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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Accuride Announces Secondary Common Stock Offering By Selling Stockholders

Accuride Announces Secondary Common Stock Offering By Selling Stockholders

EVANSVILLE, Ind.--Sept. 14, 2005--Accuride Corporation announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed secondary offering of 7,000,000 common shares, representing approximately 21% of Accuride's common shares outstanding. The sell ... Continue reading

Adopt A Kid Racer Pledges $4,700 To US Mini GP Finals

Adopt A Kid Racer Pledges $4,700 To US Mini GP Finals

Adopt A Kid Racer Pledges $4,700 To US Mini GP Finals For Immediate Release MIAMI/EWORLDWIRE/Sep. 14, 2005 --- Adopt A Kid Racer, a Texas non profit 501(c)(3) corporation, has sponsored the US MINI GP class final with $4,700. The race will be held on September 17-18 at the Nashville Super Speedway in conjunction with W ... Continue reading

Automotive Supply Chain Contact Directory

Automotive Supply Chain Contact Directory

Dear Sir or Madam, Every company's success is ultimately built on knowledge! This is especially true in the automotive industry where who you know is just as important as what you know. AUTOMOTIVE WHO'S WHO, Inc. publishes the AUTOMOTIVE WHO'S WHO, a supplier database that tracks key decision-makers and other points of ... Continue reading

Brose Expects Further Growth: Targeted Business Volume of $3.7 Billion by 2010

Brose Expects Further Growth: Targeted Business Volume of $3.7 Billion by 2010

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 14 -- Despite the sluggish domestic market and the intensified pricing pressure in the international supplier industry, the Brose Group continues to grow. In 2005, turnover is expected to increase by seven percent to over $2.6 billion with more than 50 percent generated outside Germany. Compa ... Continue reading

Continental Donates $100,000 to Relief Efforts, Opens Facility to House Katrina Evacuees

Continental Donates $100,000 to Relief Efforts, Opens Facility to House Katrina Evacuees

--Asheville facility being converted for Red Cross shelter-- AUBURN HILLS, Mich. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 14 -- Continental AG and its U.S. divisions -- Continental Automotive Systems and Continental Tire -- have partnered with the American Red Cross and local relief officials in North Carolina to help welcome evacue ... Continue reading

CTS Announces Agreement to Sell its Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics Operation to American Technical Ceramics Corp.

CTS Announces Agreement to Sell its Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics Operation to American Technical Ceramics Corp.

ELKHART, Ind.--Sept. 14, 2005--CTS Corporation today announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with American Technical Ceramics Corp. (ATC) for the sale of the assets of its Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic (LTCC) product operations. The sale includes production equipment and inventory associated wi ... Continue reading

Energy & Engine Technology Corporation Announces Acceptance into Canada's Fleet Smart Program

Energy & Engine Technology Corporation Announces Acceptance into Canada's Fleet Smart Program

PLANO, Texas--Sept. 14, 2005--Energy & Engine Technology Corporation (OTCBB:EENT), a leading developer of auxiliary power generators for the long haul trucking industry, today announced that it has been formally accepted into Natural Resource Canada's Fleet Smart Rebate Program, of which it was initially one of two U.S ... Continue reading

GlobalAutoIndustry.com to Hold ''6 Key Factors to Setting Up Operations in China'' and ''A Road Map for Sourcing from China'' Seminars on October 6 in Metro Detroit Area

GlobalAutoIndustry.com to Hold ''6 Key Factors to Setting Up Operations in China'' and ''A Road Map for Sourcing from China'' Seminars on October 6 in Metro Detroit Area

TROY, Mich.--Sept. 14, 2005--GlobalAutoIndustry.com, the leading worldwide portal and intelligence source for the automotive industry, announced it will hold its 6th in a series of seminars on doing business in China. The event, consisting of two separate seminars in one day, will feature "6 Key Factors to Setting Up O ... Continue reading

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Web-Cast Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Harley-Davidson, Inc. Web-Cast Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, October 12, 2005

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 14 -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. today announced that it is scheduled to release its third quarter 2005 financial results before market hours on Wednesday, October 12, 2005. On Wednesday, October 12, 2005, the public is invited to participate in a web-cast conference call with Jim Ziemer, President and CEO, ... Continue reading

Henkel TRACK-Site Solutions Reduce Complexity, Cost in Coatings Process

Henkel TRACK-Site Solutions Reduce Complexity, Cost in Coatings Process

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 14 -- Henkel today announced the launch of TRACK-Site Solutions -- a comprehensive offering of innovations that eliminates several manufacturing steps and reduces complexity in the coatings process. Transportation Resources And Coating Knowledge (TRACK)-Site Solutions combines the resource ... Continue reading

LeaseCompare.com Wins 2005 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement

LeaseCompare.com Wins 2005 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement

LeaseCompare.com Wins 2005 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development CINCINNATI--Sept. 14, 2005--Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), the leader in online direct-to-consumer auto leasing, has been awarded the 2005 Standard of Excellence WebAward by the Web Marketing Association (WMA). ACS won the ... Continue reading

Lobbying in the EU: "How to represent and defend your interests in Brussels"

Lobbying in the EU: "How to represent and defend your interests in Brussels"

Dear Sir/ Madam, I hope you are well. I am writing to you as a final reminder of the Lobbying in the EU: "How to represent and defend your interests in Brussels" workshop which will be held on the 26th of September at the Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire Asbl (http://www.cerclegaulois.be/) in Brussels. Th ... Continue reading

NHRA Media Center Contact Information

NHRA Media Center Contact Information

NHRA Media: To follow are the phone and fax numbers for the press center at Maple Grove Raceway, site of this weekend's 21st annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals. ... Continue reading

Progressive Delays Release of August Results

Progressive Delays Release of August Results

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio--Sept. 14, 2005--The Progressive Corporation plans to release the Company's August 2005 results on Friday, September 16, 2005, rather than on Thursday, September 15 as previously announced due to additional time needed for analysis regarding the effect of Hurricane Katrina on monthly results. The ... Continue reading

Put on Your Driving Gloves and Take a Spin at the Chrysler Inspired Drives Tour Coming to Dallas on September 24-25, 2005

Put on Your Driving Gloves and Take a Spin at the Chrysler Inspired Drives Tour Coming to Dallas on September 24-25, 2005

- Free, two-day driving event lets consumers see how Chrysler vehicles handle real world challenges on specially designed test tracks - Opportunity to drive two of the hottest Chrysler vehicles, the Chrysler Crossfire SRT6 and the Chrysler 300C SRT8 - Drag racing, golf simulations, food and wine tasting demonstrations, ... Continue reading

Shell and Motiva Account for All Employees Impacted By Hurricane Katrina; Operations Restoration and Relief Efforts Move Forward

Shell and Motiva Account for All Employees Impacted By Hurricane Katrina; Operations Restoration and Relief Efforts Move Forward

HOUSTON, Sept. 14 -- Shell Oil Company and its joint venture, Motiva Enterprises LLC, have made contact with all of their nearly 4,600 employees in the hurricane-affected areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. "We are extremely grateful that all of our employees are safe," said John Hofmeister, president of Shell ... Continue reading

Takata Corporation: 2005 Company Profile

Takata Corporation: 2005 Company Profile

DUBLIN, Ireland--Sept. 14, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24247) has announced the addition of Takata Corporation 2005 Company Profile Edition 2 to their offering Takata Corporation, based in Japan, is a global manufacturer of automotive safety systems, and ranks among the leadin ... Continue reading

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Advises Deutsche Bank AG, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in Agreement to Sell Hertz to Private Equity Investors for $15 Billion

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Advises Deutsche Bank AG, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in Agreement to Sell Hertz to Private Equity Investors for $15 Billion

NEW YORK, Sept. 14 -- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world's leading law firms, is providing legal counsel to Deutsche Bank AG, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., the financial advisors to private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, i ... Continue reading

WRC Media Awards MARC Global Contract for Warehouse Management Solution

WRC Media Awards MARC Global Contract for Warehouse Management Solution

ATLANTA--Sept. 14, 2005--MARC Global, the leading provider of value-driven supply chain business intelligence and execution solutions, today announced that WRC Media Inc., a leading educational publishing and media company, has selected MARC Global's Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Business Intelligence Toolset ( ... Continue reading

Yukos Oil.

Yukos Oil.

Further email should be directed to alexeialexei50@i12.com Dear friend, I am Mr. Alexei Zakharenko a personal treasurer to Mikhail Khodorkovsky The Richest man in Russia and owner of the following Companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Presenta el Vaporizador de Gasolina Diesel

ArvinMeritor Presenta el Vaporizador de Gasolina Diesel

FRANKFURT, Alemania, September 14 -- - La nueva tecnología de emisiones reduce en un 15% los costes en materiales de filtrado ArvinMeritor, Inc. (ARM en la Bolsa de Nueva York) ha anunciado hoy que su área de negocio de tecnología de emisiones Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) Emissions Technologies ha encontrado un nuevo ... Continue reading

EnTire Solutions, LLC Tire Pressure Monitoring System Fitments

EnTire Solutions, LLC Tire Pressure Monitoring System Fitments

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- EnTire Solutions, LLC launched its first TPM system as standard equipment on the 2004 Acura MDX and currently supplies several U.S., European, and Asian manufacturers with direct TPM systems. A list of these fitments includes: * 2004 Honda Odyssey * 2005 Acura RL * 2005 Acura TL * 2005 H ... Continue reading

2005 Mazda RX8 Review

2005 Mazda RX8 Review

New vehicle review, Mazda RX8 ... Continue reading

2006 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Review

2006 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Review

VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLI On The High Road To Taos By Steve Purdy Detroit Bureau Auto companies don’t often introduce a new model to the press in northern New Mexico. The elevations begin at around 7,600-feet at Sante Fe and rise from there. Most engines loose power at those elevations making them seem anemic, but the ... Continue reading

Meadows Springs Announces Acquisition of Earth Biofuels, Inc.

Meadows Springs Announces Acquisition of Earth Biofuels, Inc.

DALLAS--Sept. 14, 2005--Meadows Springs, Inc. (OTCBB:MDWS) today announced that it has acquired 80% of the common stock of Earth Biofuels, Inc. from Apollo Resources International (OTCBB:AOOR). Earth Biofuels is a producer and distributor of biodiesel fuel, based in Jackson, Miss. Earth Biofuels, Inc. builds and owns b ... Continue reading

LeaseCompare.com Wins 2005 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development

LeaseCompare.com Wins 2005 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Website Development

CINCINNATI--Sept. 14, 2005--Automobile Consumer Services, Inc. (ACS), the leader in online direct-to-consumer auto leasing, has been awarded the 2005 Standard of Excellence WebAward by the Web Marketing Association (WMA). ACS won the award for "Outstanding Achievement in Website Development" for its www.LeaseCompare.co ... Continue reading

Get Ready, Camp Jeep(R) On The Road is Coming to Denver

Get Ready, Camp Jeep(R) On The Road is Coming to Denver

* Bumpy, muddy driving adventure arrives in Denver * Free, two-day driving event lets consumers get behind the wheel of a Trail Rated(R) Jeep(R) vehicle * Mountain biking, Quattro bungee jumping and wall climbing offer those with a sense of adventure plenty to do WHAT: Camp Jeep(R) On The Road -- the traveling tour tha ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Statement Regarding Collective Bargaining With the CAW

DaimlerChrysler Statement Regarding Collective Bargaining With the CAW

TORONTO, Sept. 14 -- Mark Gendregske, DaimlerChrysler Canada Vice President of Human Resources said, "DaimlerChrysler Canada's bargaining team is continuing its negotiations with the CAW. We have a productive relationship with the CAW and their Chrysler bargaining team and, although much hard work needs to be done, we ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor to Move Ride Control Operation to Mexico, Reduces Workforce in Chickasha, Oklahoma

ArvinMeritor to Move Ride Control Operation to Mexico, Reduces Workforce in Chickasha, Oklahoma

TROY, Mich., Sept. 14 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced today that it plans to move the shock and strut portion of its manufacturing operations from the Chickasha, Okla., U.S. facility to its plant in Queretaro, Mexico. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010524/ARVINLOGO ) The company met with employees today t ... Continue reading

Rebounding Economy Prompts Rise in Freeway Congestion

Rebounding Economy Prompts Rise in Freeway Congestion

4 Percent Increase Ends Three-Year Decline OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 14 -- Brake lights could be the proof that the Bay Area economy has begun to bounce back from the high-tech meltdown of recent years. Traffic congestion on Bay Area freeways increased last year for the first time since 2000, according to the latest conge ... Continue reading

Voorhees Named VP of Finance for Goodyear's North American Tire

Voorhees Named VP of Finance for Goodyear's North American Tire

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 14 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has named Marc O. Voorhees as vice president of finance for North America. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO) Voorhees comes to Goodyear from Eastman Kodak Company, where he was most recently operations manager, Digital & Film Imaging ... Continue reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Pre Race: KJ Looks to Make His Points in Reading

NHRA Kurt Johnson Pre Race: KJ Looks to Make His Points in Reading

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net KJ Looks to Make His Points in Reading ACDelco Cobalt crew primed to return to winning form at Toyo Tires Nationals Sugar Hill, Ga., September 12, 2005 - As the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season enters its final five races, the atte ... Continue reading

CASCAR - N#12 - Kawartha Preview

CASCAR - N#12 - Kawartha Preview

CASCAR Super Series / PowerWater Series Kawartha Speedway Weekend Preview For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / September 14, 2005 Don Thomson is poised to earn his fifth consecutive Super Series National championship this weekend at Kawartha LONDON, ON - Don Thomson Jr. is headi ... Continue reading

Six Drivers Pursue Off-Road Dunlop Drivers Cup in Germany

Six Drivers Pursue Off-Road Dunlop Drivers Cup in Germany

PHOENIX, Sept. 14 -- A Washington police pursuit driving instructor, Manhattan courier, Detroit advertising executive, Little Rock SBC telephone network engineer and a pair of Discount Tire store managers have qualified for the Dunlop Drivers Cup Off-Road Camp in Germany. The six amateur drivers beat out 18 competitors ... Continue reading

NHRA Warren Johnson Pre Race: The Professor Tests to Produce Results in Reading

NHRA Warren Johnson Pre Race: The Professor Tests to Produce Results in Reading

Contact: Jon G. Knapp TMG Sports Marketing Ph: (704) 662-3121 jgknapp@tmgsports.net The Professor Tests to Produce Results in Reading WJ & Crew Continue Learning About their GM Performance Parts GTO Sugar Hill, Ga., September 12, 2005 - Six-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Warren Johnson is known as "The Professor" for his ... Continue reading

Bazemore looks for more in Reading

Bazemore looks for more in Reading

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES ROUND 19 OF 23 TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY READING, PA. Race Dates: Sept. 16-18, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net BAZEMORE LOOKS FOR MORE IN READING READING, Pa. (Sept. ... Continue reading

Clemons Returns To Salem; Presence Will Be Known

Clemons Returns To Salem; Presence Will Be Known

Clemons Returns To Salem; Presence Will Be Known New Albany, IN (9-14-05) - - While it’s been an unexpected quiet season for ARCA driver Josh Clemons, he’ll return to his home track of Salem Speedway this weekend looking to repeat his stout performance from last year’s fall ... Continue reading

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath: NADA Offers 10 Tips for Spotting a Flood-Damaged Vehicle

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath: NADA Offers 10 Tips for Spotting a Flood-Damaged Vehicle

MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 14 -- The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has left a large population of flood-damaged vehicles. The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) urges consumers, even in unaffected areas, to remain alert to the possibility that some individuals may attempt to sell or trade flood-damaged ... Continue reading

New Car Dealers in California Unite to Help Dealership Employees Affected by Hurricane Katrina

New Car Dealers in California Unite to Help Dealership Employees Affected by Hurricane Katrina

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 14 -- The California Motor Car Dealers Association (CMCDA) and new car dealer members around California are raising funds to offer emergency relief to dealership employees who have suffered loss or damage of personal property by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. With nea ... Continue reading

Venice Consulting Group and Team One Light Up Times Square for Lexus

Venice Consulting Group and Team One Light Up Times Square for Lexus

VCG builds new interactive website for automaker's new product launch VENICE, Calif., Sept. 14 -- Venice Consulting Group (VCG) announced today that the company has completed work on an innovative web application for renowned automaker, Lexus. Working together with Team One on an innovative and aggressive campaign to s ... Continue reading

Capps gunning for top spot in Reading

Capps gunning for top spot in Reading

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES ROUND 19 OF 23 TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY READING, PA. Race Dates: Sept. 16-18, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net CAPPS GUNNING FOR TOP SPOT IN READING READING, Pa. (Sep ... Continue reading

Study by Preh Automotive Explores New Designs for Vehicle Interior Controls

Study by Preh Automotive Explores New Designs for Vehicle Interior Controls

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 14 -- The results of a new study, unveiled by Preh Automotive at the 61st International Frankfurt Auto Show IAA, demonstrate better ways to improve the "human-machine interface" (HMI) by reducing the number of burgeoning driver controls for system functions in the vehicle interior space. In e ... Continue reading

Hearn Motorsports Plans 2006 Open Wheel Expansion

Hearn Motorsports Plans 2006 Open Wheel Expansion

Hearn Motorsports Plans 2006 Open Wheel Expansion LAS VEGAS, Nev., September 14, 2005 - Richie Hearn (Henderson, Nev.) formed Hearn Motorsports in 2004 to create a training ground for aspiring Champ Car and IndyCar Series drivers. A very successful open wheel racer with victories and pole positions at the pinnacle of t ... Continue reading

Amicus on Nanjing Automotive Company

Amicus on Nanjing Automotive Company

LONDON, September 14 -- Amicus and the TGWU unions met with the Nanjing Automotive Company this morning to discuss their plans for Longbridge. Roger Maddison, Amicus' National Officer for the automotive industry, said: "We had a positive meeting with Nanjing. They presented us with their business plan and made it clear ... Continue reading

Scelzi on hot seat for Reading

Scelzi on hot seat for Reading

DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2005 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES ROUND 19 OF 23 TOYO TIRES NHRA NATIONALS MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY READING, PA. Race Dates: Sept. 16-18, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Stropus, 203-438-0501; cell 203-243-2438; jstropus@earthlink.net SCELZI ON HOT SEAT FOR READING READING, Pa. (Sept. 13, ... Continue reading

Nissan North America to Participate in Electric City VNPP Development for ComEd

Nissan North America to Participate in Electric City VNPP Development for ComEd

Automotive Company to Participate with 275,000 Sq. Ft. Aurora, IL Distribution Center ELK GROVE, Ill., Sept. 14 -- Electric City (AMEX:ELC) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Nissan North America, Inc. to participate in the Company's development of a 50- Megawatt Power Curtailment system for Com ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation Moves Forward with Commercialization of Fuel-Cell Component Technology

Dana Corporation Moves Forward with Commercialization of Fuel-Cell Component Technology

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- Dana Corporation announced today that it is helping to advance the commercialization of fuel cells by supplying products to fuel-cell manufacturer Plug Power Inc. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA ) Dana currently supplies bi-polar plates for Plug Power's commercia ... Continue reading

EnTire Solutions Launches TPM Systems for 2006 Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage

EnTire Solutions Launches TPM Systems for 2006 Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- EnTire Solutions, LLC will increase its direct tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system presence in North America as the direct TPM supplier for the new 2006 Hyundai Tucson and the 2006 Kia Sportage. "Vehicle manufacturers selling their products in the U.S. are gearing up to meet the soon-t ... Continue reading

Oil Company Selects Biofriendly's Green Plus for Low Emission Diesel Formulation in Texas

Oil Company Selects Biofriendly's Green Plus for Low Emission Diesel Formulation in Texas

MONROVIA, Calif.--Sept. 14, 2005--Biofriendly Corporation announced today that CITGO Petroleum Corporation has selected its Green Plus(R) diesel fuel enhancer to formulate Texas Low Emission Diesel (TxLED). CITGO is one of the largest oil companies in the United States and is a major fuel provider in Texas. "Biofriendl ... Continue reading

Navicom Unveils New GPS Personal Locator Device

Navicom Unveils New GPS Personal Locator Device

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 14 -- NowAuto Group today introduced the Navicom GPS Personal Locator device. It's a revolutionary full-featured GPS unit with the capability for unlimited GPS tracking/locating, E911-emergency feature, push button concierge service, two-way voice speakerphone, programmable buttons for one-touc ... Continue reading

AutoNation to Present at Bank of America 35th Annual Investment Conference

AutoNation to Present at Bank of America 35th Annual Investment Conference

NEW YORK, Sept. 14 -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, announced today that it would air a live audio web cast on Monday, September 19, 2005 of its upcoming investor presentation at the Bank of America's Annual Investment Conference in San Francisco. AutoNation's Vice President, John Zimmerman, ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation Coating Technologies Lower Emissions, Improve Engine Durability and Performance

Dana Corporation Coating Technologies Lower Emissions, Improve Engine Durability and Performance

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- Dana Corporation announced today that it has developed two advanced coating processes for engine bearings and piston rings that greatly improve their durability. Products with these advanced coatings will be on display at the 61st International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany, thr ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation's AtmoPlas(TM) Technology Uses Pulsed Microwave Energy to Initiate Engine Combustion

Dana Corporation's AtmoPlas(TM) Technology Uses Pulsed Microwave Energy to Initiate Engine Combustion

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- Dana Corporation announced today that it has recently demonstrated that its AtmoPlas(TM) microwave atmospheric plasma technology can be used to initiate combustion in an internal combustion engine. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA) Dana is highlighting the technol ... Continue reading

Dana Corporation Introduces MultiTwister(TM) Air/Oil Separator for a Cleaner Combustion Process

Dana Corporation Introduces MultiTwister(TM) Air/Oil Separator for a Cleaner Combustion Process

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- Dana Corporation today introduced the new MultiTwister(TM) axial cyclonic air/oil separator, which helps vehicles run cleaner by removing oil particles from the engine's air stream. The technology is on display at Dana's exhibit (Hall 6.1, Stand B30) at the 61st International Motor Show ... Continue reading

Lexus Launches Sweepstakes to Win Paul McCartney Concert Tickets

Lexus Launches Sweepstakes to Win Paul McCartney Concert Tickets

Music Fans Have Chance to Win a Lexus Experience at the McCartney concert in Los Angeles; a New Lexus RX 400h and other exciting prizes TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 14 -- Lexus today announced a special promotion as part of Lexus' title sponsorship of Paul McCartney's The 'US' Tour and McCartney's new CD titled "Chaos And C ... Continue reading

Snap N' Sold Closes Acquisition of HotAutoWeb.com

Snap N' Sold Closes Acquisition of HotAutoWeb.com

PALM HARBOR, Fla.--Sept. 14, 2005--Snap N' Sold Corp. (Pink Sheets: SNPD) announced this morning that it has closed the highly-anticipated acquisition of HotAutoWeb.com. The profitable Snap N' Sold subsidiary has posted sales in excess of $9,665,000 over the past 2.5 years and currently has over $1,000,000 million in l ... Continue reading

AAA's Monthly Fuel Report Shows Continued High-Price Trend

AAA's Monthly Fuel Report Shows Continued High-Price Trend

AURORA, Ill., Sept. 14 -- Both statewide averages for the price of gasoline in Illinois and Northern Indiana have risen sharply during the past month primarily due to the effects of Hurricane Katrina. AAA Chicago's most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that in Illinois regular unleaded gasoline has risen 36 cents ove ... Continue reading

Jaguar Reveals All-New 2007 XK Convertible

Jaguar Reveals All-New 2007 XK Convertible

All-new 2007 XK Convertible will go on sale in North America alongside the recently announced XK Coupe in spring 2006 IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 14 -- Following the World Premiere of the XK Coupe, Jaguar is proud to announce that it will be joined by the all- new XK convertible. From the outset Jaguar knew it needed to crea ... Continue reading

TRW/Goodyear Create Enhanced Electronic Stability Control System Thanks to 'Talking Tires'

TRW/Goodyear Create Enhanced Electronic Stability Control System Thanks to 'Talking Tires'

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced the joint development of a new system that will automatically adjust the performance parameters of a vehicle's electronic stability control (ESC) system based on the dimensions and other characteristics ... Continue reading

October Designated Fall Car Care Month

October Designated Fall Car Care Month

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 14 -- To focus motorists' attention on the importance of preparing their vehicles for the upcoming winter months, the Car Care Council has designated October as Fall Car Care Month (FCCM). "Fall is an ideal time for a vehicle reality check up. Summer vacations are over, students are back in school ... Continue reading

Volvo Presents to West Coast First-Ever Car Designed by Women

Volvo Presents to West Coast First-Ever Car Designed by Women

'Your Concept Car' Initiated, Designed and Developed by Women, for Everyone IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 14 -- Volvo Cars is presenting to West Coast audiences a concept that's never been attempted in the more than 100 years of auto manufacturing: the first car designed and developed almost exclusively by women, for everyone. ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor stellt Dieselkraftstoff-Verdampfer vor

ArvinMeritor stellt Dieselkraftstoff-Verdampfer vor

FRANKFURT, Deutschland, September 14 -- - Neue Emissionstechnologie reduziert Kosten von Filtermaterial um 15 Prozent ArvinMeritor, Inc. gab heute bekannt, seine LVS- (Light Vehicle Systems) Emissionstechnologie-Geschäftseinheit eine neue Technologie vorgestellt hat, die für eine zuverlässigere Partikelfilterregener ... Continue reading

EnTire Solutions liefert TPM-Systeme für die 2006-Modelle des Hyundai Tucson und Kia Sportage

EnTire Solutions liefert TPM-Systeme für die 2006-Modelle des Hyundai Tucson und Kia Sportage

FRANKFURT, Deutschland, September 14 -- EnTire Solutions, LLC verstärkt die Marktpräsenz seiner direkten Reifendruck-Überwachungssysteme (tire pressure monitoring, TPM) in Nordamerika. Das Unternehmen liefert die TPM-Systeme für die neuen 2006-Modelle des Hyundai Tucson und des Kia Sportage. "Fahrzeughersteller, di ... Continue reading

EnTire Solutions, LLC Reifendruckkontrollsystem (TPM)-Ausrüstungen

EnTire Solutions, LLC Reifendruckkontrollsystem (TPM)-Ausrüstungen

FRANKFURT, Germany, September 14 -- EnTire Solutions, LLC lanciert sein erstes TPM-System (Tire pressure monitoring system) als Teil der Standardausstattung beim 2004 Acura MDX und beliefert zurzeit mehrere Hersteller in den USA, Europa und Asien mit direkten TPM-Systemen. Eine Liste dieses Ausrüstungen schliesst mit ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Unveils Diesel Fuel Vaporizer

ArvinMeritor Unveils Diesel Fuel Vaporizer

FRANKFURT, Germany, September 14 -- - New Emissions Technology Reduces Cost of Filter Materials by 15 Percent ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced today that its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) Emissions Technologies business has unveiled new technology for more reliable, low-cost diesel particulate filter regeneration that will b ... Continue reading

Standardisation Issues Prove Challenging for Original Equipment Manufacturers in the European Automotive Software Market

Standardisation Issues Prove Challenging for Original Equipment Manufacturers in the European Automotive Software Market

Software Components Offer Opportunities to Enhance Product Differentiation in Passenger Cars LONDON, September 14 -- The need to stand out in a crowded market place and to offer differentiated safety, entertainment and comfort features to customers is driving the widespread incorporation of software modules in passenge ... Continue reading

Concept innovant de tableau de bord avec une image projetée et programmable

Concept innovant de tableau de bord avec une image projetée et programmable

BURSCHEID, Germany, September 14 -- - Johnson Controls développe un nouveau tableau de bord à affichage projeté reconfigurable Le nouveau concept de tableau de bord à image projetée, développé par Johnson Controls, l'un des leaders mondiaux de l'aménagement intérieur, de l'électronique et des batteries pour a ... Continue reading

EnTire Solutions lance des systèmes de surveillance de la pression des pneus (TPM) pour les Hyundai Tucson et Kia Sportage 2006

EnTire Solutions lance des systèmes de surveillance de la pression des pneus (TPM) pour les Hyundai Tucson et Kia Sportage 2006

FRANCFORT, Allemagne, September 14 -- EnTire Solutions, LLC accroît sa présence en Amérique du Nord dans la surveillance directe de la pression des pneus (TPM : tire pressure monitor) en tant que fournisseur TPM direct pour les nouvelles Hyundai Tucson et Kia Sportage 2006. << Les fabricants automobile commercialisa ... Continue reading

Innovative Concept for Programmable Projection Cluster

Innovative Concept for Programmable Projection Cluster

BURSCHEID, Germany, September 14 -- - Johnson Controls Develops a New Solution for Flexible and Personalized Instrument Cluster Display With its new, reconfigurable projection cluster, Johnson Controls , one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive interior systems, electronics and batteries, demonstrates how inf ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Launches Monotube Shock Absorber With Innovative Valve Technology

Tenneco Automotive Launches Monotube Shock Absorber With Innovative Valve Technology

Product Will Debut on New Ford Focus ST FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- Tenneco Automotive today launched a monotube shock absorber with an innovative Monotube Blow Off (MTBO) valve that offers improved tuneability, damping consistency and durability. The new Ford Focus ST, which will be introduced in Europe later this ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive's Advanced Technology Drives Growth

Tenneco Automotive's Advanced Technology Drives Growth

Company Commercializes Diesel, Suspension and Sound Engineering Technologies FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- Mark P. Frissora, chairman, CEO and President, Tenneco Automotive said today that the company is winning new OE business with its advanced suspension and emission control technologies. Today, its products are fe ... Continue reading

European Software Market for Passenger Cars

European Software Market for Passenger Cars

PRESS RELEASE Standardisation Issues Prove Challenging for Original Equipment Manufacturers in the European Automotive Software Market Software Components Offer Opportunities to Enhance Product Differentiation in Passenger Cars London, UK &#8211; 15 September, 2005 - The need to stand out in a crowded market place and ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com Wins 2005 WebAward for 'Outstanding Web Site'

Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com Wins 2005 WebAward for 'Outstanding Web Site'

Web Marketing Association Recognizes kbb.com as a Top Automotive Web Site IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 14 -- Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com this week received a 2005 "Outstanding Web Site" WebAward from the Web Marketing Association (WMA) for "work above and beyond the standard of excellence." A panel of WMA judges for the 2005 W ... Continue reading

New Chrysler CEO Reviews Operations in Taiwan

New Chrysler CEO Reviews Operations in Taiwan

- Great Potential to Increase Chrysler Group Vehicles Sales in Taiwan - Local Production of Chrysler Town and Country Minivan on Schedule - Number of Chrysler Retail Outlets will Triple in Next Two Years TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 14 -- Just two weeks after starting his new role as President and CEO of the Chrysler Group, T ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Unveils Diesel Fuel Vaporizer

ArvinMeritor Unveils Diesel Fuel Vaporizer

New Emissions Technology Reduces Cost of Filter Materials by 15 Percent FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 14 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced today that its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) Emissions Technologies business has unveiled new technology for more reliable, low-cost diesel particulate filter regeneration that will be read ... Continue reading

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Release New Findings on Protecting Children in Side Impact Crashes

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Release New Findings on Protecting Children in Side Impact Crashes

BOSTON, Sept. 13 -- Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will present today a series of findings aimed at enhancing protection for children in side-impact car crashes at the Scientific Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). The findings demonstrate that childr ... Continue reading

BMW and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Extend Exclusive Relationship

BMW and SIRIUS Satellite Radio Extend Exclusive Relationship

- All BMW Models Included - Factory Programs Continue on BMW 3,5,6, 7 Series and Include One Year Bundled Subscription NEW YORK and WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Sept. 13 -- SIRIUS Satellite Radio and BMW of North America, LLC today announced an agreement that extends SIRIUS' exclusive relationship with BMW through August 2008 ... Continue reading

Visteon, Ford Sign Definitive Agreements for New Business Arrangement; Anticipate Completing Transaction Oct. 1

Visteon, Ford Sign Definitive Agreements for New Business Arrangement; Anticipate Completing Transaction Oct. 1

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Sept. 13 -- . Visteon Corporation announced today that it has signed definitive agreements with Ford Motor Company, outlining terms and conditions of a new business arrangement announced by the two companies on May 25, 2005. Visteon and Ford anticipate closing the transaction on Oct. 1. (Logo ... Continue reading

JM Family Enterprises Joins Toyota Companies in Donating $6 Million to Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

JM Family Enterprises Joins Toyota Companies in Donating $6 Million to Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.--Sept. 13, 2005--JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JMFE), parent company of Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC (SET) - the world's largest privately owned Toyota distributor - its associates and dealers, along with several Toyota companies, have announced a $6 million donation to aid victims of Hurrica ... Continue reading

A Wet Side Story: Heavy Rains Slow Soloists on Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals First Day

A Wet Side Story: Heavy Rains Slow Soloists on Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals First Day

For Immediate Release A Wet Side Story: Heavy Rains Slow Soloists on Tire Rack SCCA Solo Nationals First Day TOPEKA, Kan. (Sept. 13, 2005) - With early morning downpours delaying the start by more than two hours, and more rain moving in during the afternoon, action-stopping weather was the story during day one of compe ... Continue reading

Eaton Supercharger-Turbocharger Increases Power and Efficiency; New System Improves 2006 VW Golf GT Fuel Efficiency by 20%

Eaton Supercharger-Turbocharger Increases Power and Efficiency; New System Improves 2006 VW Golf GT Fuel Efficiency by 20%

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--Sept. 13, 2005--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has partnered with Volkswagen to help produce the only production-ready combination supercharger and turbocharger system in a passenger car today, allowing VW to deliver an engine on the 2006 Golf GT that improves fuel efficiency b ... Continue reading

Delphi Launches Three New Technologies to Help Land Rover Achieve the Highest Standards of Handling and Comfort

Delphi Launches Three New Technologies to Help Land Rover Achieve the Highest Standards of Handling and Comfort

TROY, Mich., Sept. 13 -- Three new technologies from Delphi Corp. are helping the new Range Rover Sport achieve levels of dynamic performance and comfort that are widely regarded as setting new standards for a high-performance SUV. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020315/DEF002LOGO ) The combination of adva ... Continue reading

Power Stop, LLC Acquires the Power Stop and Other Business Assets From Universal Automotive Industries

Power Stop, LLC Acquires the Power Stop and Other Business Assets From Universal Automotive Industries

ALSIP, Ill., Sept. 13 -- Power Stop, LLC, a newly-formed limited liability corporation located in Bedford Park, Illinois, announced today that they have purchased substantially all the business assets related to the Power Stop(R) brand of performance brake products. The Power Stop brand of performance brake parts is na ... Continue reading

Hybrid Fuel Systems Completes Phase One of Dallas County School Bus Fleet Conversion

Hybrid Fuel Systems Completes Phase One of Dallas County School Bus Fleet Conversion

TAMPA, Fla.--Sept. 13, 2005--Hybrid Fuel Systems, Inc. (OTC:HYFS), a manufacturer and distributor of diesel and gasoline conversion systems, announced today the completion of Phase I of the Dallas County School System Bus Fleet Conversion project. When completed, Hybrid will have converted 71 school buses for the Dalla ... Continue reading

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