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Friday, September 8, 2000

Adexa Revs Up Its Focus on the Automotive Industry

Adexa Revs Up Its Focus on the Automotive Industry

Adexa(TM), Inc., a leading provider of collaborative planning solutions critical to e-business, announced the appointment of Jim Overbeck as vice president, global automotive industry solutions group. ... Continue reading

Auto Recyclers Voice Concern Over Proliferation of 'Dummy' Airbags

Auto Recyclers Voice Concern Over Proliferation of 'Dummy' Airbags

Recent media stories have called attention to phony or "dummy" air bag modules being installed in motor vehicles ... Continue reading

Chrysler Brand to Unleash Minivan Advertising Campaign

Chrysler Brand to Unleash Minivan Advertising Campaign

After the best minivan sales month ever for August, the Chrysler brand is set to kick off the new model year by launching a full-scale advertising campaign highlighting its all-new 2001 Chrysler Voyager and Town & Country minivans ... Continue reading

Cooper Tire Announces Official Sponsorship of 2000 Butkus Award

Cooper Tire Announces Official Sponsorship of 2000 Butkus Award

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY announces they are the official sponsor of the 2000 Butkus Award(R) for the second consecutive year. ... Continue reading

Corus Automotive Engineering Win KBO Prize for Innovation

Corus Automotive Engineering Win KBO Prize for Innovation

Corus, the international metals supplier formed from the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens in October 1999, are the winners of this year's international Knowledge-Based Organization (KBO) Prize. ... Continue reading

CSK Auto Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2000 Financial Results

CSK Auto Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2000 Financial Results

CSK Auto Corporation , the parent company of CSK Auto, Inc., reported its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2000. ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Strengthen Alliance

DaimlerChrysler AG and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Strengthen Alliance

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and DaimlerChrysler AG held a top management meeting to discuss the next steps in their alliance ... Continue reading

Distance Engineering Announces a New CADInSite Training CD Series

Distance Engineering Announces a New CADInSite Training CD Series

Distance Engineering announced the release of CADInSite training CDs for Solid Edge customers. This 2-disk set is titled "CADInSite for Solid Edge: Part Modeling Fundamentals." ... Continue reading

DWP General Manager Urges the California Air Resources Board

DWP General Manager Urges the California Air Resources Board

At the California Air Resources Board hearing general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power urged the Board not to water down or retreat from the goals and standards that have moved electric vehicles forward and made air cleaner. ... Continue reading

Honda Expands Production of General-Purpose Engines in North Carolina

Honda Expands Production of General-Purpose Engines in North Carolina

Honda Power Equipment Mfg., Inc. today passed an important milepost toward becoming a volume producer of high-quality engines, as the first of what will soon become one million general-purpose engines per year left HPE's newly- expanded assembly line ... Continue reading

Hoover Announces the Implementation of iTRAM For Genei Industries

Hoover Announces the Implementation of iTRAM For Genei Industries

Hoover Materials Handling Group, Inc. announced the introduction of a tracking program that was implemented for Genei Industries, Inc. ... Continue reading

Industry Giants Join Forces to Tackle Car Seat Misuse

Industry Giants Join Forces to Tackle Car Seat Misuse

Two corporate powerhouses, DaimlerChrysler and Toys "R" Us, are using the same powerful marketing, research and promotion skills they use to sell millions of cars and toys every year to build awareness of car seat misuse dangers. ... Continue reading

Lear Announces Plans to Open New Manufacturing Operation in Germany

Lear Announces Plans to Open New Manufacturing Operation in Germany

Lear Corporation announced plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in Zwiesel, Germany, as part of the company's ongoing expansion in Europe. ... Continue reading

Lithia Motors to Present at Fifth Annual Northwest Investors Conference

Lithia Motors to Present at Fifth Annual Northwest Investors Conference

Lithia Motors Inc. today announced it is scheduled to present at the Fifth Annual Northwest Investors Conference on Saturday, September 16, 2000 at 10:30 a.m. at the Oregon Convention Center ... Continue reading

NASCAR: Casey Atwood Notes, Richmond International Raceway

NASCAR: Casey Atwood Notes, Richmond International Raceway

NASCAR: Casey Atwood Notes, Richmond International Raceway ... Continue reading

NASCAR Trucks: Kroger 200 Race Results, Richmond, VA

NASCAR Trucks: Kroger 200 Race Results, Richmond, VA

NASCAR Trucks: Kroger 200 Race Results, Richmond, VA ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Baldwin has fondness for New Hampshire

NASCAR WCUP: Baldwin has fondness for New Hampshire

NASCAR WCUP: Baldwin has fondness for New Hampshire ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: Drivers, fans go for Winston No Bull 5 'Big Bucks' at Richmond

NASCAR WCUP: Drivers, fans go for Winston No Bull 5 'Big Bucks' at Richmond

NASCAR WCUP: Drivers, fans go for Winston No Bull 5 'Big Bucks' at Richmond ... Continue reading

NASCAR WCUP: First Round Qualifying, Chevy Monte Carlo 400

NASCAR WCUP: First Round Qualifying, Chevy Monte Carlo 400

NASCAR WCUP: First Round Qualifying, Chevy Monte Carlo 400 ... Continue reading

NHRA: All Pro/Bumper to Bumper/Auto Value RT Challenge Update

NHRA: All Pro/Bumper to Bumper/Auto Value RT Challenge Update

NHRA: All Pro/Bumper to Bumper/Auto Value RT Challenge Update ... Continue reading

NHRA: Schumacher, Epler, Coughlin, Panella and Taylor Score Goodyear Wins at U.S. Nationals

NHRA: Schumacher, Epler, Coughlin, Panella and Taylor Score Goodyear Wins at U.S. Nationals

NHRA: Schumacher, Epler, Coughlin, Panella and Taylor Score Goodyear Wins at U.S. Nationals ... Continue reading

PG&E Corp., Waste Management, Inc. to Introduce Clean Air Trucks

PG&E Corp., Waste Management, Inc. to Introduce Clean Air Trucks

PG&E Corporation and Waste Management, Inc. announced today that they have joined forces for a program that will use emission reductions in a 120-truck refuse collection fleet to pave the way for construction of a much-needed power plant in San Diego County ... Continue reading

Roll Coater, Inc. Announces General Price Adjustment

Roll Coater, Inc. Announces General Price Adjustment

Roll Coater, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ArvinMeritor, announced that it will issue a general price increase of approximately 6 percent per item to its customer base that will take effect Jan. 1, 2001. ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Celebrates 10th Year Of Imperial College Link

Rolls-Royce Celebrates 10th Year Of Imperial College Link

Rolls-Royce is marking the 10th anniversary of starting its University Technology Centre with London's Imperial College with a special presentation by the company's most senior engineer. ... Continue reading

Seat Belt Use Reaches All-Time High

Seat Belt Use Reaches All-Time High

A record number of Americans are buckling up -- bringing seat belt use across the country to an all-time high of 71 percent. ... Continue reading

Shutdown Continues at Three Ford Truck Plants To Support Firestone Recall Effort

Shutdown Continues at Three Ford Truck Plants To Support Firestone Recall Effort

Ford Motor Company is extending the temporary shutdown another week at its St. Louis, Twin Cities and Edison Assembly Plants in a continuing effort to divert 15" tires from vehicle production to customers impacted by the Firestone recall ... Continue reading

Sportage, Sephia Honored for Great Value

Sportage, Sephia Honored for Great Value

The Kia Sportage and Kia Sephia today were acknowledged by the Automobile Club of Southern California as being two of the best automotive values on the market ... Continue reading

Tender Offer for Carey International Common Stock Extended

Tender Offer for Carey International Common Stock Extended

Carey International, Inc. and Aluwill Acquisition Corp. announced that they have extended their tender offer to acquire at $18.25 per share in cash all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Carey International, Inc. until Sept 14, 2000. ... Continue reading

Top Seven Ideal Consumer Vehicles Named by Auto Club

Top Seven Ideal Consumer Vehicles Named by Auto Club

The Mercedes-Benz E320 AWD Wagon and Volkswagen GTI captured the top spot in their respective categories on the Automobile Club of Southern California's list of 2000's ideal consumer vehicles. ... Continue reading

TRW Comments On Expected Third Quarter Results

TRW Comments On Expected Third Quarter Results

TRW Inc. announced that it expects third quarter earnings per share to be below current consensus estimates of $1.05 per share. ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars of North America Appoints Juanita Mitchell Vice President, Human Resources

Volvo Cars of North America Appoints Juanita Mitchell Vice President, Human Resources

Ms. Juanita R. Mitchell has been appointed Vice President, Human Resources for Volvo Cars of North America, Inc., effective immediately ... Continue reading

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