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Friday, September 22, 2000

AG's Office Announces Recalled Tire Bounty

AG's Office Announces Recalled Tire Bounty

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., will commence a "bounty program" designed to remove used recalled tires from the inventories of all used tire dealers, Attorney General Christine Gregoire announced. ... Continue reading

AMA: Championships on the line at Chevy Trucks US Superbike Finale

AMA: Championships on the line at Chevy Trucks US Superbike Finale

CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE LINE AT CHEVY TRUCKS U.S. SUPERBIKE FINALE ... Continue reading

AMA Pro Racing announces 2001 Motocross/Superbike National Numbers

AMA Pro Racing announces 2001 Motocross/Superbike National Numbers

AMA PRO RACING ANNOUNCES 2001 MOTOCROSS/SUPERCROSS NATIONAL NUMBERS ... Continue reading

AQM Announces Q3 Sales and Profits

AQM Announces Q3 Sales and Profits

AQM Automotive Corporation announced its consolidated financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2000 (June 1, 2000 to August 31, 2000) and for the nine months ended August 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

AutoZone Reports Record Year With $2.00 EPS, up 23%

AutoZone Reports Record Year With $2.00 EPS, up 23%

AutoZone, Inc. reported record diluted earnings per share of $2.00 for the fiscal year ended August 26, 2000, an increase of 23% from $1.63 per share in fiscal 1999. ... Continue reading

Bollard System Counters Terrorists at State Department Headquarters

Bollard System Counters Terrorists at State Department Headquarters

Delta Scientific's TT210-SS bollards provided a first line of defense, including securing the diplomatic and Congressional drive entrances. ... Continue reading

Bridgestone/Firestone Regarding Union Contract Ratification

Bridgestone/Firestone Regarding Union Contract Ratification

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., is extremely pleased to announce that the United Steelworkers of America have ratified three contracts covering 8,000 workers at nine facilities in eight states. ... Continue reading

CTS Announces Formation of Application Specific Networks Product Group

CTS Announces Formation of Application Specific Networks Product Group

CTS Corporation confirmed it has established an Application Specific Networks Product Group for its Resistor/Electrocomponents business headquartered in Berne, Indiana. ... Continue reading

Dana Unveils Technical and Customer Support at Farmington Hills

Dana Unveils Technical and Customer Support at Farmington Hills

Dana Corporation celebrates the grand opening of its new 110,000 sq. ft. Customer and Engineering Support Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. ... Continue reading

Decrease in Fatalities Following Illinois' .08 BAC Law

Decrease in Fatalities Following Illinois' .08 BAC Law

Slater announced a new study by the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which adds more compelling evidence that .08 Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) laws significantly reduce fatalities. ... Continue reading

Delphi Makes Advances That Lead to 'Greener' Vehicles

Delphi Makes Advances That Lead to 'Greener' Vehicles

Delphi Automotive Systems has designed new technology that will make diesel engines cleaner and quieter to match the fuel economy gains typical of a diesel engine. ... Continue reading

Dodge Dakota Leads J.D. Power APEAL Study for Fourth Straight Year

Dodge Dakota Leads J.D. Power APEAL Study for Fourth Straight Year

For the fourth year in a row, Dodge Dakota led the compact truck segment of J.D. Power's Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study announced. ... Continue reading

Fiat Auto Purchases Two Advanced Measuring Systems

Fiat Auto Purchases Two Advanced Measuring Systems

Brown & Sharpe DEA has signed a contract with Fiat Auto S.p.A. to supply two high accuracy, high throughput coordinate measuring machines to inspect car bodies on the production floor. The contract is valued at more than $1.1 million. ... Continue reading

Focus On Safety in Side-Impact Testing of Scania's New City Bus

Focus On Safety in Side-Impact Testing of Scania's New City Bus

Scania's proactive approach to the improvement of passenger and crash safety received positive affirmation the instant that a car traveling at 40 km/h hit the side of one of Scania's new city buses on the company's test track. ... Continue reading

Fuel Cell Industry Has a Strong Voice

Fuel Cell Industry Has a Strong Voice

The U.S. Fuel Cell Council (USFCC), the trade association for the fuel cell industry, added 13 new members to its roster. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Aquatred 3 Tires Becomes Hurricane-Busters

Goodyear Aquatred 3 Tires Becomes Hurricane-Busters

As Tropical Storm Helene batters the Florida Panhandle, Goodyear recommends that residents batten the hatches. No need to venture outdoors like Alecia Newman did earlier this week as Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall. ... Continue reading

Lear Corporation Keeps Driving Formula One Safety Advances

Lear Corporation Keeps Driving Formula One Safety Advances

Lear Corporation , one of the world's largest automotive suppliers and Technology Partner to Jaguar Racing, unveiled the new Lear APEX(TM) (Advanced Protection & Extrication) System. ... Continue reading

Motorcycle Accidents Increase Following Helmet Law Repeal

Motorcycle Accidents Increase Following Helmet Law Repeal

Motorcycle deaths and injuries increased following the repeal of mandatory helmet laws in Texas and Arkansas, according to a new study by the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ... Continue reading

MTS Receives Major Order for Wheel Force Transducers

MTS Receives Major Order for Wheel Force Transducers

MTS Systems Corporation announced receipt of its largest single order for SWIFT (spinning wheel integrated force transducer) sensors, an order exceeding $3 million dollars. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: MBNA.com 200 Starting Lineup, Dover

NASCAR BGN: MBNA.com 200 Starting Lineup, Dover

NASCAR BGN: MBNA.com 200 Starting Lineup, Dover ... Continue reading

NASCAR: GoodMark Foods to end racing sponsorships

NASCAR: GoodMark Foods to end racing sponsorships

SJAPS, NASCAR Touring, Sponsor Announcement ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: MBNA E-Commerce 200 Race Results, Dover

NASCAR Trucks: MBNA E-Commerce 200 Race Results, Dover

NASCAR Trucks: MBNA E-Commerce 200 Race Results, Dover ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: MBNA.com 400 first round qualifying results

NASCAR WCUP: MBNA.com 400 first round qualifying results

NASCAR WCUP: MBNA.com 400 first round qualifying results ... Continue reading

NHRA FMDRS: Santos, Simpson on top at Thunder Valley

NHRA FMDRS: Santos, Simpson on top at Thunder Valley

FMDRS Friday Qualifying from Thunder Valley ... Continue reading

Reg - Rand Cam Air Pump Tests Successfully Demonstrated

Reg - Rand Cam Air Pump Tests Successfully Demonstrated

Reg Technologies, Inc. and its US subsidiary REGI U.S., Inc. are pleased to announce that a series of feasibility tests by Paul LaMarche on the Rand Cam(TM) air pump for the Lumbar seat application in automobiles has been completed. ... Continue reading

Rent-A-Wreck Authorizes Repurchase of Up to One Million Shares

Rent-A-Wreck Authorizes Repurchase of Up to One Million Shares

On September 21, 2000, the Board authorized management of Rent- A-Wreck to repurchase up to 1,000,000 shares of its common or preferred stock, including options for its common stock. ... Continue reading

Rouge Industries Declares Third Quarter Dividend

Rouge Industries Declares Third Quarter Dividend

Rouge Industries, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors approved a third quarter cash dividend in the amount of three cents ($0.03) per share payable on Oct 20, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 6, 2000. ... Continue reading

SANLUIS Partners with CCP and AIP to Triple Its Brake Business

SANLUIS Partners with CCP and AIP to Triple Its Brake Business

SANLUIS Corporacion, S.A. de C.V. announced that it will invest US $70 million over the next three years in order to triple the size of its original equipment brake business. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Stillwell races for record books during Valvoline Runoffs

SCCA: Stillwell races for record books during Valvoline Runoffs

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SCCA: Valvoline Runoffs Quick Facts

SCCA: Valvoline Runoffs Quick Facts

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The ADA Dispenses Remedies to Help Vehicles Beat the Winter Blues

The ADA Dispenses Remedies to Help Vehicles Beat the Winter Blues

October is an ideal time of year for motorists to repair and maintain their vehicles before winter strikes, according to the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia (ADA). ... Continue reading

The BMW 3 Series and the X5 Recognized as Exciting Vehicles

The BMW 3 Series and the X5 Recognized as Exciting Vehicles

The BMW 3 Series and the all new BMW X5 Sport Activity Vehicle both ranked highest in their respective categories in the J.D. Power and Associates' APEAL study. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Announces Voluntary Recall of 4,218 Golf Models in the U.S.

Volkswagen Announces Voluntary Recall of 4,218 Golf Models in the U.S.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced a voluntary recall of 4,218 Golf models in the United States to check for a possible welding defect in the control arm of the car's front suspension system. ... Continue reading

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Ward's Reports Estimated Production

Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 357,787 units, up from the 297,616 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. ... Continue reading

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