Monday, February 15, 1999

Accu-Tech Industries Celebrates With Unique Grand Opening

Detroit Lions Quarterback Charlie Batch and Macomb Township Supervisor John D. Brennan will be on hand February 17 at 5 p.m. to assist in a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the grand opening of Accu-Tech Industries' newest facility. ... Continue reading

Americredit Corp. Announces $700 Million Asset-backed Securitization

Americredit Corp. announced the pricing of a $700 million offering of automobile receivables-backed securities through Credit Suisse First Boston, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Chase Securities Inc., and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC. ... Continue reading

Amex to List Options on Delphi Automotive Systems

The American Stock Exchange announced it expects to trade options on the listed stock of Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation beginning Monday, February 22. ... Continue reading

Arrow Automotive Announces Sale of its Crankshaft Operation

Arrow Automotive Industries, Inc. announced the sale of fixed assets and inventory associated with its crankshaft operation to Carolina Crank and Core, Inc., a South Carolina corporation. ... Continue reading

Big Wreck At Daytona Drops Park to 34th Place In Great American Race

Because of the close competition as well as some of the most spectacular accidents ever witnessed on the 2.5-mile, high-banked oval of Daytona International Speedway, race historians will long remember the two weeks that marked the 1999 Speedweeks. ... Continue reading

Brazilian Racing News: Flavio Nono Figueiredo Signs up with Petrobras for SATCC

Flávio Nonô Figueiredo will be the third brazilian to race in the 1999 South American Touring Car Championship. Nonô will race for the Petrobrás BMW Team and is very confident for the first race in Córdoba on March 21st ... Continue reading

Chicago Auto Show Gala Raises $1.18 Million for Charities

First Look for Charity, the black-tie gala of the 1999 Chicago Auto Show, Friday raised nearly $1.2 million for 12 area charities and sent two attendees home with a new Ford vehicle. ... Continue reading

Diesel-Electric Hybrid Army Truck Available

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Army National Automotive Center will display a 5-ton tactical truck powered by a new hybrid diesel-electric propulsion system at the Association of the U.S. Army's Symposium and Exhibition this week. ... Continue reading

Does the Consumer get the Best Deal Buying a New Car on the Internet?

All the hype says that, with large buying groups and huge Internet listings, you can get the best deal on a new car by accessing the Internet. ... Continue reading

Donor Turnout Surpasses Expectations at the Chicago Auto Show

The LifeSource Donor Coach is not the latest model vehicle on the floor of Chicago Auto Show, but show goers are flocking to the display featuring Saturn's National Donor Day. ... Continue reading

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Eaton Truck Unit Receives Major Contracts

Eaton Corporation said its Trucking Information Services Division (TISD) has recently received more than seven million dollars in contracts for the purchase of its new transportation logistics management system. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Repeats as Most Admired in Rubber/Plastics Industry

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., for the second year in a row, has earned top honors in the Rubber and Plastics Products industry category of "Fortune" magazine's list of "America's Most Admired Companies." ... Continue reading

Gordon Wins Daytona in Exciting Fashion

Jeff Gordon claims that he does not have any friends on the racetrack. At the rate that he is winning races it really will not matter. Winning his second Daytona 500 and his 43rd career Winston Cup race, Gordon begins his quest for a fourth Winston Cup title in high style. 'That was an exciting race wasn't it?' asked G ... Continue reading

Intermet Names R. Scott Bleeks General Manager of Foundry

Intermet Corporation announced that R. Scott Bleeks has been named general manager of the Intermet Ironton Foundry located in Ironton, Ohio. ... Continue reading

IPSCO Inc. Satisfied With Preliminary Anti-Dumping Margins

IPSCO Steel Inc. expressed satisfaction with the announcement of significant preliminary anti-dumping margins against imports of hot-rolled sheet from Brazil and Japan. ... Continue reading

John McElroy Joins Blue Sky Productions

Blue Sky Productions, Inc. is pleased to announce that John McElroy is joining the company as a partner and as Editorial Director. ... Continue reading

Kids Urge State Leaders to Pass Primary Adult Seat Belt Laws

"Strong seat belt laws save kids -- when's it gonna click?" That's the message being delivered in state capitals throughout the nation this week as kids call on their elected officials to enact primary seat belt laws. ... Continue reading

NASCAR's Ironman Terry Labonte Continues The Streak

Terry Labonte will start his 603rd consecutive NASCAR race when the green flag drops at today's Daytona 500. The 'ironman' and two-time Winston Cup Champion has not missed a Busch (Grand National)/Winston Cup start since becoming a full-time driver in 1979. ... Continue reading

Saab Announces Partnership with Gary Fisher Bicycles

In 1947, Saab Aircraft engineer Gunnar Ljungstrom broke the rules of conventional automotive design by creating a car with the aerodynamic shape of an airplane wing, proving that form and function weren't mutually exclusive in a passenger car. ... Continue reading

Southeast Toyota Commitment To Customer Satisfaction Pays Off

Sixteen Toyota dealerships in the five-state region managed by Southeast Toyota Distributors have been awarded "J.D. Power and Associates Certified Retailer Status" for consistently delivering an outstanding sales experience to their customers. ... Continue reading

The 'Big Three' Join Forces to Lead The Detroit Police Athletic League

John MacDonald, DaimlerChrysler's Senior Vice President of Sales and Service, became President of the Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL) Board of Directors last Wednesday at a PAL Board meeting at DaimlerChrysler headquarters. ... Continue reading

TRW Acquisition of LucasVarity Clears Waiting Period

TRW Inc. announced that the time period for Hart-Scott-Rodino Act review by the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission of its proposed transaction to acquire LucasVarity plc. ... Continue reading

United Way Gives Donation for Ford Rouge Victims

United Way has designated a special contribution of $25,000 to the UAW Local 600 Crisis Fund to help the victims of and the families affected by the Ford Rouge Plant explosion. ... Continue reading

Volvo Sailing Championships Sets Course For Spring 1999

Even the Swedish cannot resist thesailing winds of Southern California. Just in time for spring 1999, Volvo Cars of North America introduces the "1999 Volvo In-Shore Championships." ... Continue reading