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Tuesday, November 28, 2000

Advanced Wireless Systems, Inc. Announces Acquisition

Advanced Wireless Systems, Inc. Announces Acquisition

Advanced Wireless Systems, Inc. announced that it has entered into a Letter of Intent with the RAP Group, Inc. (RAP) to acquire RAP's automotive related business. ... Continue reading

AMA presents 17 MVP awards

AMA presents 17 MVP awards

The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the presentation of 17 new Most Valuable People (MVP) awards this week. ... Continue reading

Aston Martin Selects SmarTire for Vanquish V12

Aston Martin Selects SmarTire for Vanquish V12

Aston Martin has selected SmarTire's innovative wireless tire pressure monitoring system for its new top-of-the-range, flagship model. ... Continue reading

CCC Information Services Sued for Nonpayment of Commissions

CCC Information Services Sued for Nonpayment of Commissions

James J. Serdula of Yardley, Pennsylvania initiated a lawsuit against CCC Auto Body Systems, an affiliate of CCC Development Company of Glendale, California and CCC Information Services, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois. ... Continue reading

Copart Reports First Quarter Results Earnings per Share

Copart Reports First Quarter Results Earnings per Share

Copart, Inc. reported record profits for its first fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2000. ... Continue reading

Crawford and Smithsonian Engage In Historical Trade-In

Crawford and Smithsonian Engage In Historical Trade-In

Smithsonian Institution and the Western Reserve Historical Society are making the swap of the century as the Smithsonian trades the first U.S. Highway Post Office Bus for the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum's rare 1935 Chrysler Airflow Imperial auto. ... Continue reading

Dana to Divest Quinton Hazell European Aftermarket Operations

Dana to Divest Quinton Hazell European Aftermarket Operations

Dana Corporation announced that it intends to divest its Quinton Hazell Group. Quinton Hazell is one of the largest independent manufacturers and distributors of automotive aftermarket components in Europe. ... Continue reading

DENSO to Acquire Magneti Marelli Thermal Systems Division

DENSO to Acquire Magneti Marelli Thermal Systems Division

DENSO Corporation announced that it had reached an agreement yesterday with Magneti Marelli S.p.A. of Milan, Italy, that gives DENSO the exclusive right to negotiate for the purchase of Magneti Marelli's Thermal Systems Division. ... Continue reading

Diodes Receives Environmental Management Certification ISO-14001

Diodes Receives Environmental Management Certification ISO-14001

Diodes Incorporated announced that its Chinese manufacturing facility has been granted ISO-14001 certification. ... Continue reading

Discount Auto Parts, Inc. Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan

Discount Auto Parts, Inc. Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan

Discount Auto Parts, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan and declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right for each outstanding share of common stock of the Company. ... Continue reading

IADMA Members To Receive Sales Training & Management Tools

IADMA Members To Receive Sales Training & Management Tools

IADMA will offer satellite or videotape sales and management training services to its national network of more than 3,000 automobile dealers through its new partnership with the Automotive Satellite Television Network. ... Continue reading

New Toy Electric Scooter Unveiled Just in Time for the Holidays

New Toy Electric Scooter Unveiled Just in Time for the Holidays

Electric transportation developer ZAPWORLD.COM today unveiled a new toy electric scooter called ZAPPY Jr., modeled after its famous scooter for adults. ... Continue reading

One-Millionth Monroe Reflex Shock Unit Arrives in Tonawanda Area

One-Millionth Monroe Reflex Shock Unit Arrives in Tonawanda Area

After rolling off the assembly line in Paragould, Arkansas, Tenneco Automotive's one-millionth Monroe Reflex(TM) shock and strut absorber has traveled North America in search of its installation destination. ... Continue reading

Pharos Announces the GPS Solution for the HP Jornada Pocket PC

Pharos Announces the GPS Solution for the HP Jornada Pocket PC

Pharos announced the launch of the iGPS Receiver PocketPak solution for the HP Jornada Pocket PC. ... Continue reading

Saab Variable Compression Engine Concept Wins Award

Saab Variable Compression Engine Concept Wins Award

The Saab Variable Compression (SVC) engine concept has been honored by Popular Science magazine with a "Best of What's New" award for automotive technology. ... Continue reading

SatCon Developing Next Generation Power Products

SatCon Developing Next Generation Power Products

SatCon announced that it has just been selected for a $75,000, first phase, contract award with the Army to develop a motor controller using silicon carbide power semiconductors. ... Continue reading

State Farm Introduces Vehicle Safety Discount

State Farm Introduces Vehicle Safety Discount

Taking advantage of its extensive claims data, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is implementing a new and innovative auto insurance discount. ... Continue reading

Timken Renews Agreement with Rogovoy, Pack & Hall

Timken Renews Agreement with Rogovoy, Pack & Hall

The Timken Company has announced it will continue its aftermarket sales agency agreement with Rogovoy, Pack & Hall of Portland, Oregon. ... Continue reading

Toyota Selects Intermec Wireless Network Infrastructure

Toyota Selects Intermec Wireless Network Infrastructure

Intermec Technologies Corp. announced that Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc. (TMMNA) has selected Intermec as the standard vendor for all wireless LAN infrastructure to support office and plant floor operations. ... Continue reading

Tracinda Sues DaimlerChrysler and Juergen Schrempp

Tracinda Sues DaimlerChrysler and Juergen Schrempp

Tracinda seeks over $2 billion in actual damages and over $1 billion in rescissory damages (representing the drop in value of the DaimlerChrysler shares exchanged for Tracinda's Chrysler stock). ... Continue reading

USCAR Announces Battery Consortium's Request for Proposal Information

USCAR Announces Battery Consortium's Request for Proposal Information

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) -- a cooperative effort of DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors -- in cooperation with the United States Department of Energy has issued a Request for Proposal Information. ... Continue reading

World Debuts Highlight Media Days at Greater Los Angeles Auto Show

World Debuts Highlight Media Days at Greater Los Angeles Auto Show

The automotive industry will be focusing its attention on Los Angeles in early January as automakers reveal more than two dozen production and concept vehicles at this year's Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. ... Continue reading

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