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Ward's Reports Estimated Production
Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit an estimated 339,831 units, up from the 309,044 cars and trucks built last week, according to Ward's Automotive Reports. Including this week's estimates, calendar year North American output now totals 7,304,463 vehicles, down 14.6 percent fr ... Continue reading
Small Town Radio/Worldwide PetroMoly Announces New Board Members; Sale of Lubricant Business
ALPHARETTA, Ga.--June 8, 2001--Worldwide PetroMoly Inc. (OTCBB:MOLY) d/b/a Small Town Radio Inc. (STRI), which earlier this week announced that it had completed its merger with MOLY (the "company"), announced today that it had elected three new members to its board of directors, William Fleming, Laurie Kahn and John Mc ... Continue reading
Swiss Re: Auto Insurance in Ontario Once Again a Hot Topic in Canada
NEW YORK--June 8, 2001--After a quiet past couple of years in Canada's auto insurance industry, the Ontario auto market is once again in the forefront. In Canadian Underwriter's 2001 Statistical Issue, Glenn McGillivray, assistant vice president for Swiss Reinsurance Company Canada, and author of the commentary article ... Continue reading
Global Solutions for Sustainable Mobility Conference With Ride & Drive
Consumer purchase decisions are affected by an increasing need for better fuel economy, primarily in higher fuel price markets. Industry is challenged with meeting regulations and societal concerns about environmental issues, by improving current technology and creating new solutions. Don't miss this opportunity to wit ... Continue reading
New ThermoQuiet Brake Pads From Federal-Mogul
Federal-Mogul Corporation has introduced Wagner(R) ThermoQuiet(TM) brake pads, the first automotive and light-truck pads to simultaneously deliver three key performance characteristics desired by technicians and consumers -- quiet performance, superior stopping power and enhanced durability. Wagner ThermoQuiet pads, av ... Continue reading
Millennium Plastics Receives Orders for VCI Films
Millennium Plastics Corp. announced that they are filling trial orders of their Solplax(TM) plastic biodegradable vapor corrosion inhibitor (VCI) films to PP&P Ltd. of Corby, U.K. Rust and corrosion pose serious handling issues for the billions of auto parts shipped annually throughout the world. "Wrapping auto parts a ... Continue reading
No Consumer Demand for the Continental and Eldorado Result In their Autofanasia.
The Detroit Free Press reported today that the Lincoln Continental and Cadillac Eldorado, which are among the Auto Industry's longest in production luxury cars, will become other victims of changing consumer tastes and automaker strategies. The story reported that Lincoln officials familiar with product plans, who aske ... Continue reading
Continental and Eldorado Head For The Scrap Heap In The Sky
Days Are Numbered for Continental and Eldorado...(Lawrence Ulrich, Detroit Free Press) The Lincoln Continental and Cadillac Eldorado, among the industry's longest-running luxury cars, are headed for the big car lot in the sky, victims of changing consumer tastes and automaker strategies. Lincoln officials familiar with ... Continue reading
Detroit Diesel To Introduce New Technology Engines by October 2002
Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) confirmed today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) notified DDC and other engine makers that entered into 1998 consent decrees, that the government will not now agree to change the consent decree schedule to meet more stringent emissi ... Continue reading
Lear Recognizes Eight Suppliers In Third Annual Hall of Fame Awards
Lear Corporation today announced that it has named eight companies as recipients of the Third Annual Lear Corporation Supplier Hall of Fame Awards based on best-in-class service to Lear's North American Operations in 2000. The award-winning companies are selected using the Lear Supplier Rating System, which measures qu ... Continue reading
Visteon Secures Contract With Toyota for Yaris Model
Visteon Corporation is pleased to announce that its European operations has secured a contract with Toyota of Europe to supply interior, electrical and fuel-related components for the newly launched Toyota Yaris. For the first time, Visteon will be supplying Toyota with nearly 40 plastic interior trim and climate contr ... Continue reading
Owosso Announces Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2001
Owosso Corporation today announced a net loss available for common shareholders of ($1.2 million), or ($0.20) per share, for its second fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2001, as compared to net income available for common shareholders of $284,000 or $0.05 per share, for the prior year second quarter. Second quarter net s ... Continue reading
> Greetings, > The following press release, "ALLDATA Announces the Launch of ShopWeb", > was launched over the news wire on Wednesday, June 6, 2001. > ALLDATA's ShopWeb is very exciting news in the automotive aftermarket > industry as more and more shops turn to the Internet. Below are some > benefits of ALLDATA ShopWe ... Continue reading
Ford Motor Company's Premier Automotive Group Named Official Brand Partner of Pebble Beach Resorts
Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln and Volvo Share Brand Partner status; Lincoln becomes Official Vehicle PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., June 7 Solidifying its association with one of the world's most prestigious locales, Premier Automotive Group, an enterprise of Ford Motor Company , has signed a multi-year brand partne ... Continue reading
Gehl Introduces New Agri-Loader Telescopic Loader
WEST BEND, Wis.--June 7, 2001--Gehl Company , the Wisconsin-based manufacturer of light construction and agricultural equipment, recently unveiled their new Agri-Loader telescopic loader. As successful dairy and livestock operations continue to grow in size, new types of equipment are required to efficiently handle the ... Continue reading
Corporate Profile for Autodaq Corporation, dated June 8, 2001
--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. Published Date: June 8, 2001 Company Name: Autodaq Corporati ... Continue reading
Corporate Profile for LiveListings.com, dated 8 June 2001
--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. Published Date: 8 June 2001 Company Name: LiveListings.com, ... Continue reading
S&P Asgns Prelim Rtigs to Hitachi Capital's ABS Certs
TOKYO--Standard & Poor's CreditWire--June 8, 2001--Standard & Poor's today assigned its preliminary triple-'A' ratings to Hitachi Capital Corp.'s Auto Loan Trust Series 16 JPY2.68 billion class 1-10 certificates (see list below). The preliminary ratings are based on information as of June 8, 2001. Subsequent informatio ... Continue reading
Gas Prices Fall for the Second Straight Week
For the second straight week, the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell across most of Southern California, Southern Nevada and Arizona, according to the Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by the Automobile Club of Southern California. In the past week, motorists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area saw the average price fall ... Continue reading
Nissan Introduces New Online Presence for Nissan and Infiniti
Nissan North America, Inc. announced that it has taken steps to significantly enhance brand, customer relationships and business return with the launch of two new Nissan and Infiniti web destinations. The Nissan Division unveils http://www.NissanDriven.com, a cutting-edge consumer and corporate site that gives customer ... Continue reading
BAX Global Names New Directors for Asia/Pacific Region
BAX Global Inc., a US$2.1 billion global transportation and logistics provider, has named three executives to new positions within its Asia/Pacific region. BAX Global named Reinhold Goeschl to the position of managing director, New Zealand, Chee Chi Meng to regional director, legal and Wan Fook Keong to regional human ... Continue reading
Arnold Transportation Wins Top Safety Award
Arnold Transportation Services, an operating unit of Arnold Industries, Inc., has received the top safety award for the year 2000 from the Georgia Motor Trucking Association for truckload carriers with over 20 million miles. The award, sponsored annually by Trailmobile, recognizes those carriers with the lowest frequen ... Continue reading
AutoOz Launches Signature Edition Line of Cars
Imagine owning an automobile custom designed by your favorite celebrity, crafted by the same team behind the world's leading makes, with state-of-the-art features not due to be installed in production vehicles for another few years. That's what the owners of the 500 limited edition Shaq SST Expeditions will experience ... Continue reading
Baldor Launches 'EnergyGuide' Label Saving 'Big Dollars'
Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures electric motors and drives and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Baldor today made the following announcements. With American industry facing higher electricity rates, Baldor Electric Company will begin labeling their Super-E(R) premium efficient motors with a ... Continue reading
Barnes Distribution Signs Subcontract Agreement With ProcureNet/SPS
Barnes Distribution, a business unit of Barnes Group Inc. , today announced the signing of a subcontract agreement with ProcureNet/Strategic Procurement Services, Inc. (ProcureNet/SPS) as a second-tier supplier of automotive maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) consumable repair parts to U.S. military installations. ... Continue reading
BorgWarner Cooling Systems Names Roberts Vice President of Engineering
BorgWarner Cooling Systems has promoted Carl Roberts to the position of Vice President of Engineering. His new responsibilities will include all development and application engineering activities for Cooling Systems' commercial and automotive markets. "Carl's extensive and distinguished career in the automotive industr ... Continue reading
Consumers Can Get Auto Insurance Quotes in Three Minutes or Less
Getting an auto insurance quote is a lengthy, complicated process. Consumers who have just started shopping for auto insurance will spend 15-20 minutes completing a quote online, only to find that the quote is not competitive for their situation. Unitrin Direct Auto Insurance (Unitrin Direct) has taken a major step tow ... Continue reading
CSK Auto Corporation Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2001 Financial Results
CSK Auto Corporation, the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc., a specialty retailer in the automotive aftermarket, today reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2001. Net sales for the thirteen weeks ended May 6, 2001 (the "first quarter of fiscal 2001") were $356.1 million compared to $356.4 millio ... Continue reading
Cummins Westport receives natural gas bus engine order for Phoenix
Cummins Inc. of Columbus, Indiana and Westport Innovations Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia announced today that their Cummins Westport Inc. joint venture has received an order for 100 natural gas transit bus engines for Valley Metro, the public transit entity for the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. The Cummins ... Continue reading
Delphi's INTELLEK(R) Humidity Sensor Honored at Sensors Expo 2001
Delphi Automotive Systems' INTELLEK(R) Humidity Sensor has earned a "Best of Sensors Expo" award by Sensors Magazine. The INTELLEK Humidity Sensor was recognized Wednesday as one of the best new products and technologies that show the strongest potential for significant impact on sensor technology. It was chosen, accor ... Continue reading
Exide Technologies Launches Lean Production System
Exide Technologies, the global leader in stored electrical energy solutions, is taking the next step toward becoming a truly world-class company with the launch today of "EXCELL," short for Exide's Customer-focused Excellent Lean Leadership system. Since late last year, Exide Technologies facilities across the globe ha ... Continue reading
Fuel Cell Expo to Be Held on Capitol Hill
Leaders of the fuel cell industry will be exhibiting at the 2001 CONGRESSIONAL FUEL CELL EXPO being held Tuesday, June 26th in the Cannon Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham will provide welcoming remarks to the EXPO attendees and exhibito ... Continue reading
Industry Can Save Millions By Supporting Lean Training
If the North American auto industry wants to save millions of dollars and remain competitive, it must help its smaller, sub-tier suppliers learn lean manufacturing techniques and support a new model of cost-effective, hands-on training not currently available, according to Joseph C. Day, chairman and CEO of Freudenberg ... Continue reading
LTV Steel Indiana Harbor Works Receives ISO 14001
LTV Steel's Indiana Harbor Works has been recommended for ISO 14001 certification and is expected to be the first integrated domestic steel facility to receive the certification -- a recognition that the plant's environmental management system meets the stringent international standard established by the International ... Continue reading
NAREIT Announces Annual Report Competition Award Winners
The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts(R) (NAREIT) has announced the winners of its Annual Report Contest. The competition was open to all REITs and publicly traded real estate companies who are NAREIT corporate members, with Gold, Silver and Bronze awards bestowed in two categories: Management Discu ... Continue reading
President Signs AIADA-Backed Tax-Cut Bill
In a ceremony at the White House, President Bush today signed the $1.35 billion tax package into law, which includes the American International Automobile Dealers Association's (AIADA) much sought-after provision to repeal the death tax. Among those attending the ceremony was AIADA's Chairman of the Board Richard Kull. ... Continue reading
IROC: Open Wheel Drivers Turning Laps at Michigan
June 2, 2001 BROOKLYN, MI - Indy Racing Northern Light Series competitors Eddie Cheever, Jr., Mark Dismore, and 2000 champion Buddy Lazier were joined by CART FedEx Championship Series points leader Kenny Brack at Michigan International Speedway in preparation for this Saturday's True Value IROC race-three. The rains s ... Continue reading
NASCAR: DEWALT Tools and AT&T Join Alliance with Roush Racing
June 2, 2001 TOWSON, Md. – NASCAR Winston Cup Series sponsor DEWALT Industrial Tools and AT&T Broadband have formed a marketing alliance that will feature AT&T in a special paint scheme on the No. 17 Ford Taurus for two races this season, the companies announced today. The relationship will spotlight special AT&T ... Continue reading
CART Schedules Special Test at Michigan Internation to Evaluate Performance Levels
June 8, 2001 DETROIT - Defending FedEx Championship Series champion Gil de Ferran of Marlboro Team Penske will be one of five drivers who will participate Tuesday in a CART Special Test at Michigan International Speedway to evaluate Champ Car performance levels as well as newly mandated engine and aerodynamic changes. ... Continue reading
NASCAR WCUP: Stacy Compton Interview: Chicagoland Speedway
June 8, 2001 Stacy Compton, Driver of the No. 92 Kodiak Dodge Intrepid R/T On the New Chicagoland Speedway Stacy Compton and the No. 92 Kodiak Dodge Intrepid R/T team, spent the last two days at the new Chicagoland Speedway in preparation for the inaugural NASCAR Winston Cup race on July 15. Although the rain limited p ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Cheever Indy Racing and Excite@Home Dissolve Partnership
June 8, 2001 Indianapolis, IN - As of June 1, 2001, Excite@Home and Cheever Indy Racing have amicably ended their partnership. Excite@Home will no longer sponsor Cheever Indy Racing's #51 Infiniti-powered race car in the 2001 Indy Racing Northern Light Series. The car will now be entered as the #51 Cheever Indy Racing ... Continue reading
USAC: IRL test up for grabs at Toledo July 13
June 8, 2001 Current and former USAC Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car participants are gearing up for the July 13 Hemelgarn Racing "Rollie Beale Night," which will offer something for everyone and a spectacular career advancement opportunity for at least one. Indy Racing Northern Light Series car owner Ron Hemelgarn, who ... Continue reading
USAC: June 22-23 Eldora 'Doubleheaders' mark a first for USAC
June 8, 2001 Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio will make USAC racing history when it hosts back-to-back USAC "doubleheader" racing programs June 22-23, honoring participants who have competed in the previous 208 USAC races at the venerable 1/2-mile dirt oval. Never before in USAC's 46-year history has a single track co ... Continue reading
NASCAR WWEST: Points Leader Mark Reed Will Race in SWT
June 8, 2001 The NASCAR Winston West Series is idle until the race June 30th at Evergreen Speedway, therefore Mark Reed and the Food 4 Less Motorsports team are switching their focus to the Featherlite Southwest Series. The team will compete in the Food 4 Less 150 at Irwindale Speedway on June 9th and the Snap-On Tools ... Continue reading
Northern Light IRL: Indy Racing Drivers Prepare for IROC Showdown at Michigan
June 8, 2001 BROOKLYN, Mich. - Indy Racing Northern Light Series competitors Eddie Cheever Jr., Mark Dismore and Buddy Lazier turned laps June 6 at Michigan International Speedway in preparation for the True Value IROC race there June 9. Rain subsided just long enough for the drivers to turn laps on the 2-mile oval. Af ... Continue reading
ARCA RE/MAX: Jason Jarrett gets new track record at MIS
June 8, 2001 JARRETT; NEW TRACK RECORD AT MIS BROOKLYN, MI, 6-7-01 - Just like butter, Jason Jarrett's on a roll. Jarrett, fresh from victory lane at Kansas Speedway, broke the one lap ARCA RE/MAX Series track record here Thursday at Michigan Int'l Speedway with a speed of 185.000 mph in the Biomet-Damon RV Pontiac. No ... Continue reading
TRACKS: Chevrolet to sponsor IRL and NASCAR Truck races dat Texas Motor Speedway
June 8, 2001 FORT WORTH - They do things big in Texas, from cattle ranching to building race tracks. In keeping with the expansive spirit of the Lone Star state, Chevrolet will sponsor two events at Texas Motor Speedway in a single weekend: the Silverado 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on Saturday, Sept. 15, and ... Continue reading
US F2000: Test Days Notes from Mid-Ohio
June 8, 2001 The Wednesday test day consisted of a morning and afternoon session. The morning session was run on a track that got wetter as the session progressed. The top time in the morning session was No. 85 Irving with a time of 1:27.279 (93.136 mph). Completing the top-five was No. 3 Bell, No. ... Continue reading
FORMULA ONE: Focus shifts to fabulous foursome at Montreal
June 8, 2001 MONTREAL - Of the 22 drivers competing in this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, four are getting a little more attention than the rest from the fans and the media: Jacques Villeneuve, Juan Pablo Montoya, David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher. Sunday's race, round eight of 17 in this year's FIA Formula One W ... Continue reading
US F2000: Top-10 Times From Two Days of Testing At Mid-Ohio
June 8, 2001 1 No. 3, Doug Bell, 1:26.385 (94.100 mph) 2 No. 6, Tonis Kasemets, 1:26.547 (93.924 mph) 3 No. 85, Travis Irving, 1:26.611 (93.854 mph) 4 No. 32, Bryan Sellers, 1:26.691 (93.768 mph) 5 No. ... Continue reading
NASCAR Trucks: Travis Kvapil and Addington Racing Lead 'Like a Rock' Award Standings
June 8, 2001 FT. WORTH After eight races of the 2001 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Addington Racing and rookie Travis Kvapil, with 1439 of a possible1471 laps completed in the No. 60 Cat Rental Stores Silverado, lead Chevrolet¹s "Like a Rock" Award standings. The Chevrolet "Like a Rock" Award, a $50,000 winner-tak ... Continue reading
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