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Affinia Announces Raybestos Brand Brakes Rotors and Disc Pads for Sprinter Vans

Affinia Announces Raybestos Brand Brakes Rotors and Disc Pads for Sprinter Vans

NEWS RELEASE Contact: Ken Myers Ashleigh Lockhart Affinia Under Vehicle Group Wray Ward Laseter (815) 759-7668 (704) 926-1314 ken.myers@affiniagroup.com alockhart@wwlcreative.com Affinia Under Vehicle Group Announces Raybestos(r) Brand Brakes Rotors and Disc Pads for Sprinter Vans McHENRY, Ill. (June 22, 2006) - Affini ... Continue reading

EU Commission Approves Continental AG's Acquisition of the Motorola, Inc.'s Automotive Electronics Business

EU Commission Approves Continental AG's Acquisition of the Motorola, Inc.'s Automotive Electronics Business

* Integration into Continental's Automotive Systems Division will begin as planned after closing * Strategic move of leading automotive supplier strengthens global presence and product portfolio HANOVER/FRANKFURT am Main, Germany, June 23 -- Continental AG has received approvals to acquire the automotive electronics bu ... Continue reading

Eaton Announces Plans to Develop Heavy-Duty Hybrid System For Trucks

Eaton Announces Plans to Develop Heavy-Duty Hybrid System For Trucks

KALAMAZOO, Mich.--June 22, 2006--Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has announced it has begun development of a hybrid electric power system for the heavy-duty (Class 8) commercial vehicle market - to deliver both on-road efficiency and idle reduction for significant fuel savings and emissions reduct ... Continue reading

News From USW: Goodyear Workers Ratify Join 17,000 Other Steelworker-Represented Employees with Contracts at Goodyear North America

News From USW: Goodyear Workers Ratify Join 17,000 Other Steelworker-Represented Employees with Contracts at Goodyear North America

PITTSBURGH--June 22, 2006--News From USW: The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that its members at Goodyear's Asheboro, NC wire plant ratified a contract by a 98% vote. The contract covers 330 workers. "It was a long process, but our members here refused to be denied," said Jerry Hall, one of five bargaining c ... Continue reading

Norcold Offers RV Refrigerator Service Tips

Norcold Offers RV Refrigerator Service Tips

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--June 22, 2006--Before driving off to explore America, RVers should take a few moments to properly service and maintain their recreational vehicles' refrigerators. An expert at Norcold, America's leading manufacturer of RV gas-absorption refrigerators, advises an annual checkup at a local dealer or ser ... Continue reading

Pickups Plus, Inc. Signs a New Master Distributor

Pickups Plus, Inc. Signs a New Master Distributor

CINCINNATI--June 22, 2006--Pickups Plus (OTCBB:PUPS) a retail company that specializes in the aftermarket accessory and environmental protection businesses today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Auto Preservation, Inc. (AP) has signed a master distribution agreement with MG Marketing Inc. of Westminster, Mary ... Continue reading

Evaluate the Technical Developments within the World's Automotive Turbo Chargers and Superchargers Sector

Evaluate the Technical Developments within the World's Automotive Turbo Chargers and Superchargers Sector

DUBLIN, Ireland--June 22, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38509) has announced the addition of Global Market Review of Automotive Turbo Chargers and Superchargers - Forecasts to 2012 to their offering. Global production of turbochargers for light passenger vehicles increased by al ... Continue reading

Sonex Signs Letter of Intent for UAV Heavy Fuel Engine Technology License

Sonex Signs Letter of Intent for UAV Heavy Fuel Engine Technology License

ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 22 -- SONEX RESEARCH, INC. , a leader in the field of combustion technology, announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with a producer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) pursuant to which the parties have expressed an intention to complete negotiations for and conclude a technology lice ... Continue reading

General Physics Corporation Completes Construction of Chevron Hydrogen Energy Station at AC Transit

General Physics Corporation Completes Construction of Chevron Hydrogen Energy Station at AC Transit

ELKRIDGE, Md.--June 22, 2006--General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation , recently completed the design and construction of a hydrogen energy station for Chevron Hydrogen Company (CHC), a division of Chevron Corporation. The station was constructed at the Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Tran ... Continue reading

US Energy Initiatives Grants Distribution Rights for European Market to TruckGas

US Energy Initiatives Grants Distribution Rights for European Market to TruckGas

TAMPA, Fla.--June 22, 2006--US Energy Initiatives Corporation (OTCBB:USEI) (US Energy or the "Company") the manufacturer of a patent dual fuel diesel to natural gas conversion system, today announced it has granted exclusive distribution rights to TruckGas Ltd., a United Kingdom registered company for areas primarily i ... Continue reading

Harman International Announces Results of Tender Offer

Harman International Announces Results of Tender Offer

WASHINGTON--June 22, 2006--Harman International Industries, Incorporated announced today the results of its previously announced tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 7.32% Senior Notes due 2007. The tender offer commenced on June 9, 2006, and expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, June 21, 2 ... Continue reading

2006 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition June 27 in Dearborn

2006 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition June 27 in Dearborn

DEARBORN, Mich.--June 22, 2006--AAA/Ford: 50 Two-Man Teams from across the U.S. Will Race against the Clock to Get the Deliberately Installed "Bugs" out of 2006 Mustangs and Win $6 Million Worth of Scholarships and Prizes WHEN: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:15 a.m. -- Starting gun Instructed to "start your engines, if you c ... Continue reading

Johnson Control's Seats and Overhead System for the New Jeep Commander

Johnson Control's Seats and Overhead System for the New Jeep Commander

BURSCHEID, Germany, June 22 -- - Greater Flexibility for the Chrysler Jeep Commander With the new Chrysler Jeep Commander, the whole family can look forward to off-road tours, because it has three rows of seats that can accommodate up to seven persons simultaneously. The seats have been developed by Johnson Controls, o ... Continue reading

Jury Rules That Gerdes is Not Violating Stant Gas Cap Patents, Reports Fulwider Patton LLP

Jury Rules That Gerdes is Not Violating Stant Gas Cap Patents, Reports Fulwider Patton LLP

LOS ANGELES--June 22, 2006--Fulwider Patton LLP today announced that a jury in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Indiana determined that the version of Gerdes GmbH's fuel cap sold to General Motors currently and for the last several years did not infringe any valid claim asserted by U.S.-based Sta ... Continue reading

Microsoft Wins Best Telematics Solution Award at Telematics Detroit 2006

Microsoft Wins Best Telematics Solution Award at Telematics Detroit 2006

New in-Car Software Platform Delivers Hands-Free Communication, Voice-Activated Digital Music Playback and Navigation in a Cost-Effective Package REDMOND, Wash., June 22 -- The Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) for Automotive platform was named Best Telematics Solution at the Telematics Detroit 2006 conference and exhibit ... Continue reading

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