Wednesday, August 19, 1998

Akron RV Dealership Wins National Customer Satisfaction Award

Duncan's Motor and Trailer Sales Inc. in Akron recently was awarded first place honors nationwide for outstanding customer service by Coachmen Recreational Vehicle Company. ... Continue reading

AlliedSignal Automotive Products Group Opens Distribution Center

AlliedSignal, in partnership with renowned supply chain management experts, UPS Worldwide Logistics, has opened its West Coast distribution center ... Continue reading

AutoZone Sets Tender Offer Price For Chief Auto Parts

AutoZone, Inc., announced today that, in connection with its outstanding Offer to Purchase and Solicitation of Consents dated July 24, 1998, for the 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2005 of its wholly-owned subsidiary Chief Auto Parts Inc. ... Continue reading

BAT and Toyota Work to Prepare SuperCar for more Tests

BAT International's field trial to demonstrate the most fuel efficient vehicles in the world has been delayed several hours due to problems with the Toyota hybrid electric vehicle, the Prius. ... Continue reading

BMW Of North America Chooses Tact and Crystal for Complete Y2K Solution

Crystal Systems Solutions and The A Consulting Team, Inc. announced that BMW of North America, Inc. awarded them a project to provide the automotive manufacturer with a comprehensive Year 2000 (Y2K) solution. ... Continue reading

Borg-Warner Powertrain Gets Ford Quality Award

Borg-Warner Automotive Powertrain Systems has received Ford Motor Company's Customer-Driven Quality Award (CDQA) in recognition of significant achievements during 1997 in total cost management, delivery performance and quality improvements ... Continue reading

CASCAR: Weekend Wrap from Komoka Ontario

CASCAR: Weekend Wrap ... Continue reading

DCCA Welcomes Visitors to Ford Day at The 1998 Ethanol Expo

Ford Motor Company's ethanol vehicles will be in the spotlight on Wednesday, Aug. 19 as the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs and the Illinois Corn Growers Association welcome visitors to the seventh annual Ethanol Expo. ... Continue reading

Excelsior- Henderson Makes A Big Rumble At Sturgis Rally

Bikers heading into Sturgis on Interstate I-90 were greeted with a rebellious billboard at Exit 30. Words over a red 'X' stated, 'It Ain't A One Horse Town Anymore.' That message isn't news to bikers who have attended Sturgis the last few years. ... Continue reading

GM and IUE Make joint Statemet on Delphi

Today IUE and General Motors took the first step in ensuring that the union and the company work as full partners to make the spin-off of GM's Delphi Automotive Systems a success for both workers and Delphi. ... Continue reading

GM Appoints State Street as Custodian for U.S. Public Assets

State Street Corporation has been selected by General Motors Investment Management Corporation to serve as master trustee for General Motors' Defined Benefits Trusts' domestic public assets, valued at $46.2 billion. ... Continue reading

Goodyear to Invest $65 Million in Japanese Joint Venture

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation announced today that they will invest $65 million (8.5 billion yen) to increase production capacity of their joint venture Nippon Giant Tire (NGT) ... Continue reading

Hoechst is To Sell Coatings Manufacturer Herberts

Hoechst AG has announced it has reached an agreement in principle to sell Herberts GmbH, Wuppertal, the coatings company of the Hoechst Group, for DM 3 billion to the investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Scot Walters Ready to go Road Racing

NASCAR Trucks: Scot Walters Ready to go Road Racing ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Bristol has been Good to Kenny Wallace

NASCAR WCUP: Bristol has been Good to Kenny Wallace ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Crew Chief Club at the Goody's Headache Powder 500

NASCAR WCUP: Crew Chief Club at the Goody's Headache Powder 500 ... Continue reading

Penske Auto Centers Signs Long-Term Deal for Goodyear Tires

A long-term agreement was signed today by representatives of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and Penske Auto Centers, Inc., linking the two companies through Dec. 31, 2005 as partners in tire retailing at Penske's 860 tire and service outlets. ... Continue reading

Porsche History to Come to Life at Watkins Glen Celebration

In the midst of its 50th anniversary celebration, Porsche will be the featured marquee at the Watkins Glen Double Fifty Celebration, scheduled for August 27-30, it was announced here today. ... Continue reading

Republic Industries Acquires Miami and Baltimore Dealerships

Republic Industries, Inc. announced today that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire the Fox Automotive Group of Baltimore, Maryland, and L.P. Evans Motors, a Mercedes-Benz dealership in North Miami, Florida. ... Continue reading

S&P Affirms Advance Stores' Ratings

Standard & Poor's today affirmed its single-'B'-minus rating on Advance Stores Co. Inc.'s $200 million senior subordinated notes and Advance Holding Corp.'s $60 million senior discount debentures. ... Continue reading

S&P Affirms Cooper Industries & Units Ratings

Standard & Poor's today affirmed its ratings on Cooper Industries Inc. and related entities (see list below). The outlook is stable. ... Continue reading

S&P Affirms Federal-Mogul Ratings

Standard & Poor's today affirmed its ratings on Federal-Mogul Corp. and its unit, Federal-Mogul Financing Trusti. The outlook is stable. ... Continue reading

Special Events: The Circle Track Magazine Racing Expo '99

Special Events: The Circle Track Magazine Racing Expo '99 ... Continue reading

SPX Becomes BMW Equipment Program Partner

SPX Corporation announced an agreement with BMW of North America, Inc., Montvale, New Jersey, to assume the administrative functions of BMW's service equipment program. ... Continue reading

Tracks: 10th Annual Sheldon Kinser Memorial Matches Midwest's Best

Tracks: 10th Annual Sheldon Kinser Memorial Matches Midwest's Best ... Continue reading

Tracks: Bloomington's Second Tribute to Dizz Wilson Highlights Winged Sprint Cars

Tracks: Bloomington's Second Tribute to Dizz Wilson Highlights Winged Sprint Cars ... Continue reading

Trico Products Corporation to Remain in Western New York

Trico Products Corporation announced that based on an agreement reached with its union and financial incentives provided by state, city and county agencies, the company would retain its manufacturing operations in the City of Buffalo. ... Continue reading

Turbodyne Appoints Former Volkswagen Executive

Turbodyne Technologies Inc.announced today that Mr. Gerhard E. Delf has joined Turbodyne as Senior Vice President, Dynacharger(TM) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Programs. ... Continue reading

UNOVA Demonstrates New Manufacturing Concepts at Ford Conference

UNOVA Inc. opened a Ford-sponsored private technology conference. The event marks the first time a manufacturing-systems supplier has been invited to the Ford Technology Review Center. ... Continue reading

Waste Recovery Reports Closing of Industrial Revenue Bonds and Q2 Results

Waste Recovery, Inc., the leading American processor of scrap tires and producer of tire-derived fuel reported that it has concluded the sale of $6,675,000 of industrial revenue bonds through two issuing authorities in Illinois ... Continue reading

Wescast Industries Inc. Announces End of CAW Strike

Wescast Industries Inc.,the leading exhaust manifold producer in North America, announced that the strike between CAW Local 4207 and Wescast Industries Inc. of Wingham ended today following a ratification meeting. ... Continue reading