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Friday, September 24, 1999

1999 NCTS Transport Driver Award given by ASE

1999 NCTS Transport Driver Award given by ASE

1999 NCTS Transport Driver Award given by ASE ... Continue reading

AQM Announces Q3 Sales and Profits - Sales Commence to Major New Accounts

AQM Announces Q3 Sales and Profits - Sales Commence to Major New Accounts

AQM Automotive Corporation (AQM) announced its consolidated financial and operating results for the second quarter of 1999 (June 1, 1999 to August 31, 1999) and for the nine months ended August 31, 1999. ... Continue reading

Auto Club Tells Motorists to Stop for Red-light Running Week

Auto Club Tells Motorists to Stop for Red-light Running Week

The intersection of Ash Street and 4th Avenue is the most dangerous red light running intersection in the City of San Diego, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. ... Continue reading

BMW - Lehto statement

BMW - Lehto statement

BMW - Lehto statement ... Continue reading

Bombardier Launches Orbital Equipped Product

Bombardier Launches Orbital Equipped Product

Bombardier, the world's leading personal watercraft (PWC) manufacturer, has launched product incorporating Orbital Engine Corporation's injection system. ... Continue reading

Brilliance China Announces Details of Bonus Share Issuance

Brilliance China Announces Details of Bonus Share Issuance

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited confirmed the following information with regard to its upcoming bonus share issuance, which was approved at the special general meeting of shareholders on September 18, 1999: ... Continue reading

CART: Montoya charges to provisional pole for Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

CART: Montoya charges to provisional pole for Texaco Grand Prix of Houston

CART: Montoya charges to provisional pole for Texaco Grand Prix of Houston ... Continue reading

Dana Recognized for Magnetic Pulse Welding Technology

Dana Recognized for Magnetic Pulse Welding Technology

Dana Corporation was recognized for its innovative, magnetic pulse welding technology, earning the Automotive Manufacturing Award at the Financial Times Automotive World 1999 Global Automotive Awards. ... Continue reading

DCR Places Phelps Dodge's Debt on Rating Watch -- Down

DCR Places Phelps Dodge's Debt on Rating Watch -- Down

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) has placed the senior debt and commercial paper ratings of Phelps Dodge Corporation on Rating Watch. ... Continue reading

Delphi and Los Alamos National Laboratory Receive Prestigious R&D 100 Award

Delphi and Los Alamos National Laboratory Receive Prestigious R&D 100 Award

Delphi Automotive Systems and Los Alamos National Laboratory are recipients of a 1999 R&D 100 Award for their joint work on developing PREDICT. ... Continue reading

Delphi Honors Its Brightest Engineers With Induction Into Innovation Hall of Fame

Delphi Honors Its Brightest Engineers With Induction Into Innovation Hall of Fame

Delphi Automotive Systems' will induct 84 of its most talented inventors into the company's prestigious Innovation Hall of Fame during a ceremony tonight at the Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn, Mich. ... Continue reading

Ford Assists Earthquake Victims in Taiwan

Ford Assists Earthquake Victims in Taiwan

Ford Motor Company and its partners in Taiwan will contribute $620,000 (20 million New Taiwan dollars) to assist relief efforts for victims of the recent earthquake inTaiwan. ... Continue reading

Ford Recognized for Minority Business Efforts by Commerce Dept

Ford Recognized for Minority Business Efforts by Commerce Dept

Ford Motor Company has become the first automotive company to be recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce for exemplary performance in promoting minority business growth in the nation. ... Continue reading

Gonzalez Production Acquires Operations of Clearr Industries

Gonzalez Production Acquires Operations of Clearr Industries

Gonzalez Production Systems, Inc. has acquired the Pontiac, Mich. operations of machine tool specialty company Clearr Industries, Inc., enhancing the company's expertise in automotive body-in-white closure systems. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Announces Third Quarter Outlook

Goodyear Announces Third Quarter Outlook

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that it expects 1999 third quarter net income to be in the range of $100-$110 million or $0.63 to $0.69 per share diluted. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Sells Two Millionth Car Ahead of Anticipated Schedule

Hyundai Sells Two Millionth Car Ahead of Anticipated Schedule

A millennium celebration will come early for Hyundai Motor America (HMA) as it announces the sale of its two millionth car in the U.S ... Continue reading

IRL: Scott Goodyear/Panther Racing Notes, Las Vegas

IRL: Scott Goodyear/Panther Racing Notes, Las Vegas

IRL: Scott Goodyear/Panther Racing Notes, Las Vegas ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Pioneers Automated Inventory Replenishment Program

Johnson Controls Pioneers Automated Inventory Replenishment Program

Johnson Controls, Inc. is the first controls manufacturer offering automated technology that helps distributors reduce inventory levels, streamline purchasing and increase sales. ... Continue reading

Lincoln LS8

Lincoln LS8

Lincoln LS8(1999) ... Continue reading

Los Angeles County's Most Dangerous Intersections for Red-Light Crashes

Los Angeles County's Most Dangerous Intersections for Red-Light Crashes

Auto Club and National Stop On Red Week Put Spotlight On Leading Cause of Crashes: Disregarding Traffic Controls. ... Continue reading

Mace Security Signs Definitive Purchase Agreements

Mace Security Signs Definitive Purchase Agreements

Mace Security International, Inc. announced that it has signed definitive purchase agreements to acquire Crystal Falls Car Wash of Lubbock, Texas and Cherry Hill Car Wash of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. ... Continue reading

Movex ERP Features Simultaneous Production and Maintenance Functionality

Movex ERP Features Simultaneous Production and Maintenance Functionality

With the latest release of its enterprise application Movex, Intentia introduces innovative new functionality whereby maintenance work orders can be scheduled simultaneously with production orders. ... Continue reading

NASCAR BGN: MBNA Gold 200 Starting Lineup

NASCAR BGN: MBNA Gold 200 Starting Lineup

NASCAR BGN: MBNA Gold 200 Starting Lineup ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: MBNA Gold 400 First Round Qualifying

NASCAR WCUP: MBNA Gold 400 First Round Qualifying

NASCAR WCUP: MBNA Gold 400 First Round Qualifying ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Rusty Wallace grabs the pole at Dover MBNA Gold 400

NASCAR WCUP: Rusty Wallace grabs the pole at Dover MBNA Gold 400

NASCAR WCUP: Rusty Wallace grabs the pole at Dover MBNA Gold 400 ... Continue reading

New Algor Fluid Flow Capabilities Expand the Range of Scenarios

New Algor Fluid Flow Capabilities Expand the Range of Scenarios

Algor, Inc. announced that its fluid flow analysis software is now available with capabilities that enable engineers to perform a wider range of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analyses with greater ease-of-use. ... Continue reading

New Venture Gear Announces Capacity Expansion

New Venture Gear Announces Capacity Expansion

New Venture Gear (NVG) is increasing its 4-wheel-drive transfer case capacity by 20 percent at its New Process Gear Division in East Syracuse, New York -- a move that will create approximately 300 new jobs. ... Continue reading

Raceline

Raceline

The Auto Channel--Raceline ... Continue reading

Securities Action Seeking Class Action Certification Filed

Securities Action Seeking Class Action Certification Filed

Leo W. Desmond announced that securities actions requesting class action certification have been initiated in various courts alleging violations of federal and/or state securities laws on behalf of purchasers of the following securities: ... Continue reading

Steel Technologies Inc. Expects Record Fourth Quarter

Steel Technologies Inc. Expects Record Fourth Quarter

Steel Technologies Inc. said that it expects to report record results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year that ends on September 30, 1999. ... Continue reading

'Stop On Red Week'

'Stop On Red Week'

Rodney E. Slater announced the results of a survey by the Stop Red Light Running partnership revealing that 98% of Americans agree that red light running is dangerous, but over half admit deliberately running red lights because they are in a hurry. ... Continue reading

Survey Findings Of Concerns About Highway and Auto Safety

Survey Findings Of Concerns About Highway and Auto Safety

Advocates For Highway & Auto Safety to Mark 10-Year Anniversary by Issuing Recommendations to Shift Road and Vehicle Safety into High Gear in the 21st Century ... Continue reading

TRANS-AM: Gentilozzi on pole for Houston Trans-Am series race

TRANS-AM: Gentilozzi on pole for Houston Trans-Am series race

TRANS-AM: Gentilozzi on pole for Houston Trans-Am series race ... Continue reading

USABC Progress On NiMH Batteries is Electrifying

USABC Progress On NiMH Batteries is Electrifying

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) has completed work with SAFT under their nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery development contract. ... Continue reading

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