased Opportunities
The Asian financial crisis in mid-1997 had a detrimental effect on the Asian economies and in turn, the Asian Pacific bearings market. ... Continue reading
Energy Conversion Devices Announces Agreement With Toshiba
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. announced that ECD and its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc., have expanded their relationship with Toshiba Battery Company, Ltd. of Japanand have entered into a further agreement with Toshiba Battery. ... Continue reading
EURO RSCG Wnek Gosper Appointed by Budget Rent a Car
EURO RSCG Wnek Gosper in London has been appointed by Budget Rent a Car, one of the world's top three car and van rental companies, on a pan-European project basis for the next 12 months. ... Continue reading
GE Capital Fleet Services Achieves $3 Million Per Day in Online Transactions
In just five months since its initial launch, GE Capital Fleet Services' web ordering application, located within gefleet.com, now averages more than $3 million a day in online vehicle ordering transactions. ... Continue reading
Gene Auerbach Named Senior Vice President, International
AutoZone, Inc. announced Gene Auerbach, 54, has been named senior vice president, international. He replaces Steve Valentine, who filled the newly created position of senior vice president, commercial. ... Continue reading
Guide Achieves Y2K Ready Status, Meets AIAG Year 2000 Requirements
Guide Corporation announced that it has achieved Y2K ready status for its manufacturing operations in Indiana and Louisiana, as well as for its engineering, infrastructure, and business systems. ... Continue reading
Hayes Lemmerz International to Expand Presence in Mexico
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of wheels, brakes, suspension, structural and other lightweight components to the automotive and commercial highway markets, and its partner UNIK, S.A. de C.V. ... Continue reading
HSB Group, Inc. Declares Dividend
The Board of Directors of HSB Group, Inc. declared the regular quarterly dividend of 44 cents per share. The dividend will be payable on January 27, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 10, 2000. ... Continue reading
Kia Launches Captive Finance Arm
Kia Financial Services, a private-label financing source created by PRIMUS Financial Services and Kia Motors America, will become available to Kia dealers as soon as Dec. 1. ... Continue reading
Lally Finishes a Strong Fifth in Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series in England as Member of Team U.S.A. ... Continue reading
Local Thrifty Car Rental Opens at the New Frontier
Qualcar, L.L.C. dba Thrifty Car Rental of Las Vegas, continues to expand in the local market with the December 1st opening of a new hotel facility located inside the New Frontier. ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz to Recall 1997 SL Models, 1998-1999 M-Class Models
Mercedes-Benz USA announced that it has initiated a recall of 1997 SL coupe/roadsters to replace driver's side airbag modules, affecting 4,400 vehicles. ... Continue reading
Miracom Enters Into Exclusive Letter of Intent With Okabe
MiracomCorporation announced that it has signed an exclusive binding letter of intent with Okabe Co., Inc. in which Okabe will use Parts.com as its exclusive provider of online business- to-business parts exchange to the aftermarket parts industry. ... Continue reading
Motorola Receives Award From Volkswagen for Excellent Technology
Motorola was recognized as the first semiconductor supplier to receive the prestigious Volkswagen Corporate Supplier Award - "The Leading Edge 1998" - for providing Volkswagen with excellent microcontroller technology and high servicestandards. ... Continue reading
National Joins Budget In Priceline.com's New Rental Car Program
Now, priceline.com has another money-saving surprise for holiday travelers. The Company announced that National Car Rental has joined Budget Rent a Car Corporation in priceline.com's rental car program. ... Continue reading
New Contact Enables Engineers to Simulate Contact, Impact and Friction
Algor, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers announced that a new general surface-to-surface contact capability is now available for its Accupak Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) family of products. ... Continue reading
A new patented evaporatorsystem cleaner called DWD2 has been introduced by DWD2 Success Distribution, Inc. ... Continue reading
Review of Midway's fast and gorgeous boat racing game for the Dreamcast platform. ... Continue reading
Review of Sega's CART: Flag to Flag game for the Dreamcast platform. ... Continue reading
Review of Titus Software's Roadsters game for the Nintendo 64 platform. ... Continue reading
Rouge Steel Production Temporarily Disrupted by Loss of Power
Rouge Steel experienced a loss of electrical power to a major portion of its plant on Nov 24, 1999, causing the temporary shutdown of its steelmaking operations and isolated property damage to its blast furnace and continuous caster equipment. ... Continue reading
SEMA Announces Trade Show Alliance in Australia
SEMA announced an alliance with the Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association and Trade Fairs Australia to sponsor the SEMA Performance and Technology Section at the Australian Automotive Trade Fair, to be held in Australia, May 5-7, 2000. ... Continue reading
Spartan Motors Introduces Two New Motorhome Chassis
Custom chassis maker Spartan Motors, Inc. is unveiling two new entry-level, rear-engine diesel chassis at the recreational vehicle industry's biggest trade show this week. ... Continue reading
SRMA Award Winners Announced at '99 SEMA Show * ITE
The Street Rod Marketing Alliance (SRMA), council of SEMA, held an awards ceremony honoring this year's SRMA Hall of Fame inductees and SRMA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in Las Vegas at the '99 SEMA Show * ITE. ... Continue reading
Stumped for the Perfect Automotive Christmas Gift?
They're small, tasteful, tuck easily into a stocking hung over the chimney with care, satisfy every whim of the autophile in anyone's home -- and each one benefits 12 terrific charities. ... Continue reading
Team of Experts Sheds Light On Avoiding Potential Holiday Dangers
For millions of families, this holiday season will see trips to crowded malls, long car rides on wintry days, and toy wish lists scrawled in crayon -- or developed on the Internet. ... Continue reading
Third Annual Ford Sponsorship Educates 15,000 Students
Ford Motor Company is sponsoring subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition for more than 15,000 teens at high schools in California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Virginia. ... Continue reading
Titan Comments on Des Moines Accident
Maurice Taylor, Jr., president and CEO of Titan International, Inc. expressed his condolences for the family of truck driver Douglas Oswald, who was killed in an accident at Titan's Des Moines tire plant. ... Continue reading
Tupy of Brazil Moves Into CGI With SinterCast
An agreement has been signed between Fundicao Tupy of Brazil and SinterCast AB (publ) of Sweden signaling the first South American foundry entering into production preparation for Compacted Graphite Iron for engine components. ... Continue reading
Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. Awarded Materials Quality Certification
Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. announced that ithas been awarded ISO9001 registration for design of friction material compounds and the manufacturing and assembly of friction material parts for the private and commercial Auto Aftermarket. ... Continue reading
USAC: Leffler steals Stewart's 'Turkey' at Irwindale; Wise wins TQ title
USAC: Leffler steals Stewart's 'Turkey' at Irwindale; Wise wins TQ title ... Continue reading
USAR: Kelley wins $25,000 bonus in Alan Kulwicki Memorial Hooters 300 at USA International Speedway
USAR: Kelley wins $25,000 bonus in Alan Kulwicki Memorial Hooters 300 at USA International Speedway ... Continue reading
Varitek Industries, Inc. Plans to Acquire Wireless Data Solutions
Varitek Industries, Inc. announced the signing of a formal letter of intent with Wireless Data Solutions (WDS) of Oceanside, California, to acquire WDS, including its wholly owned subsidiary, Dinet Distributed Networks, Inc. ... Continue reading
Werner Enterprises Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
Werner Enterprises, Inc., announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.025 (2.5 cents) per share payable to stockholders of record on January 10, 2000. ... Continue reading
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