Action Performance Announces New Appointments and Responsibilities for Senior Executives
Action Performance Companies Inc. Monday announced new appointments and responsibilities for several of its senior executives designed to further consolidate operations and better position the company for continued growth ... Continue reading
Agilent Technologies Firehunter Optimizes BMW's Customer Service
Agilent Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, today announced that German automaker BMW AG has selected Firehunter, Agilent's comprehensive Internet/intranet service-assurance solution, to provide service-level agreement (SLA) guarantees and intranet service performance reporting to all of its de ... Continue reading
AK Steel Reaches 76-Month Labor Accord
AK Steel said today that its Middletown hourly workforce has ratified a new 76-month labor agreement by more than a five-to-one margin ... Continue reading
AMA: NPG pays $200,000 to AMA Pro Motocrossers
NPG PAYS $200,000 TO AMA PRO MOTOCROSSERS ... Continue reading
Analysis & Review Research Coverage of AutoTradeCenter.com
Public Analysis & Review (PAR) analyst Dr. William Davison issued his Quarterly Update coverage of AutoTradeCenter.com (AUTC.OB) with a "SPECULATIVE BUY" rating, for a 12-month target of $5 - $7. ... Continue reading
Auto Europe Offers Millennium Travel Specials
Auto Europe is offering millennium travel specials including free one-car class car rental upgrades in five European countries ... Continue reading
Autoliv Buys Japanese Steering Wheel Business
Autoliv Inc., the world-wide leader in automotive safety systems, has reached an agreement to acquire the business of Izumi, a leading Japanese steering wheel manufacturer ... Continue reading
Avis Offers the Luxurious Cadillac Escalade
Avis Rent A Car System, Inc. announced today that it has added the Cadillac Escalade to its fleet in Denver, Aspen, Vail, Reno and Salt Lake City ... Continue reading
Budget Rent A Car Announces Exciting New Hoop Deal
Budget Rent a Car, the world's third largest car and truck rental system, announced today a multi-million dollar marketing deal with Turner Broadcasting to sponsor the NBA telecasts on Turner Networks TNT and TBS Superstation ... Continue reading
Capital Automotive Declares Fourth Quarter 1999 Dividend of $0.36
Capital Automotive, the nation's leading specialty finance company for automotive retail real estate, today announced that its Board of Trustees has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.36 per share for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 1999 ... Continue reading
Christmas Comes Early for a Vista Family
Christmas has arrived early for a Vista family of five who received a $1,000 dollar shopping spree from Hyundai Motor America on Thursday, Nov. 18th, 1999 at the Westfield Shoppingtowns' North County Fair Mall ... Continue reading
CMP'S InformationWeek Announces 1999 Chief of The Year
InformationWeek Magazine named Dave Bent, CIO of Visteon Automotive Systems, the 1999 Chief of the Year. ... Continue reading
Collins & Aikman Appoints Kenneth Arndorfer To Executive Director, Operations Analysis
Collins & Aikman Corporation today announced the appointment of Kenneth Arndorfer to Executive Director, Operations Analysis ... Continue reading
Cooper Tire Named Butkus Award Title Sponsor
COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY today announced they will be the title sponsor of the 1999 Butkus Award(R) Gala ... Continue reading
The following Statement can be attributed to: Jay Cooney, Litigation Communications Manager for DaimlerChrysler Corporation ... Continue reading
Dana Corporation announced today that it will supply the complete sealing system for Tritec Motors Ltd., a joint venture between DaimlerChrysler and the BMW Group ... Continue reading
Dura-Bond Bearing Garners Class A Certification
Dura-Bond Bearing Company, a Nevada manufacturer of camshaft bearings and powder metal technology for valve seats in the automotive aftermarket, has earned the prestigious Class A certification by the Oliver Wight Company, a consulting firm that helps companies improve their business processes in order to compete more ... Continue reading
FANUC Robotics' F-100 Flexible Positioner Named Finalist In Award
FANUC Robotics North America, Inc. has been named a finalist for its F-100 flexible positioner in the PACE (Premier Automotive suppliers; Contributions to Excellence) Awards. ... Continue reading
First Snow of Season Tests Winter Driving Skills, Says AAA Michigan
In Michigan, the first snow of the season often catches some drivers off guard. ... Continue reading
Ford to Introduce TH!NK City EV in First North American Demonstration Program
Ford Motor Company has officially announced plans for the first North American demonstration program for its TH!NK city battery electric vehicle ... Continue reading
Global Mirror GmbH and Research Frontiers Enter Into License Agreement
Research Frontiers Incorporated announced today that Global Mirror GmbH & Co. KG has obtained a worldwide license to manufacture and sell automatically dimming SPD rear-view mirrors using Research Frontiers' fast-responding SPD light-control technology ... Continue reading
IRL: Harrington Motorsports to Move Into Bigger Shop
Harrington Motorsports to Move Into Bigger Shop ... Continue reading
Jacksonville-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November
Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's four Jacksonville-area dealers climbed 57 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced 12 percent ... Continue reading
Kurchatov Research Holdings, Ltd. Completes Acquisition of German Design and Engineering Company
Kurchatov Research Holdings, Ltd. announces that it has completed the acquisition of Cetoni Umweittechnolog Entwicklungs GmbH ("Cetoni"), a German engineering and design company. ... Continue reading
Manheim Online Reaches Half-Billion Dollar Mark in CyberLot Sales
Manheim Online(TM) (http://www.manheim.com ), the leader in auto-related electronic commerce and an extended service of Manheim Auctions, announced more than a half-billion dollars in value of vehicles sold via the company's CyberLots. ... Continue reading
Mazda Ends Its 23-Year Relationship With Its Only Independent U.S. Distributor
Mazda North American Operations today announced that it has reached agreement with Mazda Great Lakes, its only independent U.S. distributor, to end its 23-year association. ... Continue reading
Meritor Automotive Awarded Michigan Mega Grant
Meritor Automotive, Inc. today demonstrated its support for Detroit's continued economic revitalization by announcing that it intends to relocate its Light Vehicle Systems Roof Systems manufacturing operations in Brighton, Mich., to a new plant it will begin building next year in southwest Detroit ... Continue reading
Mobile-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November
Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's three Mobile-area dealers climbed 24 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced nine percent ... Continue reading
Murray's Discount Auto Stores' Automotive Expert Provides Tips On Winter Hardware to Keep Your Car Running Through Winter Storms ... Continue reading
MuTec GmbH Builds New Production Facility
MuTec, GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard MEMS Inc., USA, is investing approximately US $3,000,000 in new manufacturing facilities in Seevetal, Germany, to increase its development and production capabilities to meet its expanding demand for instrumentation and sensor products ... Continue reading
Navidec Develops New Auto Buying Web Site For Lithia Motors
In search of a better use of the Internet to further its status as one of the nation's top auto dealers, Lithia Motors Inc. has hired Navidec Inc. to redevelop its Lithia.com web site. ... Continue reading
North American Car and Truck of the Year Award
By rough count, there are about 674 car of the year awards in North America, with one or two more likely to be added by week's end. But only two are given by an independent group of automotive journalists from Canada and the United States. They are the North American Car of the Year and the North American Truck of the ... Continue reading
Raleigh/Durham-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November
Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's three Raleigh/Durham-area dealers climbed 97 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced 42 percent ... Continue reading
Sears Auto Center Sponsors Resurfacings of Three Torrance Elementary School Playgrounds
Today, more than 500 students at Arnold Elementary School in Torrance will learn first-hand the benefits of recycling as Sears Auto Center and the County of Los Angeles help make their school's playground a more safe, comfortable and nvironmentally friendly place to play ... Continue reading
Southeast Toyota Posts Best-Ever November Sales
Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. today announced the best-ever November retail sales in its 30-year history ... Continue reading
South Florida-Area Toyota Sales Climb In November
Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. reports that November's retail truck sales at Toyota's 14 South Florida-area dealers climbed 55 percent over the year-ago month while car sales advanced six percent ... Continue reading
S&P Assigns Motorists Life Insurance Co. 'Api' Rating
Standard & Poor's today assigned its single-'Api' financial strength rating to Motorists Life Insurance Co ... Continue reading
Successful Implementation of Servigistics Parts Planning Software At Subaru of New England
Servigistics, a leading provider of planning and logistics solutions for service parts management, today announced the deployment of Servigistics inventory planning and forecasting software at Subaru of New England, which stocks and distributes over 8,600 service parts to 60 Subaru dealers in New England ... Continue reading
Textron Acquires Leading French Pump Manufacturer
Textron Inc. announced today that it has acquired KSB Annecy SAS in France, a subsidiary of the German industrial pump manufacturer KSB group. ... Continue reading
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