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Acura Division Launches New Automotive Brand Site

Acura Division Launches New Automotive Brand Site

An all-new Acura.com site from Acura, a division of American Honda Motor Company, will support consumers throughout the automotive research and buying process. ... Continue reading

Aetna Industries, Inc. Announces Termination of Tender Offer

Aetna Industries, Inc. Announces Termination of Tender Offer

Aetna Industries, Inc. announced that it has terminated its tender offer relating to its $85.0 million outstanding principal amount of 11 7/8% Senior Notes due 2006, Series B. ... Continue reading

American Road Products Introduces ReverseGuard

American Road Products Introduces ReverseGuard

American Road Products, a leading manufacturer of safety products for the automotive industry, today unveiled ReverseGuard(TM), the patented safety product designed to reduce reverse-motion accidents. ... Continue reading

Automotive Suppliers Retain Lambert, Edwards & Associates

Automotive Suppliers Retain Lambert, Edwards & Associates

Two Michigan automotive suppliers have retained Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc. (LE&A) as public and investor relations counsel. ... Continue reading

Ballard Power Systems Issues 1999 Third Quarter Report

Ballard Power Systems Issues 1999 Third Quarter Report

Ballard Power Systems Inc. issued its third quarter report including financial results for the third quarter and for the nine months ended September 30, 1999. All amounts reported are in Canadian dollars. ... Continue reading

CART: Canadian driver Moore dies in accident at Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota

CART: Canadian driver Moore dies in accident at Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota

CART: Canadian driver Moore dies in accident at Marlboro 500 presented by Toyota ... Continue reading

CART: Fernandez takes win at Fontana; Montoya takes Championship

CART: Fernandez takes win at Fontana; Montoya takes Championship

CART: Fernandez takes win at Fontana; Montoya takes Championship ... Continue reading

CART: Moore's death hits close to home for Robby Gordon and team

CART: Moore's death hits close to home for Robby Gordon and team

CART: Moore's death hits close to home for Robby Gordon and team ... Continue reading

CART: Prize winners announced in CART fan appreciation weekend

CART: Prize winners announced in CART fan appreciation weekend

CART: Prize winners announced in CART fan appreciation weekend ... Continue reading

Collins & Aikman Corporation Appoints James Fish Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Collins & Aikman Corporation Appoints James Fish Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Collins & Aikman announced the appointment of W. James Fish as Senior Vice President - Human Resources. Fish will replace Harold Sunday, who is retiring from Collins & Aikman after more than 30 years of service. ... Continue reading

Cross Huller (North America) Receives Prestigious Ford Q1 Award

Cross Huller (North America) Receives Prestigious Ford Q1 Award

Cross Huller (North America) announced that it was presented with Ford Motor Company's Q1 quality award to recognize its implementation of a world class quality operatingsystem. ... Continue reading

Dana's Structural Products Facility Earns Kentucky Quality Award

Dana's Structural Products Facility Earns Kentucky Quality Award

Dana Corporation announced that its Hopkinsville, Ky., Parish Structural Products facility has been awarded the Level Four Kentucky Governor's Gold Quality Award. ... Continue reading

Delphi Acquires 100 Percent Interest in Baicheng Joint Venture

Delphi Acquires 100 Percent Interest in Baicheng Joint Venture

Delphi Automotive Systems announced it has acquired 100 percent interest in its joint venture with Baicheng Automobile Wire Factory. ... Continue reading

Dodge Releases Pricing for All-New 2000 Dakota Quad Cab

Dodge Releases Pricing for All-New 2000 Dakota Quad Cab

The Dodge Division of DaimlerChrysler released pricing for its all-new 2000 DakotaQuad Cab pickup. ... Continue reading

Ford Brasil Ltda. Calls Noteholders' Meeting To Consider Early Call and Put Option

Ford Brasil Ltda. Calls Noteholders' Meeting To Consider Early Call and Put Option

Ford Brasil Ltda. has notified holders of each of its US$300 million 9.125% Notes due 2004 and its US$200 million 9.25% Notes due 2007 of meetings to consider a proposal to add an early call and put option to the terms of the Notes. ... Continue reading

Ford Division Awards Scholarships to Future Farmers of America

Ford Division Awards Scholarships to Future Farmers of America

Ford Division, Ford dealers and the Ford Motor Company Fund will award $405,000 to the National FFA (Future Farmers of America) Ford Truck Scholarship fund. ... Continue reading

Formula One: Hakkinen cruises to second straight Drivers title; Ferrari tops Constructors table

Formula One: Hakkinen cruises to second straight Drivers title; Ferrari tops Constructors table

Hakkinen cruises to second straight Drivers title; Ferrari tops Constructors table ... Continue reading

Formula One: Stewart Ford Racing News, Japanese Grand Prix Wrap-Up

Formula One: Stewart Ford Racing News, Japanese Grand Prix Wrap-Up

Formula One: Stewart Ford Racing News, Japanese Grand Prix Wrap-Up ... Continue reading

GNB Technologies Launches the Champion Vortex Battery

GNB Technologies Launches the Champion Vortex Battery

GNB Technologies launched the Champion(R) Vortex(TM), the first product resulting from GNB's joint technology agreement with Optima Batteries which was announced Oct. 4. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Winter Tires 'Get A Grip' With New Ultra Grip Line    

Goodyear Winter Tires 'Get A Grip' With New Ultra Grip Line    

With La Nina-related weather conditions persisting in the Pacific Ocean into the millennium, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced a streamlined array of Ultra Grip winter tires to fit the family car, sports car and sport-utility vehicle. ... Continue reading

Guide Corporation to Proceed With Development Of Technology and Customer Center

Guide Corporation to Proceed With Development Of Technology and Customer Center

Guide Corporation said that it is proceeding with plans to build its Technology and Customer Center on a 20-acre site in Pendleton, Ind. ... Continue reading

Honda Makes Hot Cars Sizzle at Annual SEMA Show

Honda Makes Hot Cars Sizzle at Annual SEMA Show

The first-ever American Honda exhibit at the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas will feature a parts and accessories display and tricked-out Acura and Honda products. ... Continue reading

Indy Lights: Six Dorricott Racing Team members recognized at 1999 C.A.M. Awards

Indy Lights: Six Dorricott Racing Team members recognized at 1999 C.A.M. Awards

Indy Lights: Six Dorricott Racing Team members recognized at 1999 C.A.M. Awards ... Continue reading

International Race of Champions and True Value Hardware Sign Agreement

International Race of Champions and True Value Hardware Sign Agreement

The International Race of Champions (IROC) and True Value Hardware announced the signing of a multi-year agreement that makes True Value the exclusive title sponsor of the IROCseries. ... Continue reading

Kia Announces Voluntary Recall For Catalytic Converter Replacement

Kia Announces Voluntary Recall For Catalytic Converter Replacement

Kia announced a voluntary recall of selected 1995 Sportage sport-utility vehicles to replace the catalytic converter. ... Continue reading

Land Rover North America, Inc. Releases Clothing/Accessory Catalog

Land Rover North America, Inc. Releases Clothing/Accessory Catalog

With a pre-emptive nod to the holiday shopping season, Land Rover North America, Inc. officially releases its Fall 1999/Winter 2000 Land Rover Gear catalog. ... Continue reading

Lear Appoints Cameron C. Hitchcock Vice President - Treasurer

Lear Appoints Cameron C. Hitchcock Vice President - Treasurer

Lear Corporation announced the appointment of Cameron C. Hitchcock as Vice President - Treasurer. ... Continue reading

McLaren Traction Technologies' Smart Differential Now Under Review

McLaren Traction Technologies' Smart Differential Now Under Review

McLaren Traction Technolgies has now completed the build and initial testing of two versions of its next generation electronic Gerodisc technology. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Expands Offering in 1999 Holiday Catalog

Mercedes-Benz Expands Offering in 1999 Holiday Catalog

Aficionados of Mercedes-Benz will discover holiday shopping heaven in the all-new 1999 holiday catalog, The Collection. ... Continue reading

Metallic Power Demonstrates Zinc/Air Fuel Cell With Rapid Refuel

Metallic Power Demonstrates Zinc/Air Fuel Cell With Rapid Refuel

Metallic Power Inc. recently completed its successful first phase demonstration of a prototype zinc/air fuel cell system using a Cushman brand utility cart manufactured by the Textron Company. ... Continue reading

Michigan Economy Sees Strong Third Quarter -- Comerica Index

Michigan Economy Sees Strong Third Quarter -- Comerica Index

The Michigan Business Activity Index compiled by Comerica Bank jumped to a level of 165 in the third quarter of this year, up four points from the second quarter level of 161. ... Continue reading

Mobile Business Workgroups Key To Widespread Wireless Data Use

Mobile Business Workgroups Key To Widespread Wireless Data Use

HiddenMind Technology announced that its Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Kristopher Tyra, spoke at the Kagan Wireless Telecom 2000 conference held on October 13, 1999in New York City. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green wins in Memphis

NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green wins in Memphis

NASCAR BGN: Jeff Green wins in Memphis ... Continue reading

New Ferrari 360 Modena on Display

New Ferrari 360 Modena on Display

Ferrari's latest creation, the 360 Modena sports car, was introduced earlier this year at the Geneva Auto Show. ... Continue reading

NHRA: Coughlin Brothers Gain Ground In Points Battles

NHRA: Coughlin Brothers Gain Ground In Points Battles

Coughlin Brothers Gain Ground In Points Battles ... Continue reading

NHTSA WILL CRASH TEST 58 MODEL YEAR 2000 VEHICLES

NHTSA WILL CRASH TEST 58 MODEL YEAR 2000 VEHICLES

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it will crash test 58 model year 2000 vehicles to obtain safety information that will help consumers make buying decisions. ... Continue reading

Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. Anticipates Record Growth for 1999

Ocean Bio-Chem, Inc. Anticipates Record Growth for 1999

Ocean Bio-Chem CEO and President Peter Dornau announced that the Company expects a continuing trend in revenue growth for the 1999 calendar year. ... Continue reading

Penda Announces Acquisition of Glasstite, Inc.

Penda Announces Acquisition of Glasstite, Inc.

Penda Corporation announced that it has acquired the assets of Glasstite, Inc. Glasstite, located in Dunnell, MN, is a leading manufacturer of fiberglass camper shells and tonneau covers. ... Continue reading

Penda Expands Its Fiberglass Capabilities With Purchase of Glasstite

Penda Expands Its Fiberglass Capabilities With Purchase of Glasstite

Trivest, Inc. through its affiliate Penda Corporation, announced that it has acquired the assets and operations of Glasstite, Inc. ... Continue reading

PSA Peugeot Citroen Adopts EAI Technology for 3D Virtual Showrooms

PSA Peugeot Citroen Adopts EAI Technology for 3D Virtual Showrooms

Engineering Animation, Inc. announced that PSA Peugeot Citroen has adopted EAI's WorldToolKit software to develop a sales and marketing tool that allows potential buyers to virtually sit inside their own customized automobile. ... Continue reading

R&B Reports 1999 Third-Quarter and Nine Month Results

R&B Reports 1999 Third-Quarter and Nine Month Results

R&B, Inc., announced financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 25, 1999. ... Continue reading

Rear-Facing Infants in Back Seat Often Responsible for Accidents

Rear-Facing Infants in Back Seat Often Responsible for Accidents

A rear-facing child in the back seat of a car was killed due to the driver crossing a median and hitting a tractor trailer. ... Continue reading

Robert J. Christie Named President of Intrenet, Inc.

Robert J. Christie Named President of Intrenet, Inc.

Intrenet, Inc. announced that it has hired transportation industry veteran Robert John Christie, 43, as President of its Columbus, OH-based Advanced Distribution System, Inc. subsidiary. ... Continue reading

SmarTire Reports Year End Results

SmarTire Reports Year End Results

For the year ended July 31, 1999 SmarTire Systems Inc. recorded revenues of CAN$2.7 million, up 30% from CAN$2.1 million one year earlier primarily due to increased sales in Europe. ... Continue reading

Tata Joins Metaphase Enterprise Solution Provider Program

Tata Joins Metaphase Enterprise Solution Provider Program

SDRC, a leading global supplier of enterprise product development solutions and developer of I-DEAS(R) and Metaphase (R) Enterprise(TM) software, announced that Tata Technologies has joined the Metaphase Enterprise Solution Provider program. ... Continue reading

Textron Acquires InteSys Technologies, Inc.

Textron Acquires InteSys Technologies, Inc.

Textron Inc. announced the acquisition of InteSys Technologies, Inc. from Berkshire Partners of Boston, Massachusetts and management and institutional shareholders. ... Continue reading

Thrifty Car Rental Names COO, V.P. of Marketing & V.P. Of International

Thrifty Car Rental Names COO, V.P. of Marketing & V.P. Of International

Thrifty Rent-A-Car System, Inc. announced the naming of Scott Anderson as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as the appointment of two other positions: ... Continue reading

Top Source Receives Final Payment From the Sale of Automotive Assets

Top Source Receives Final Payment From the Sale of Automotive Assets

Top Source Technologies, Inc. announced that it had received from Onkyo America, Inc., the remaining $6,546,479 in cash and $1,000,000 of Onkyo America Series A. 5% Convertible Preferred Stock from the sale of TSA assets. ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces School Reform Programs in West Virginia

Toyota Announces School Reform Programs in West Virginia

Governor Cecil H. Underwood was joined by representatives from Kanawha County Schools, Toyota and the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) to commemorate the official opening of the Toyota Families in School (TFS) program in West Virginia. ... Continue reading

TRACKS: Ghosts, Ghouls, Witches and Winners at Auburndale Speedway

TRACKS: Ghosts, Ghouls, Witches and Winners at Auburndale Speedway

Ghosts, Ghouls, Witches and Winners at Auburndale Speedway ... Continue reading

UAW Board Elects Nate Gooden to Fill Vacancy

UAW Board Elects Nate Gooden to Fill Vacancy

The International Union, UAW announced that the International Executive Board has selected Nate Gooden, the current director of UAW Region 1, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Jack Laskowski. ... Continue reading

USAC: Brad Noffsinger scores first USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet victory

USAC: Brad Noffsinger scores first USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet victory

USAC: Brad Noffsinger scores first USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet victory ... Continue reading

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, Memphis

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, Memphis

USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, Memphis ... 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 371,570 units, down from the 381,585 cars and trucks built a week ago, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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