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Wednesday, June 2, 1999

Advanced Definition Systems Announces Completion of Acquisition

Advanced Definition Systems Announces Completion of Acquisition

Advanced Definition Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition, which it announced on April 27th, 1999. ... Continue reading

AimRite Holdings Corporation Allocates Funds for Project with Visteon

AimRite Holdings Corporation Allocates Funds for Project with Visteon

AimRite Holdings Corporation is pleased to announce that it had a very successful meeting last week with Visteon Automotive Systems, the second largest supplier of automotive systems to original equipment manufacturers in North America. ... Continue reading

Appellate Court Overturns Jury Verdict Against Suzuki

Appellate Court Overturns Jury Verdict Against Suzuki

American Suzuki Motor Corp. expressed satisfaction with a decision by the Missouri Supreme Court overturning a jury verdict in a case alleging that the Suzuki Samurai is prone to roll over. ... Continue reading

A. Schulman Appoints Kathleen Pramik as Director of Information Technology

A. Schulman Appoints Kathleen Pramik as Director of Information Technology

A. Schulman Inc. announced that Kathleen A. Pramik has joined the company in the newly created position of Director of Information Technology-Chief Information Officer for North America. ... Continue reading

ATX Appoints New VP Global Internet Strategy and Development

ATX Appoints New VP Global Internet Strategy and Development

ATX Technologies is taking to the fast track in the development of its Internet Webserver programs. ... Continue reading

Automotive Immobilizer Anti-Theft Systems Experience Rapid Growth in 1999

Automotive Immobilizer Anti-Theft Systems Experience Rapid Growth in 1999

You've watched the scenes replay a hundred times: a blaring horn or screaming siren falls on apathetic ears; heads turn to flashing lights only in annoyance. ... Continue reading

Bikes: Mazda Truck Motocross Nationals Sets Course for New England

Bikes: Mazda Truck Motocross Nationals Sets Course for New England

MAZDA TRUCK MOTOCROSS NATIONALS SETS COURSE FOR NEW ENGLAND ... Continue reading

Carlisle Acquires Leading Truck Body Manufacturer

Carlisle Acquires Leading Truck Body Manufacturer

Carlisle Companies Incorporated announced that it has acquired Johnson Truck Bodies of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, a leading privately-held manufacturer of fiberglass custom truck bodies serving the foodservice distribution market. ... Continue reading

Cherry Corporation Anticipates Flat First Quarter Sales

Cherry Corporation Anticipates Flat First Quarter Sales

The Cherry Corporation announced that it anticipates its sales for the first quarter ending May 31, 1999 will approximate last year and that its earnings per share will be approximately $.15 per share lower than the $.50 per share reported last year. ... Continue reading

Country Companies Cut Oregon Auto Rates Again

Country Companies Cut Oregon Auto Rates Again

The Country Companies insurance group has reduced auto policy premiums an average of 5.4 percent for Oregon drivers. ... Continue reading

Cygnus Publishing Acquires Professional Tool and Equipment News, Inc.

Cygnus Publishing Acquires Professional Tool and Equipment News, Inc.

Cygnus Publishing announced it has acquired California-based Professional Tool and Equipment News, Inc. (PTEN). ... Continue reading

Dover a welcome stop for Michael Waltrip

Dover a welcome stop for Michael Waltrip

Dover a welcome stop for Michael Waltrip ... Continue reading

Federal-Mogul Completes Acquisition of Piston From Alcan Aluminium

Federal-Mogul Completes Acquisition of Piston From Alcan Aluminium

Federal-Mogul Corporation reported the completion of its acquisition of the piston division of Alcan Deutschland GmbH in Germany, a subsidiary of Alcan Aluminium Limited in Canada. ... Continue reading

GenRad Selected by Iveco Trucks to Supply Portable Diagnostic Systems

GenRad Selected by Iveco Trucks to Supply Portable Diagnostic Systems

GenRad, Inc. announced that its Advanced Diagnostic Solutions (ADS) business unit in Stockport, UK has been selected by Eltrac in Turin, Italy, to supply Iveco with a suite of GDS3500 diagnostic systems. ... Continue reading

Gentex Secures Long-Term, Extended Supply Agreement With DaimlerChrysler

Gentex Secures Long-Term, Extended Supply Agreement With DaimlerChrysler

Gentex Corporation announced that it has entered into an extended supply agreement with DaimlerChrysler to provide it with interior electrochromic mirrors and exterior electrochromic mirror sub-assemblies for the next several years. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Run-Flat Tire Value Is Bargain Priced

Goodyear Run-Flat Tire Value Is Bargain Priced

Prices for safety-minded products like run-flat tires might be less than you bargained for. ... Continue reading

Hayes Lemmerz Completes New Aluminum Wheel Manufacturing Facility

Hayes Lemmerz Completes New Aluminum Wheel Manufacturing Facility

Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. announced that it is completing construction of a new aluminum wheel manufacturing facility in the Czech Republic, which will begin operation by mid-year 1999. ... Continue reading

Hilite Completes Tender Offer and Sale of Shares to Hilite Holdings, L.L.C.

Hilite Completes Tender Offer and Sale of Shares to Hilite Holdings, L.L.C.

Hilite Industries, Inc. announced it has successfully completed the previously announced all-cash tender offer by Hilite for all of its outstanding shares of common stock at a price of $14.25 per share. ... Continue reading

HP 9000 V-Class Enterprise Server Powers Fluent's Motor-Sports Consulting Business

HP 9000 V-Class Enterprise Server Powers Fluent's Motor-Sports Consulting Business

Hewlett-Packard Company and Fluent Inc., a market leader in computational fluid dynamics software, announced that Fluent has procured a 16-processor HP 9000 V2250 Enterprise Server to support Fluent's growing motor-sports consulting business. ... Continue reading

HP Selected to Operate and Support Data-center Servers for Ford

HP Selected to Operate and Support Data-center Servers for Ford

Hewlett-Packard Company announced that it has been selected by Ford Motor Company to operate and maintain Ford's data-center servers, its telecommunications network and distributed servers. ... Continue reading

Invensys to List Shares in the US

Invensys to List Shares in the US

Invensys plc, the automation and controls company created from the merger of Siebe plc and BTR plc, announced that it intends to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. ... Continue reading

KIT Announces New President

KIT Announces New President

KIT Manufacturing Company, a major manufacturer of recreational vehicles and manufactured housing, announced that Mr. Harold Breach has been elected to the position of President and General Manager of the Company. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: Tony Roper, Dover Preview

NASCAR BGN: Tony Roper, Dover Preview

NASCAR BGN: Tony Roper, Dover Preview ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace has Good Weekend at Charlotte

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace has Good Weekend at Charlotte

NASCAR WCUP: Kenny Wallace has Good Weekend at Charlotte ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Park Says Dover Could Be Even Better Than Charlotte

NASCAR WCUP: Park Says Dover Could Be Even Better Than Charlotte

NASCAR WCUP: Park Says Dover Could Be Even Better Than Charlotte ... Continue reading

NHRA: Team Jeg's Back on Track and Ready to Roll in Chicago

NHRA: Team Jeg's Back on Track and Ready to Roll in Chicago

NHRA: Team Jeg's Back on Track and Ready to Roll in Chicago ... Continue reading

Oor Wullie enters the RSAC Scottish Rally?

Oor Wullie enters the RSAC Scottish Rally?

Oor Wullie enters the RSAC Scottish Rally? ... Continue reading

OrionAuto Launches E-Commerce Site on Internet

OrionAuto Launches E-Commerce Site on Internet

Nonstandard automobile insurer OrionAuto successfully introduced its electronic commerce interface, Orion AutoLink, in Illinois on Monday, May 17, 1999. ... Continue reading

Professional Transportation Group Ltd. Inc. Announces 120 Day Extension of Its Credit Facility

Professional Transportation Group Ltd. Inc. Announces 120 Day Extension of Its Credit Facility

Professional Transportation Group Ltd. Inc. announced that it has reached agreement with SouthTrust Bank N.A. to extend the maturity date for its credit facility with SouthTrust for 120 days ending 9/30/99. ... Continue reading

RALLY: The heat is on for McRae and Ford Martini team

RALLY: The heat is on for McRae and Ford Martini team

RALLY: The heat is on for McRae and Ford Martini team ... Continue reading

Standard Products of Mexico Receives QS 9000 Certification

Standard Products of Mexico Receives QS 9000 Certification

The Standard Products Company announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Standard Products of Mexico recently achieved QS 9000 certification. ... Continue reading

Subaru Mid-America Region Reports May Sales: Best May Sales Month on Record

Subaru Mid-America Region Reports May Sales: Best May Sales Month on Record

The Subaru Mid-America Region announced its May sales figures. The Mid-America Region posted a sales total of 1,600 units for the month, up 24 percent over the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Subaru Southeast Region Reports May Sales

Subaru Southeast Region Reports May Sales

Subaru Southeast Region announced its May sales figures. The Southeast Region posted a sales total of 1,365 units for the month versus 1,436 units for the same period last year. ... Continue reading

Subaru Western Region Reports May Sales: Best May Sales Month of the Decade

Subaru Western Region Reports May Sales: Best May Sales Month of the Decade

Subaru Western Region announced its May sales figures. The Western Region posted a sales total of 2,694 units for the month, up almost 10 percent over the same period last year. ... Continue reading

The Coffee Critic at Lime Rock

The Coffee Critic at Lime Rock

The Coffee Critic at Lime Rock ... Continue reading

The Latest Sport Utility Accessory - An Electric Scooter

The Latest Sport Utility Accessory - An Electric Scooter

In the first promotion of its kind, automotive and electrical vehicle manufacturers are combining to provide California consumers with a unique transportation solution. ... Continue reading

USAC: Coons 1st at 16th Street; 'Night before 500' to Newman

USAC: Coons 1st at 16th Street; 'Night before 500' to Newman

USAC: Coons 1st at 16th Street; 'Night before 500' to Newman ... Continue reading

USAC: Davis Scores 1st Speedrome Midget Car Victory

USAC: Davis Scores 1st Speedrome Midget Car Victory

USAC: Davis Scores 1st Speedrome Midget Car Victory ... Continue reading

USAC: Elliott, Hines Snare Stoops Sprint Features

USAC: Elliott, Hines Snare Stoops Sprint Features

USAC: Elliott, Hines Snare Stoops Sprint Features ... Continue reading

USAC: Sills Wins Foyt's 'Hulman Hoosier Hundred'

USAC: Sills Wins Foyt's 'Hulman Hoosier Hundred'

USAC: Sills Wins Foyt's 'Hulman Hoosier Hundred' ... Continue reading

USAC: Sprint/TQ Midget Car Double Header at Irwindale Saturday

USAC: Sprint/TQ Midget Car Double Header at Irwindale Saturday

USAC: Sprint/TQ Midget Car Double Header at Irwindale Saturday ... Continue reading

USAC: Two-Point Spread Separates Top Two F2000 Competitors

USAC: Two-Point Spread Separates Top Two F2000 Competitors

USAC: Two-Point Spread Separates Top Two F2000 Competitors ... Continue reading

USRRC Can-Am Championship Points

USRRC Can-Am Championship Points

USRRC Round Two Championship Points ... Continue reading

Williams Controls Expands Electronic Throttle Control Technology Into New Market

Williams Controls Expands Electronic Throttle Control Technology Into New Market

Williams Controls, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture electronic throttle controls (ETCs) for Power Great Lakes, Inc. (PGL), a leading supplier of powertrain systems to the industrial and lift truck market. ... Continue reading

Worldwide PetroMoly Reports a 200% Increase in Net Sales

Worldwide PetroMoly Reports a 200% Increase in Net Sales

Worldwide PetroMoly Inc. announced that net sales for the third fiscal quarter of 1999 were up over 200 percent compared to the same quarter of 1998, at $170,000 versus $54,000 respectively. ... Continue reading

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