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Friday, August 28, 1998

Almost 1/2 of Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Injuries Result in Work Loss

Almost 1/2 of Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Injuries Result in Work Loss

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health found that during one three year period, a major motor vehicle manufacturer's workers suffered 35,483 OSHA-recordable injuries, of which, 49 percent resulted in work loss. ... Continue reading

AMA, TRANS-AM: Gentilozzi to Test at PPIR

AMA, TRANS-AM: Gentilozzi to Test at PPIR

AMA, TRANS-AM: Gentilozzi to Test at PPIR ... Continue reading

Autoliv Builds Crash Lab in Japan

Autoliv Builds Crash Lab in Japan

Autoliv Inc., a worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, has decided to expand its test capability by constructing a new crash testing facility at its recently acquired site in Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, Japan. ... Continue reading

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 35

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 35

AUTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR WEEK 35 ... Continue reading

Celadon Group Inc. Receives Chrysler Corp's Director's Award

Celadon Group Inc. Receives Chrysler Corp's Director's Award

Celadon Group Inc., the leading truckload transportation services provider from the United States and Canada to and from Mexico, announced today that it has received Chrysler Corporation's Director's Award. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Reports Assemble Plant Schedule For Week of Aug 31, 1998

Chrysler Reports Assemble Plant Schedule For Week of Aug 31, 1998

Chrysler Corporation reports all nine U.S. assembly plants and all three Canadian assembly plants will operate the week of August 31, 1998. The three Canadian plants will not operate Friday, September 4, due to the Labor Day holiday. ... Continue reading

Daimler Benz to Implement Breakthrough Powertrain Process

Daimler Benz to Implement Breakthrough Powertrain Process

Daimler Benz, Dassault Systemes and IBM announce that they are working together on a new cooperation project for powertrain design. ... Continue reading

Engine Manufacturers Respond to California Action

Engine Manufacturers Respond to California Action

The Engine Manufacturers Ass said actions by the CEPA's Air Resources Board, which identifies particles from diesel-fueled engines as a Toxic Air Contaminant, validates the work of industry and regulators to reduce substantially particulate matter from diesel-fueled engines. ... Continue reading

Ford Pre-Owned Showroom on the Internet

Ford Pre-Owned Showroom on the Internet

Audio interview with Andy McKinnon, Fleet Lease and Remarketing Manager for Lincoln Mercury and Coordinator for the Ford Pre-Owned Showroom Internet program. </DESCRIPTIION> ... Continue reading

Gentex Reports Expected Q3 Income

Gentex Reports Expected Q3 Income

Gentex Corporation reported that it expects the impact of the General Motors strikes to be a reduction of approximately 3 cents per share for the third quarter ended September 30, 1998. ... Continue reading

GMAC and Budget to Offer Truck Rental to Apartment Residents

GMAC and Budget to Offer Truck Rental to Apartment Residents

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation has entered into an agreement with Budget Car and Truck Rental to offer local and one-way truck rentals and moving supplies to members of GMAC Resident's Advantage(SM) ... Continue reading

HISTORY OF FRENCH CARS IN US

HISTORY OF FRENCH CARS IN US

HISTORY OF FRENCH CARS IN US ... Continue reading

IHRA: Time running out for Romine in IHRA Top Fuel points chase

IHRA: Time running out for Romine in IHRA Top Fuel points chase

IHRA: Time running out for Romine in IHRA Top Fuel points chase ... Continue reading

IRL: Dismore Fastest During Opening Practice for Atlanta 500 Classic

IRL: Dismore Fastest During Opening Practice for Atlanta 500 Classic

IRL: Dismore Fastest During Opening Practice for Atlanta 500 Classic ... Continue reading

IRL: Greg Ray Returns to Texas Motor Speedway

IRL: Greg Ray Returns to Texas Motor Speedway

IRL: Greg Ray Returns to Texas Motor Speedway ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Gordon Pockets Seventh Pole of the Year

NASCAR WCUP: Gordon Pockets Seventh Pole of the Year

NASCAR WCUP: Gordon Pockets Seventh Pole of the Year ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Jeff Burton-Short Tracks

NASCAR-WCUP: Jeff Burton-Short Tracks

NASCAR-WCUP: Jeff Burton-Short Tracks ... Continue reading

NASCAR-WCUP: Tire Marks on the Side? It Must be Martinsville

NASCAR-WCUP: Tire Marks on the Side? It Must be Martinsville

NASCAR-WCUP: Tire Marks on the Side? It Must be Martinsville ... Continue reading

NHRA, BUSINESS: B & B Adds New Sponsor for Return at Indy

NHRA, BUSINESS: B & B Adds New Sponsor for Return at Indy

NHRA, BUSINESS: B & B Adds New Sponsor for Return at Indy ... Continue reading

Polk Research: Used-Car Market Grows Nearly 5 Percent Annually

Polk Research: Used-Car Market Grows Nearly 5 Percent Annually

For the third consecutive year the number of used-vehicle transactions in the United States has shown steady growth, according to findings released today by The Polk Company. ... Continue reading

SCCA: Children's Grand Prix of Colorado Weekend Schedule

SCCA: Children's Grand Prix of Colorado Weekend Schedule

SCCA: Children's Grand Prix of Colorado Weekend Schedule ... Continue reading

SCCA: Children's Hospital Grand Prix of Colorado Preview

SCCA: Children's Hospital Grand Prix of Colorado Preview

SCCA: Children's Hospital Grand Prix of Colorado Preview ... Continue reading

SCCA: Laguna Seca World Challenge Date Cancelled

SCCA: Laguna Seca World Challenge Date Cancelled

SCCA: Laguna Seca World Challenge Date Cancelled ... Continue reading

SCCA: NTB Trans-Am Driver's Points

SCCA: NTB Trans-Am Driver's Points

SCCA: NTB Trans-Am Driver's Points ... Continue reading

SCCA: Spec Racer Ford Pro Series Driver's Points

SCCA: Spec Racer Ford Pro Series Driver's Points

SCCA: Spec Racer Ford Pro Series Driver's Points ... Continue reading

SCCA: World Challenge Driver's Points

SCCA: World Challenge Driver's Points

SCCA: World Challenge Driver's Points ... Continue reading

TBC Announces Repurchase of 1,378,000 Shares

TBC Announces Repurchase of 1,378,000 Shares

TBC Corporation announced that in several open market transactions it has recently repurchased a total of 1,378,000 shares, or approximately 6%, of the Company's common stock. ... Continue reading

Textron Acquires UK-Based Auto Trim Maker

Textron Acquires UK-Based Auto Trim Maker

Textron Inc. announced it has acquired UK-based Midland Industrial Plastics. With 1998 sales estimated at $72 million, the company is a leading maker of automotive interior and exterior trim components for European automakers. ... Continue reading

Timken Subsidiary Rates with Industry Leaders on Quality Systems

Timken Subsidiary Rates with Industry Leaders on Quality Systems

The Miniature Precision Bearings Division of MPB Corporation, a Timken Company Subsidiary, has been awarded two significant aerospace industry quality certifications from a consortium of major aerospace companies and from The Boeing Company. ... Continue reading

T&W Expands Into Commercial Auto Rental Market

T&W Expands Into Commercial Auto Rental Market

T&W Financial Corporation announced that it has expanded its specialty commercial finance operations into the commercial auto rental and corporate fleet markets by creating Prime One Capital Company, L.L.C. (Prime One). ... Continue reading

Video from NASCAR Craftsman Truck Kroger 225 at Louisville Motor Speedway

Video from NASCAR Craftsman Truck Kroger 225 at Louisville Motor Speedway

At the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Kroger 225 at Louisville Motor Speedway, The Auto Channel had a chance to shoot some video footage. Interviews with Scott Walters, Greg Biffle, Jimmy Hensley, and Stacy Compton,and footage of Andy Houston and Rick Carelli's trucks moving through technical inspection and preparation. ... Continue reading

Women Workers File Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Ford

Women Workers File Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Ford

In a complaint filed in Federal District Court in the Northern District of Illinois, six women who work at either the Chicago Ford Assembly Plant or the Chicago Ford Stamping Plant charge supervisors at the two Ford Motor Company plants with condoning and perpetuating sexually harassing work environments. ... Continue reading

WOO: Schatz Claims First Career Victory at Riverside

WOO: Schatz Claims First Career Victory at Riverside

WOO: Schatz Claims First Career Victory at Riverside ... Continue reading

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