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Thursday, December 23, 1999

AAA Names Mitsubishi Galant a 'Top Car' in Its New Car & Truck Buying Guide

AAA Names Mitsubishi Galant a 'Top Car' in Its New Car & Truck Buying Guide

Mitsubishi Motors' Galant mid-size sedan was announced as one of the American Automobile Association's "Top Car" Award Winners, in a ceremony held in Washington, DC. ... Continue reading

American Isuzu Motors Inc.'s Internet Naming Contest is Amazing Success

American Isuzu Motors Inc.'s Internet Naming Contest is Amazing Success

After 29 days of receiving thousands of name suggestions for American Isuzu Motors Inc.'s (AIMI) next SUV concept, the first phase of the "Isuzu Ultimate Naming Challenge" is over. ... Continue reading

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. Makes Robertson Stephens B2B Report Available on Its Web Site

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. Makes Robertson Stephens B2B Report Available on Its Web Site

AutoTradeCenter.com Inc. announced that the Robertson Stephens report naming the Company as a B2B company to watch is available from its Web site at www.autotradecenter.com. ... Continue reading

Biggest US Electric Vehicle Order Coming to California

Biggest US Electric Vehicle Order Coming to California

The nation's largest single fleet of 480 electric vehicles is coming to California, thanks to a partnership of public and private organizations quickly brought together this fall by the California Energy Commission. ... Continue reading

Carey International Announces Major Expansion In Italy

Carey International Announces Major Expansion In Italy

Carey International, Inc. recently announced that it has signed a License Agreement for the country of Italy with chauffeured vehicle service provider UCS S.R.L., owned by Francesco Mattiazzo and Andrea Barocchi, effective January 1, 2000. ... Continue reading

Carpenter Awarded Global Eaton Contract

Carpenter Awarded Global Eaton Contract

Carpenter Technology Corp. announced that it has signed a three- year contract to be the global supplier of high-temperature alloy valve steel to Eaton Corp.'s Engine Components Operations. ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Honored by PACE(TM) 2000 Awards

Collins & Aikman Honored by PACE(TM) 2000 Awards

Collins & Aikman's Dura Convertible Systems, Inc. division, announced that it has been awarded an honorable mention from the PACE(TM) 2000 Awards Program. ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Interview On wallstreetreporter.com

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Interview On wallstreetreporter.com

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY announced that its chairman and CEO, Patrick W. Rooney and president and COO, Thomas A. Dattilo were featured in an interview with the online financial forum, WallStreetReporter.com. ... Continue reading

CPSC, NHTSA and Cosco Announce Recall of Infant Car Seats/Carriers

CPSC, NHTSA and Cosco Announce Recall of Infant Car Seats/Carriers

In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Cosco Inc. of Columbus, Ind., is announcing the recall of about 670,000 Arriva and Turnabout infant car seats/carriers. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of January 3, 2000

DaimlerChrysler Reports Plant Schedule for Week of January 3, 2000

DaimlerChrysler Corporation reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will be closed from December 24, 1999 to January 2, 2000. ... Continue reading

Delphi and Electricore Competitively Selected by U.S. Department of Energy

Delphi and Electricore Competitively Selected by U.S. Department of Energy

Delphi Automotive Systems, through the Indiana-based consortium, Electricore Inc., signed a $7.2 million research and development initiative with the U.S. Department of Energy. ... Continue reading

Delphi and Global Thermoelectric Successfully New Fuel System

Delphi and Global Thermoelectric Successfully New Fuel System

Delphi Automotive Systems and Global Thermoelectric Inc. announced that they have successfully tested an integrated solid-oxide fuel cell system running on automotive gasoline. ... Continue reading

Delphi's Italian Operations Provides HVAC Solutions to Komatsu Subsidiary

Delphi's Italian Operations Provides HVAC Solutions to Komatsu Subsidiary

Delphi Automotive Systems' Harrison Thermal division has won a contract with Fai-Komatsu (FKI) in Italy and has recently begun supplying heating and air conditioning systems to the heavy machinery and earth-moving specialist. ... Continue reading

DENSO Celebrates 50th Anniversary

DENSO Celebrates 50th Anniversary

As the century ends, DENSO Corporation is also celebrating the 50th year of its founding by setting a future goal of positioning DENSO as one of the three clear leaders of the global autoparts industry. ... Continue reading

Digital Entertainment Network, Inc. (DEN) and Ford Join Forces

Digital Entertainment Network, Inc. (DEN) and Ford Join Forces

Digital Entertainment Network, Inc. and Ford Motor Company anounced the debut of a brand new four part series on drinking and driving, which is being featured on DEN's "confiDENtial" program at http://www.den.net. ... Continue reading

EDS and GM North America Renew Three-Year IT Services Contract

EDS and GM North America Renew Three-Year IT Services Contract

EDS announced the renewal of a three-year agreement with General Motors North America (GMNA) to provide IT systems and services for operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, including Saturn. ... Continue reading

[EMAIL] Sears Introduces Revolutionary DieHard Battery

[EMAIL] Sears Introduces Revolutionary DieHard Battery

Consumers can feel safer knowing that they have a better choice when it comes to protecting one of their most precious investments -- their car. ... Continue reading

Exide Acquires Majority Interest in Potential `Breakthrough' Battery Technology

Exide Acquires Majority Interest in Potential `Breakthrough' Battery Technology

Exide Corporation announced it has acquired a controlling interest in Lion Compact Energy, a company conducting research in dual-graphite battery technology that could dramatically advance the search for cleaner and more efficient batteries. ... Continue reading

Exide Announces Sale Completion of Battery Separator Facility

Exide Announces Sale Completion of Battery Separator Facility

Exide Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced sale of its battery separator operations in Corydon, IN to Daramic, Inc. of Burlington, MA, a member of The InterTech Group. ... Continue reading

Exide Responds to Mississippi Lawsuit And Attorney General Subpoena

Exide Responds to Mississippi Lawsuit And Attorney General Subpoena

Exide Corporation, the global leader in the lead-acid battery business, responded to questions concerning a lawsuit filed in Mississippi alleging the company sold used automotive batteries as new. ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Awarded Bosch Supplier of the Year Award

Federal-Mogul Awarded Bosch Supplier of the Year Award

Federal-Mogul Corporation has been awarded the Supplier of the Year Award from Bosch. Bosch presented the award for Federal- Mogul's rapid delivery start-up and problem-solving abilities. ... Continue reading

Gold Peak's Singapore-Listed Electronics Division Announces Interim Results

Gold Peak's Singapore-Listed Electronics Division Announces Interim Results

GPE Industries Limited, a 66.06% owned Singapore-listed Electronics Division of Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Limited is pleased to announce its unaudited consolidated results for the six months ended September 30, 1999 as follows: ... Continue reading

Goodyear, All-American Soap Box Derby Agree on Sponsorship Extension

Goodyear, All-American Soap Box Derby Agree on Sponsorship Extension

The All-American Soap Box Derby and Goodyear's North American Tire business have reached agreement on an extension of Goodyear's title sponsorship of the 62-year-old event that is guaranteed for the next two years. ... Continue reading

IPSCO Inc. Announces Price Increase

IPSCO Inc. Announces Price Increase

IPSCO Inc. announced that its transaction prices for plate products in Canada would be increased by $30 per ton effective immediately with new orders for shipment from 6 February 2000 onwards. ... Continue reading

Ivaco Completes Sale of Atlanta Property

Ivaco Completes Sale of Atlanta Property

Ivaco Inc. announces the closing of the sale of its 136-acre property in midtown Atlanta, Georgia. ... Continue reading

JM Family Named By FORTUNE As One of the Top 50 Best Places to Work

JM Family Named By FORTUNE As One of the Top 50 Best Places to Work

For the second year in a row, JM Family Enterprises has been included in FORTUNE magazine's annual list of "100 Best Companies to Work for in America." ... Continue reading

Kenwick Files an Amendment to Form 10-SB Registration to be Fully Reporting

Kenwick Files an Amendment to Form 10-SB Registration to be Fully Reporting

Kenwick Industries Inc. is pleased to announce that on Dec. 21, 1999, it took the steps to become a fully reporting issuer by filing the company's Amendment to the Form 10-SB Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ... Continue reading

New Paint Regulations Will Help Clean Air and Save Money For Auto Refinishers

New Paint Regulations Will Help Clean Air and Save Money For Auto Refinishers

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has adopted new clean-air regulations requiring new painting equipment for the state's automobile refinishers, according to DEP Secretary James M. Seif. ... Continue reading

NHTSA PUBLISHES LIST OF DECEMBER RECALLS

NHTSA PUBLISHES LIST OF DECEMBER RECALLS

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a list of auto safety recalls announced in December and urged consumers to have the problems fixed promptly. ... Continue reading

NHTSA PUBLISHES LIST OF JANUARY RECALLS

NHTSA PUBLISHES LIST OF JANUARY RECALLS

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a list of auto safety recalls announced in January and urged consumers to have the problems fixed promptly. ... Continue reading

Owosso Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

Owosso Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

Owosso Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has authorized payment of the Company's regular quarterly common cash dividend of $0.06 per share. ... Continue reading

Pioneer Releases Its Voice-Activated Route Guidance Navigation System

Pioneer Releases Its Voice-Activated Route Guidance Navigation System

Pioneer Electronics, Japan's leader in car navigation, released its AVIC-505 voice-activated route guidance navigation system to select dealers. ... Continue reading

Productivity Technologies Corporation Announces Product Launch

Productivity Technologies Corporation Announces Product Launch

Productivity Technologies Corporation announced that its operating subsidiary Atlas Technologies, Inc. has launched a new series of standard FLEX Transfer Press Cells for medium- size sheet metal stamping applications. ... Continue reading

Rexhall Industries Sells Indiana Facility

Rexhall Industries Sells Indiana Facility

Rexhall Industries, Inc. announced that it has sold its former manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Ind. ... Continue reading

SAFE CALL Program Helps Keep Drunk Drivers Off America's Roads

SAFE CALL Program Helps Keep Drunk Drivers Off America's Roads

This holiday season when revelers have had "a little too much" and shouldn't be driving, Heineken USA's new responsible consumption program - SAFE CALL(TM) - will help them get home safely. ... Continue reading

SBSC Blasts Administration Plan for Light Trucks and Sport Utility Vehicles

SBSC Blasts Administration Plan for Light Trucks and Sport Utility Vehicles

In response to the Environmental Protection Agency's recent announcement regarding emission standards for light trucks and Sport Utility Vehicles, Small Business Survival Committee President Christopher Wysocki issued the following statement: ... Continue reading

Secom General Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter Profit of $1.36 Per Share

Secom General Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter Profit of $1.36 Per Share

Secom General Corp. reported net income of $1,432,600, or $1.36 per share, on sales of $6,802,200 for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 30, 1999, compared to a net loss of $163,400 on sales of $6,947,300 in the same quarter last year. ... Continue reading

UnitedAuto Group Announces Stock Repurchase Program

UnitedAuto Group Announces Stock Repurchase Program

UnitedAuto Group, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 10% of the total outstanding stock of the Company. ... Continue reading

US Postal Service Awards Ford Largest Ever Electric Vehicle Order

US Postal Service Awards Ford Largest Ever Electric Vehicle Order

Ford Motor Company, in partnership with Baker Electromotive of Rome, New York, has received the single largest electric vehicle order in U.S. history. ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 283,090 units, down from the 383,160 cars and trucks built a week ago, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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