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Monday, February 22, 1999

Audi Sets TT Coupe Price

Audi Sets TT Coupe Price

Audi of America, Inc. announced that the base manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) for its 180 horsepower, front- wheel drive TT Coupe will be $30,500. ... Continue reading

Civic and Accord Named 'Best Overall Values of the Year'

Civic and Accord Named 'Best Overall Values of the Year'

IntelliChoice has named Honda vehicles in five categories for "Best Overall Value of the Year" awards for 1999. ... Continue reading

Cofer Corp. and Surface Mount Taping Corp. Merge

Cofer Corp. and Surface Mount Taping Corp. Merge

HIG Capital Management, Miami, Fla. announced the acquisition of Cofer Corp., a back-end packaging company serving the semiconductor and related industries. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Recognizes Siemens Microelectronics

DaimlerChrysler Recognizes Siemens Microelectronics

Siemens Microelectronics, Inc. announced that DaimlerChrysler has named SMI as a strategic supplier of power semiconductor technology for DaimlerChrysler's automotive electronic control modules. ... Continue reading

Delphi to Present 40 Technical Papers at SAE 1999

Delphi to Present 40 Technical Papers at SAE 1999

Delphi Automotive Systems will address important industry issues through its publishing of 40 technical papers at the 1999 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Congress & Exposition, March 1-4 in Detroit. ... Continue reading

DRAG BIKES: 1999 AMA/Prostar Motorcycle Drag Racing Series Fact Sheet

DRAG BIKES: 1999 AMA/Prostar Motorcycle Drag Racing Series Fact Sheet

DRAG BIKES: 1999 AMA/Prostar Motorcycle Drag Racing Series Fact Sheet ... Continue reading

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight

Drag Racing Tonight ... Continue reading

Eaton Names New Vice President--Hydraulics Operations

Eaton Names New Vice President--Hydraulics Operations

Eaton Corporation named William F. Sackrider Vice President-- Hydraulics Operations, effective immediately. ... Continue reading

Engine Complexity Causing Shift From Rebuilding To Remanufacturing

Engine Complexity Causing Shift From Rebuilding To Remanufacturing

According to new strategic research conducted by Frost & Sullivan, North American Class 6, 7 and 8 Truck Engine Aftermarket, the market for remanufactured engines was estimated to be $94.1 million in 1998. ... Continue reading

Invest in France Automotive Awards Recognize Two Automotive Firms

Invest in France Automotive Awards Recognize Two Automotive Firms

Oxford Automotive and Dana Corporation will receive the Invest in France Automotive Award during a reception to be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2nd, 1999 in the Olympia Room of the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. ... Continue reading

JBA International Appoints Frank T. Berger To Lead Americas Business

JBA International Appoints Frank T. Berger To Lead Americas Business

JBA International, a global supplier of integrated business and Enterprise Resource Planning systems for mid-sized companies has named Frank T. Berger President of JBA Americas. ... Continue reading

Kurt Salmon Associates helps Tractor Supply Company Go-Live

Kurt Salmon Associates helps Tractor Supply Company Go-Live

Tractor Supply Company (TSC) has gone live on SAP Retail (v4.0B), making TSC the third company in the United States to go-live on version 4.0B of SAP's retail enterprise solution. ... Continue reading

Motorola Sandpoint Evaluation Platform Speeds Development

Motorola Sandpoint Evaluation Platform Speeds Development

Motorola introduced the Sandpoint Evaluation Platform to help system developers get their MPC8240(TM) Integrated PowerPC(TM) Processor systems to market faster. ... Continue reading

Motorsport Simulations Gear Up for Multi-Title Partnership

Motorsport Simulations Gear Up for Multi-Title Partnership

Motorsport Simulations announced the signing of a long-term agreement with the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) to develop and publish computer games based on a number of SCCA sanctioned properties. ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Michael Waltrip couldn't catch a 'brake' at Rockingham

NASCAR WCUP: Michael Waltrip couldn't catch a 'brake' at Rockingham

NASCAR WCUP: Michael Waltrip couldn't catch a 'brake' at Rockingham ... Continue reading

Prab Reports First Quarter Results

Prab Reports First Quarter Results

Prab Inc. reports first quarter sales of $3,299,000 and a net profit of $21,000 for the period ended Jan. 31, 1999. These results compare with sales of $4,233,000 and a net profit of $43,000 in the same period a year ago. ... Continue reading

Professional Car Thieves' Favorite Target in 1998: Toyota Camry

Professional Car Thieves' Favorite Target in 1998: Toyota Camry

Japanese cars in 1998 again stole the top spots as the vehicles most often stolen by professional car thieves: Toyota Camrys were the first-, second- and third-most stolen vehicles in the United States. ... Continue reading

QAD Software Beats Y2K Deadline

QAD Software Beats Y2K Deadline

QAD Inc. announced that Solvay Automotive Inc. has completed the rapid implementation of QAD enterprise software at its four locations in the United States and Canada in less than six months. ... Continue reading

RB Rubber Fourth Quarter Revenues Increase 23% to Record $2.7M

RB Rubber Fourth Quarter Revenues Increase 23% to Record $2.7M

RB Rubber Products, Inc., an integrated tire recycler and producer of rubber mats and molded products, reported fourth quarter revenues rose 23% to a record $2.7 million, compared to $2.2 million in the like quarter a year ago. ... Continue reading

Smiths Industries Aerospace Selects ItemQuest Component

Smiths Industries Aerospace Selects ItemQuest Component

Information Handling Services announced that the Information Management Systems (IMS) division of Smiths Industries Aerospace has selected ItemQuest as their Component and Supplier Management (CSM) solution. ... Continue reading

Toyota Launches First Corporate Advertising Radio Campaign

Toyota Launches First Corporate Advertising Radio Campaign

Toyota's first radio broadcast corporate ad campaign will air in Washington, D.C., beginning February 23, Toyota Motor Corporate Services of North America, Inc. announced. ... Continue reading

TRW to Show How it Accelerates Technology, Puts the Brakes on Cost

TRW to Show How it Accelerates Technology, Puts the Brakes on Cost

At the Society of Automotive Engineers International Congress & Exposition here next week, TRW--the global automotive supplier -- will showcase a wide range of integrated modules and systems that accelerate technology and put the brakes on cost. ... Continue reading

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