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Tuesday, April 8, 2003

Honda Launches Major Hispanic Online Marketing Effort-For Mexico? No! For Puerto Rico? No!- For The USA!-Huh?

Honda Launches Major Hispanic Online Marketing Effort-For Mexico? No! For Puerto Rico? No!- For The USA!-Huh?

Honda Taps La Agencia de Orci and YupiMSN To Reach the Powerful, Computer-Savvy Latino Consumer LOS ANGELES, April 8 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., one of the top-selling automobile manufacturers to the U.S. Hispanic consumer, launched a major new media marketing campaign targeting the Latino consumer. This month, ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces New Management System, Appoints Two Americans as Managing Officers

Toyota Announces New Management System, Appoints Two Americans as Managing Officers

NEW YORK, April 8 -- In order to meet increasing competition and rising global demands, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced changes to its management system designed to streamline and accelerate its decision-making process and enhance its competitiveness. The new management system and list will be officially f ... Continue reading

Saturn Unveils Performance-Tuned VUE Red Line

Saturn Unveils Performance-Tuned VUE Red Line

The 2004 VUE Red Line, the first in Saturn’s new series of performance-tuned vehicles, represents the next step in Saturn’s drive to generate new interest in the brand. Scheduled for public debut at the New York Auto Show, the limited-production sport utility features a lowered body, sport-tuned suspension ... Continue reading

mail2web.com Celebrates a Victory at Sebring to Start the 2003 Alms Season; Lucas Luhr Earns 4th Consecutive Win at Sebring

mail2web.com Celebrates a Victory at Sebring to Start the 2003 Alms Season; Lucas Luhr Earns 4th Consecutive Win at Sebring

TORONTO--April 8, 2003--mail2web.com(TM), a leading free web-based email application, and brand of global service provider SoftCom Technology Consulting Inc., is pleased to announce that Alex Job Racing defended their 2001 and 2002 GT-class wins at the Mobile 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring by winning for a third consecutive ... Continue reading

Ford's Scheele to Address Midwest Automotive Media Association, May 9 in Chicago

Ford's Scheele to Address Midwest Automotive Media Association, May 9 in Chicago

Ford Motor Company President and Chief Operating Officer Nick Scheele will address the Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) on May 9 at the Chicago Historical Society. Scheele is also a member of Ford's board of directors. Ford's #2 in command is always making news and his appearance with MAMA will be no differe ... Continue reading

Credential Form

Credential Form

Attached is a credential form for the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series races in Phoenix on May 2-3. If you are planning on attending, please fill this out and return as soon as possible. ... Continue reading

MedAire to Open New Medical Clinic in China

MedAire to Open New Medical Clinic in China

Clinic to Serve as Primary Medical Resource for Expatriate Families of Ford Motor Company TEMPE, Ariz. and CHONGQING, China, April 8 -- Global health and security assistance provider MedAire, Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor (China) Ltd. to open a new 24-hour medical clinic ... Continue reading

Media Alert: Ruhlman and Hayner at Long Beach Media Luncheon

Media Alert: Ruhlman and Hayner at Long Beach Media Luncheon

CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 MEDIA ALERT April 9, 2003 Trans-Am Series for the BFGoodrich® Tires Cup drivers Randy Ruhlman and Stu Hayner will be available for interviews during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Media Luncheon, scheduled for Wednesday, April 9. The ... Continue reading

National RV Holdings, Inc. Schedules Q103 Earnings Announcement

National RV Holdings, Inc. Schedules Q103 Earnings Announcement

PERRIS, Calif.--April 8, 2003--National RV Holdings, Inc. will broadcast its quarterly results event on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 2:00 PM Eastern. This event webcast can be accessed at http://www.nrvh.com. The Perris, Calif.-based manufacturer of Class A motorhomes and travel trailers will disclose its first-quarter r ... Continue reading

Polaris Raises Industry Bars for Product Quality and Diversification; Independent Study Finds Polaris Snowmobile Quality Best in the World

Polaris Raises Industry Bars for Product Quality and Diversification; Independent Study Finds Polaris Snowmobile Quality Best in the World

MINNEAPOLIS--April 8, 2003--Building on its heritage as the inventor of the modern-day snowmobile and its reputation as a dominant brand across a spectrum of recreational and utility vehicles, Polaris Industries recently upped the anti by announcing an industry-leading quality designation. The company also announced co ... Continue reading

Virus Alert - 2003 Norton SystemWorks - Update you Virus Protection

Virus Alert - 2003 Norton SystemWorks - Update you Virus Protection

Norton SystemWorks 2003 Professional Edition has $250 worth of full-version award winning programs for the price of one. Buy it today for only $39.95 - Save over $210 by taking advantage of this sale today! Click here: http://azjmp.com/az/ch.php?f=171&i=59 The Smartest Way to Solve Computer Problems at the Most Unbelie ... Continue reading

A. Schulman Announces Plans to Discontinue Manufacturing at its Dispersion Plant in Orange, Texas

A. Schulman Announces Plans to Discontinue Manufacturing at its Dispersion Plant in Orange, Texas

Plant closing is part of a corporate-wide effort to align existing production capacity with market demand in North America AKRON, Ohio, April 8 -- A. Schulman Inc. today announced that it will discontinue manufacturing operations at its Dispersion plant in Orange, Texas. The shutdown is expected to be completed during ... Continue reading

Budweiser Autosport 2003 Show

Budweiser Autosport 2003 Show

Glacier The Budweiser Autosport 2003 Show will broadcast live from McGilvery's Speedway beginning at 7:00 pm CENTRAL. Scheduled guests... Tommy Johnson Jr... driving a Funny Car for Don "The Snake" Prudhomme as the Team Mate with Ron Capps on the NHRA POWERade Series. Tommy went to the semi-finals this weekend at The S ... Continue reading

CTS Corporation Announces First Quarter 2003 Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates

CTS Corporation Announces First Quarter 2003 Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates

ELKHART, Ind.--April 8, 2003--CTS Corporation will release earnings for the first quarter 2003 at approximately 6:30 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. A conference call to discuss first quarter 2003 financial results is scheduled for Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). The dial-in number for the confer ... Continue reading

Lear Corporation Honored by Ford Motor Company With Three World Excellence Awards

Lear Corporation Honored by Ford Motor Company With Three World Excellence Awards

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 8 -- Lear Corporation received three Ford Motor Company World Excellence Awards recognizing the company as one of its top suppliers in the world for 2002 performance. The World Excellence Awards provide annual recognition based on quality, cost and delivery performance. Forty-one suppliers from ... Continue reading

TRW Automotive Plants Win Top North American Supplier Awards from Toyota

TRW Automotive Plants Win Top North American Supplier Awards from Toyota

LIVONIA, Mich., April 8 -- TRW Fuji Valve Inc. and the TRW Automotive manufacturing facility in Marshall, Illinois were among a group of elite suppliers honored at Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America's (TMMNA's) Annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony recently held for 500 of the company's North American suppl ... Continue reading

CAD/CAE Data Exchange with Full Associativity Accelerates Design Optimization

CAD/CAE Data Exchange with Full Associativity Accelerates Design Optimization

PITTSBURGH--April 8, 2003--ALGOR, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, announced that its InCAD technology for direct CAD/CAE data exchange now includes full associativity with each design change for Autodesk Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, Solid Edge and SolidWorks. Full associativity enables any change ... Continue reading

Ford Executive to Participate in Morgan Stanley Conference

Ford Executive to Participate in Morgan Stanley Conference

J Mays, Ford Motor Company vice president of Design, will participate in the Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conference in New York on Tuesday, April 15. Mays' presentation will begin at 10:30 a.m. EDT, and will be web cast on an audio-only basis at www.shareholder.ford.com . Replays of the presentation will be availa ... Continue reading

Goldense Group, Inc. -GGI- Offers New Product Development Metrics Portfolios -PDMP- Seminar.

Goldense Group, Inc. -GGI- Offers New Product Development Metrics Portfolios -PDMP- Seminar.

NEEDHAM, Mass.--April 8, 2003--Is new product development crucial to your company success? CFO Magazine, in its article "A P&L for R&D" in Feb. 2000, says "Common wisdom holds that a company that's six months late with a new product stands to lose a third of its market share. And R&D will only become more critical, as ... Continue reading

National RV Holdings, Inc. Schedules Q103 Earnings Announcement

National RV Holdings, Inc. Schedules Q103 Earnings Announcement

PERRIS, Calif.--April 8, 2003--National RV Holdings, Inc. will broadcast its quarterly results event on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 2:00 PM Eastern. This event webcast can be accessed at http://www.nrvh.com. The Perris, Calif.-based manufacturer of Class A motorhomes and travel trailers will disclose its fourth-quarter ... Continue reading

Polaris Raises Industry Bars for Product Quality and Diversification; Independent Study Finds Polaris Snowmobile Quality Best in the World

Polaris Raises Industry Bars for Product Quality and Diversification; Independent Study Finds Polaris Snowmobile Quality Best in the World

MINNEAPOLIS--April 8, 2003--Building on its heritage as the inventor of the modern-day snowmobile and its reputation as a dominant brand across a spectrum of recreational and utility vehicles, Polaris Industries recently upped the ante by announcing an industry-leading quality designation. The company also announced co ... Continue reading

Segmentz Announces Record Year-End Results in Accordance With Guidance

Segmentz Announces Record Year-End Results in Accordance With Guidance

TAMPA, Fla.--April 8, 2003--Segmentz, Inc. (OTCBB:SEGZ) announced year-end financial results in line with guidance issued in January. Segmentz revenues for the year ended December 31, 2002 were $9,994,516 and basic earnings per share were $.06. Fourth Quarter revenues were $3,844,500, a sixty-one percent (61%) increase ... Continue reading

Progressive to Customers: We'll Take Care of Everything

Progressive to Customers: We'll Take Care of Everything

Company is First Auto Insurer To Handle Entire Claims/Repair Process From Soup to Nuts, Provide One-Stop Convenience and Peace of Mind MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio, April 8 -- You don't cook your own food when you go to a restaurant or read your own X-ray when you visit the doctor, so why should you be responsible for managi ... Continue reading

Sika Automotive Appoints Steve Zielinski Senior Sales Representative

Sika Automotive Appoints Steve Zielinski Senior Sales Representative

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., April 8 -- Sika Automotive has announced the appointment of Steve Zielinski to the position of Senior Sales Representative for the General Motors Account. Jack Martin, Sika's Director of Automotive Sales - GM, made the announcement. "Steve will be representing Sika on the GM platform," said Mart ... Continue reading

Tow Truck Fleet Helps Keep Bay Area Roadways Clear and Motorists Safe

Tow Truck Fleet Helps Keep Bay Area Roadways Clear and Motorists Safe

Freeway Service Patrol Logs 1 Million Assists OAKLAND, Calif., April 8 -- A stranded motorist and the veteran Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) tow truck driver who came to his rescue together helped the roving tow truck service reach its 1 millionth assist on Monday, March 24, 2003. Steve Kinsey, chair of the Metropolitan ... Continue reading

Scott Pruett Long Beach Release

Scott Pruett Long Beach Release

CONTACT: Richard Nardi (517) 927-3612 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRUETT LOOKS FOR ANOTHER TRANS-AM SERIES WIN AT LONG BEACH Long Beach, Calif. - With his season opening victory at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg behind him, Rocketsports Racing's Scott Pruett, driver of the No. 7 Jaguar R Performance XKR, will be driving in ... Continue reading

BOC to Participate in 700-bar Hydrogen Fuelling Demonstration in Canada

BOC to Participate in 700-bar Hydrogen Fuelling Demonstration in Canada

MURRAY HILL, N.J.--April 8, 2003--BOC , a producer and supplier of hydrogen, will participate in the Compressed Hydrogen Infrastructure Program (CH2IP), a hydrogen fuelling demonstration in Surrey, British Columbia. The CH2IP program was created and is led by Powertech Labs and BC Hydro. It brings together companies an ... Continue reading

Land Rover G4 Challenge Now in South Africa - Africa

Land Rover G4 Challenge Now in South Africa - Africa

US Teams Up With UK for Second Stanza CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 8 -- It's being called the most ambitious adventure race ever staged with 16 competitors chasing around the world in a test of athletic skill, strategic thinking, on- and off-road driving and personal stamina. The first leg began in New York City on M ... Continue reading

Toyota Recognizes Federal-Mogul for Quality and Delivery Excellence

Toyota Recognizes Federal-Mogul for Quality and Delivery Excellence

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 8 -- Federal-Mogul Corporation was recently recognized with quality and delivery performance achievement awards for 2002 at the annual business meeting of Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America. Federal-Mogul received a total of four awards in two product groups: Sealing Systems and Powertrai ... Continue reading

Call for 2003 Entries for da Vinci Awards(TM) Honoring Outstanding Engineering Products, Facilities and Research Related to Accessibility And Universal Design

Call for 2003 Entries for da Vinci Awards(TM) Honoring Outstanding Engineering Products, Facilities and Research Related to Accessibility And Universal Design

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 8 -- The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS), Michigan Chapter have joined together in an annual recognition venture. This venture, the 2003 da Vinci Awards(TM) for accessibility and universal design, will honor individuals and/or corporations ... Continue reading

Fill 'Er up with Hydrogen...Iceland Opens World's First Public Filling Station to Fuel Hydrogen-Powered Cars and Buses

Fill 'Er up with Hydrogen...Iceland Opens World's First Public Filling Station to Fuel Hydrogen-Powered Cars and Buses

NEW YORK--April 8, 2003-- Ceremonies Planned at Shell station at Vesturlandsvegur in Reykjavik, Thursday, April 24, 10-12 Noon Hydrogen Conference Planned April 24-25 in Reykjavik For the first time anywhere in the world, a public gas station has been renovated to manufacture and dispense hydrogen fuel alongside gas an ... Continue reading

KIMBALL SWEEPS WEST COAST ZETEC SEASON-OPENER

KIMBALL SWEEPS WEST COAST ZETEC SEASON-OPENER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KIMBALL SWEEPS WEST COAST ZETEC SEASON-OPENER PHOENIX, ARIZ. (April 8, 2003) –Charlie Kimball, of Camarillo, Calif., won Rounds One and Two of the 2003 Formula Ford 2000 Zetec West Championship at Phoenix International Raceway. Finishing second in both rounds was Jonathan Bomarito, of Monter ... Continue reading

A.O. Smith Declares Quarterly Dividend

A.O. Smith Declares Quarterly Dividend

MILWAUKEE, April 8 -- Directors of A.O. Smith Corporation today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.14 per share on Common Stock and Class A Common Stock. The dividend is payable on May 15 to shareholders of record April 30. ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Receives Ford Motor Company's 2002 World Excellence Award

Tenneco Automotive Receives Ford Motor Company's 2002 World Excellence Award

Company is Honored for Ride Control Technology and Customer Satisfaction LAKE FOREST, Ill., April 8 -- Tenneco Automotive received Ford Motor Company's 2002 World Excellence Award in two categories, recognizing the company as one of Ford's top global suppliers in 2002. Tony Brown, Ford vice president, global purchasing ... Continue reading

California DMV Introduces New Interactive ``Tutorial'' on Website

California DMV Introduces New Interactive ``Tutorial'' on Website

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--April 8, 2003--The California Department of Motor Vehicles is now offering an all-new interactive "tutorial" on its Internet Website to help motorists bone up for the DMV written test, which all drivers must pass to get a state driver license. The tutorial is actually a randomized series of twenty t ... Continue reading

Chevy Champions on Ice entra en Sociedad con Figure Skating in Harlem

Chevy Champions on Ice entra en Sociedad con Figure Skating in Harlem

-Donación Ayudará a las Muchachas Marginadas en la Comunidad de Harlem- DENVER, 8 de abril /PR Newswire/ -- La organización Chevy Champions on Ice anunció hoy que entró en un programa de sociedad con Figure Skating in Harlem. La asociación, asignada con una generosa donación para Figure Skating in Harlem proporc ... Continue reading

Goodyear Reduces Holdings in Sumitomo Rubber Industries

Goodyear Reduces Holdings in Sumitomo Rubber Industries

AKRON, Ohio, April 8 -- As part of its ongoing plan to enhance the company's financial flexibility, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced that it has reduced its ownership stake in Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. Goodyear, which acquired a 10 percent ownership of Sumitomo as part of their 1999 glo ... Continue reading

Review: 200? Volvo S60 R Concept

Review: 200? Volvo S60 R Concept

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS MODEL: Volvo S60 R ENGINE: 2.5-liter inline 5 cylinder HORSEPOWER/TORQUE: 300 hp @ 5,500 rpm/295 lb-ft @ 1,950-5,250 rpm TRANSMISSION: 6-speed manual (5-speed automatic with sequential manual shifting mode available) WHEELBASE: 106.9 in. LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT: 181.3 x 71.0 ... Continue reading

Terry Borcheller - Homestead preview

Terry Borcheller - Homestead preview

home at Homestead Terry Borcheller returns to his home state for the April 13 Grand-Am Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. Although his home is now in Phoenix, Borcheller still has strong ties to his childhood home in Hialeah, about 40 minutes from the race track. He likes the track, too, with five ... Continue reading

Benson On Martinsville

Benson On Martinsville

Benson On Martinsville: #10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson doesn’t hide his dislike for racing at Martinsville Speedway. The beating and banging needed to do well excites the fans, but doesn’t fit with the driving style he learned driving the family-owned race car in Grand Rapids, Mich. But Benson h ... Continue reading

ADVISORY/Celebrity Heroes to Honor Nation's Top Hometown Heroes April 16 in Times Square

ADVISORY/Celebrity Heroes to Honor Nation's Top Hometown Heroes April 16 in Times Square

-- 2003 Volvo for Life Awards presented by Hank Aaron, Bill Bradley, Dr. Jane Goodall, Maya Lin, Dr. Sally Ride & Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Music by Wallflowers, Los Lobos and Heather Headley; hosted by Jim Belushi What: Celebrity heroes -- Hank Aaron, Bill Bradley, Dr. Jane Goodall, Maya Lin, Dr. Sally Ride and Eunice K ... Continue reading

PeopleFirst.com Named Preferred Online Auto Financing Provider for Sallie Mae Value-Added Web Portal, SUCCESS by Sallie Mae

PeopleFirst.com Named Preferred Online Auto Financing Provider for Sallie Mae Value-Added Web Portal, SUCCESS by Sallie Mae

SAN DIEGO, April 8 -- PeopleFirst.com, America's largest online vehicle lender and a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One Financial Corp. , has reached an agreement with SLM Corp. , commonly known as Sallie Mae, to be the preferred online auto financing provider for its consumer finance-oriented Web site, SUCCESS by ... Continue reading

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Schedules Release of First Quarter Results and Conference Call

Sonic Automotive, Inc. Schedules Release of First Quarter Results and Conference Call

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 8 -- Sonic Automotive, Inc. today announced it will release fiscal 2003 first quarter financial results on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 7:30 A.M. (Eastern). Senior management will hold a conference call at 11:00 A.M. (Eastern). To access the live broadcast of the call over the Internet go to: www.c ... Continue reading

Volvo Transforms Its Technical Support Using Siebel eBusiness Applications

Volvo Transforms Its Technical Support Using Siebel eBusiness Applications

SAN MATEO, Calif.--April 8, 2003-- Leading Automotive Manufacturer Creates a Single Global View of Technology Infrastructure Using Siebel Service Siebel Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of multichannel eBusiness applications software, today announced that Volvo has transformed the quality, effectiveness, and responsi ... Continue reading

Willis to Head Ashland Control Project; Holbrook Promoted

Willis to Head Ashland Control Project; Holbrook Promoted

COVINGTON, Ky., April 8 -- John K. Willis, formerly IT audit director, has been named project manager, Ashland Inc. Controls and Compliance Team (ConTACT), according to J. Marvin Quin, Ashland Inc. senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately. In addition, Sharon L. Holbrook has been promote ... Continue reading

7-Eleven, Inc. U.S. Same-Store Merchandise Sales Grow 4.7 Percent; Total Merchandise Sales Rise 6.3 Percent

7-Eleven, Inc. U.S. Same-Store Merchandise Sales Grow 4.7 Percent; Total Merchandise Sales Rise 6.3 Percent

DALLAS, April 8 -- 7-Eleven, Inc. today reported total sales for March 2003 were $920.7 million, an increase of 15.5 percent over the March 2002 total of $797.3 million. Total merchandise sales for March 2003 were $612.8 million, an increase of 6.3 percent over the March 2002 total of $576.3 million. U.S. same-store me ... Continue reading

Capital Automotive First Quarter 2003 Earnings and Conference Call Scheduled for April 22, 2003

Capital Automotive First Quarter 2003 Earnings and Conference Call Scheduled for April 22, 2003

MCLEAN, Va., April 8 -- Capital Automotive REIT , the nation's leading specialty finance company for automotive retail real estate, announced today that it will release first quarter 2003 earnings before the market opens on Tuesday, April 22, 2003. Management will conduct a live audio webcast of its earnings conference ... Continue reading

Expanded EKanban(TM) Capabilities in SupplyWEB(R), The Automotive Supply Chain Management Tool From BRAIN

Expanded EKanban(TM) Capabilities in SupplyWEB(R), The Automotive Supply Chain Management Tool From BRAIN

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 8 -- BRAIN North America, Inc., an Agilisys Company, announces the release of SupplyWEB 6.5! SupplyWEB 6.5 allows suppliers greater visibility of customer requirements, both current and past, and saves time and resources for the manufacturer by allowing greater EKanban scanning and receiving cap ... Continue reading

Group 1 Automotive to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conference

Group 1 Automotive to Present at Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conference

HOUSTON--April 8, 2003--Group 1 Automotive, Inc. , a Fortune 500 specialty retailer, announced that executive management will make a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Global Automotive Conference being held in New York City on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 at 7:45 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The presentation will cover Grou ... Continue reading

Hema Metrics Partners with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Disease Management Firm, KiDNE, to Create First-Ever, Collaborative Life-Saving Preventative Treatment Program for Kidney Hemodialysis

Hema Metrics Partners with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Disease Management Firm, KiDNE, to Create First-Ever, Collaborative Life-Saving Preventative Treatment Program for Kidney Hemodialysis

BOSTON--April 8, 2003-- -Partnership brings together providers, dialysis clinics and device manufacturer to improve patient health and prevent costly hospitalizations through innovative vascular access management tool for enhanced patient monitoring- Hema Metrics, a leading manufacturer of a non-invasive blood monitori ... Continue reading

Inforetech Wireless and Club Concepts, LLC Sign $7 Million Distribution Agreement for Southern Florida

Inforetech Wireless and Club Concepts, LLC Sign $7 Million Distribution Agreement for Southern Florida

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--April 8, 2003--Inforetech Wireless Technology Inc.(R) (OTCBB:WYRE, WYRE.BE) (Berlin:IIW.BE) a leading supplier of GPS technology for the golf industry, is pleased to announce that Club Concepts, LLC, has acquired distribution rights for the territory of southern Florida consisting of approx ... Continue reading

Kaba Benzing's AutoTime Time & Labor Management System Reduces Payroll Time at Dana-Spicer by 50%; AutoTime Interfaces with Oracle, Baan and Legacy Systems at 16 Dana Facilities

Kaba Benzing's AutoTime Time & Labor Management System Reduces Payroll Time at Dana-Spicer by 50%; AutoTime Interfaces with Oracle, Baan and Legacy Systems at 16 Dana Facilities

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.--April 8, 2003--Kaba Benzing, a subsidiary of $690 million Kaba Holding AG and worldwide leader in time and labor management systems, today announced that 16 Dana facilities, employing over 6,500 people, collect time and labor data and provide labor accounting functionality with the company's AutoTime ... Continue reading

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation Selects Siebel Automotive to Help Attain Company Growth and Profitability Goals

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation Selects Siebel Automotive to Help Attain Company Growth and Profitability Goals

SAN MATEO, Calif.--April 8, 2003-- Financial Services Arm of Nissan North America Will Leverage Siebel Automotive to Increase Market Share, Productivity, and Customer Satisfaction Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (NMAC) and its Infiniti Financial Service Division (IFS) have selected the Siebel Automotive Captive Fin ... Continue reading

President/General Manager from LanpherWilson Corporation To Address Attendees at Global Automotive Conference

President/General Manager from LanpherWilson Corporation To Address Attendees at Global Automotive Conference

RESTON, Va., April 8 -- LanpherWilson Corporation, an experienced and savvy consulting firm built in response to client demands for exceptional value in resource consulting, business operations and process architecture, today announced that Richard Iler, a 17-year veteran of the "Big 5" and President/General Manager of ... Continue reading

Zeiss Incorporates Perceptron Technology Components For Fastest 3D Scanning on its CMMs

Zeiss Incorporates Perceptron Technology Components For Fastest 3D Scanning on its CMMs

Reduces Measurement Time up to 30% PLYMOUTH, Mich., April 8 -- Perceptron today announced that the Carl Zeiss Company (Oberkochen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) has adopted its 3D scanning technology to enable fast, accurate, non-contact 3D scanning and inspection in its new EagleEye Navigator system to reduce measureme ... Continue reading

Delphi Earns 'Manufacturer of the Year' for Embracing Lean Manufacturing

Delphi Earns 'Manufacturer of the Year' for Embracing Lean Manufacturing

JUAREZ, Mexico, April 8 -- Delphi Corp.'s Harrison Thermal Systems manufacturing plant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, known as Rio Bravo XX has been named 'Manufacturer of the Year' by the Mexican magazine Manufactura. The Rio Bravo XX operations will be featured in this month's issue of Manufactura, as the winner of a comp ... Continue reading

International Speedway Reports 2003 First Quarter Results

International Speedway Reports 2003 First Quarter Results

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 8 -- International Speedway Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: ISCB) ("ISC") today reported results for the first quarter ended February 28, 2003. Total revenues for the first quarter increased to a record $130.9 million compared to revenues of $125.8 million in the prior-year period. Operating inc ... Continue reading

Exide Technologies Named Motorcycle Battery Supplier to BMW

Exide Technologies Named Motorcycle Battery Supplier to BMW

PRINCETON, N.J., April 8 -- Exide Technologies (BULLETIN BOARD: EXDTQ www.exide.com) , a global leader in stored electrical energy solutions, has signed a new, two-year agreement with BMW to supply original equipment batteries for the carmaker's motorcycle line. Under the terms of the agreement, Exide is providing BMW ... Continue reading

Chevy Ready to Repeat Motegi Win w/IRL

Chevy Ready to Repeat Motegi Win w/IRL

Contact: Rick Voegelin rickvoegelin@compuserve.com GM Racing Communications (831) 761-2201 http://media.gm.com/gmracing Chevy Ready to Reprise Twin Ring Motegi Victory MOTEGI, Japan - While the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series will be making its first visit to Twin Ring Motegi on April 11-13, Chevrolet already has a w ... Continue reading

New York Auto Show 2003 Concepts - 'See Tomorrow's Cars...Today'

New York Auto Show 2003 Concepts - 'See Tomorrow's Cars...Today'

NEW YORK, April 8 -- American muscle cars, luxury-packed sedans, convertibles of the future, and 'crossover' vehicles are the auto industry's latest concept trends, and they will all be on display at the 2003 New York International Automobile Show. "From Cadillac's bold and powerful V Sixteen and Ford's unmistakable Mu ... Continue reading

Clarion to Supply In-dash CD Changer Mechanism For North American OEM Radios

Clarion to Supply In-dash CD Changer Mechanism For North American OEM Radios

NOVI, Mich., April 8 -- Clarion Corporation of America, has been awarded a major contract to supply their latest in-dash CD changer mechanism for use in North American OEM radios. This award signifies Clarion's commitment as a leading audio electronics supplier, offering our customers the latest technological developme ... Continue reading

New Jaguar XJ to Deliver Best-in-Class Fuel Economy

New Jaguar XJ to Deliver Best-in-Class Fuel Economy

IRVINE, Calif., April 8 -- Jaguar's all-new 2004 XJ will set a new benchmark in luxury sedan fuel economy when it goes on sale June 1. According to the latest EPA government fuel figures, the 2004 4.2-liter XJ8 has a best-in-class Highway rating of 28 miles per gallon. That gives the car an outstanding theoretical calc ... Continue reading

GM Plans to Add Saab SUV

GM Plans to Add Saab SUV

DETROIT April 7, 2003; Michael Ellis writing for Reuters reports that GM seeking to boost its money-losing Saab division plans to add a mid-size sport utility vehicle to the Swedish automobile manufacturer's lineup, GM officials familiar with the plans said. The SUV, a version of GM's current trio of truck-like mid-siz ... Continue reading

FT: Ford Looks for 20% Cost Cuts

FT: Ford Looks for 20% Cost Cuts

April 7, 2003; James Mackintosh, FT Motor Industry Editor reported that Ford is trying to cut 20 per cent - or $6bn - from its administration and marketing budgets over the next two years as the carmaker accelerates its $9bn cost-cutting plan in the face of poor car sales and investor scepticism. The company, which los ... Continue reading

TI Automotive Develops Industry-First Fuel Tank System for Ford GT

TI Automotive Develops Industry-First Fuel Tank System for Ford GT

Asset Caption: TI Automotive's "ship-in-a-bottle" design for the Ford GT encapsulates key fuel-system components within the fuel tank. Asset Caption: TI Automotive's "ship-in-a-bottle" fuel-tank system for the Ford GT is the first production application for this new design concept. Asset Caption: Web-ready logo Asset C ... Continue reading

Revolution Motorsports Long Beach Preview

Revolution Motorsports Long Beach Preview

Revolution Motorsports Ready for The Battle At The Beach Upbeat crew prepared to go to the front. Detroit – April 7, 2003 – Team Crew Chief, Shane Duhaime says, “We’re ready. St. Pete was a tough weekend for us and we came home with a top 5 for the #2 car and 7th for the #10 car. It was a weeken ... Continue reading

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