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Volvo Trucks to Arrange the World's Largest Competition for Workshop Personnel

Volvo Trucks to Arrange the World's Largest Competition for Workshop Personnel

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--June 7, 2006--The world's largest competition for workshop personnel is about to get underway. The organiser, Volvo Trucks, (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) (BSE:VLV) is hoping for at least 12,000 participants from all over the world. The goal is to raise the level of competence of the personnel as well as th ... Continue reading

HPI Hydrogen Now(TM) Technology and AlumiFuel Co-Powers Ford Ranger Hybrid

HPI Hydrogen Now(TM) Technology and AlumiFuel Co-Powers Ford Ranger Hybrid

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. & WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--June 7, 2006--Hydrogen Power International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EQTX), formerly Equitex, Inc. (the "Company" or "HPII"), announced today that its subsidiary, Hydrogen Power, Inc. ("HPI"), has successfully completed the first phase of converting an internal combustion engine vehic ... Continue reading

PPG Honors Developers of Breakthrough Low-E Glass

PPG Honors Developers of Breakthrough Low-E Glass

PITTSBURGH--June 6, 2006--Developers of the industry's highest-performing and most fabricator-friendly low-emissivity glass were honored today at a PPG Industries research and development conference here. Honored with the PPG President's Award for Technical Achievement for their work on Solarban 60 solar control low-E ... Continue reading

Cummins Inc. Hosts Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. at its Memphis Facility

Cummins Inc. Hosts Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. at its Memphis Facility

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--June 6, 2006--Cummins Inc. today welcomed Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D - Memphis) to the Company's Memphis Distribution Center (MDC), where he toured the facility and met with top Cummins executives in the state. Cummins, based in Columbus, Indiana, is a Fortune 500 maker of diesel engines and related produc ... Continue reading

Siemens VDO Presents Ready-For-Series-Production Modular Cockpit at the Ward's Auto Interiors Show

Siemens VDO Presents Ready-For-Series-Production Modular Cockpit at the Ward's Auto Interiors Show

DETROIT, June 6 -- Imagine a cockpit sharing a common structure and electrical architecture across an entire vehicle platform. Now, imagine the same interior looking as unique as the brands sharing the platform. Siemens VDO is presenting its fully operational CESAR (cockpit electro- mechanical system architecture) modu ... Continue reading

Michael Nemeroff Joins Oil-Dri's Board of Directors

Michael Nemeroff Joins Oil-Dri's Board of Directors

CHICAGO, June 6 -- Oil-Dri Corporation of America announced today that Michael Nemeroff, President of Chicago-based law firm Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C. was appointed to its Board of Directors. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020417/ODCLOGO ) "It is with great pleasure that we welcome Michael N ... Continue reading

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Summit Keynote by Warren Leon, Director, Renewable Energy Trust, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Summit Keynote by Warren Leon, Director, Renewable Energy Trust, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Summit – June 5, 2006, WPI. Keynote by Warren Leon, Director, Renewable Energy Trust, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative This is going to be a talk in three parts: optimistic exhortations, words of caution, and straight information. Let’s start with the optimism: We are all participat ... Continue reading

The Brabus Tuning Package For The Updated 2007 Mercedes E-Class

The Brabus Tuning Package For The Updated 2007 Mercedes E-Class

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on June 6, 2006 at 10:30 AM CST It's been only two months since Mercedes announced the second coming of the E-Class, an updated version of the widely popular sedan that features a number of new revisions. More power, slightly enhanced styling, and a wealth of new electrical components ar ... Continue reading

Bob Lutz Opens 13th Annual Auto Interiors Show Tomorrow in Detroit

Bob Lutz Opens 13th Annual Auto Interiors Show Tomorrow in Detroit

DETROIT, June 6 -- General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz kicks off the 13th annual Auto Interiors Show tomorrow at Cobo Center with a keynote address on the power of interiors to help rebuild an automotive brand. His talk on "Conquering Inner Space: Revitalize Your Brand by Refining Interior Design" will lead off two d ... Continue reading

New Ford S-Max And Galaxy Debut At Mobility Roadshow

New Ford S-Max And Galaxy Debut At Mobility Roadshow

ESSEX, England - June 6, 2006: The new Ford S-MAX and Galaxy seven-seaters will be the leading attractions at the Mobility Roadshow 2006, the world's largest outdoor mobility event for disabled and elderly people, their carers and families. The exciting new additions to the Ford range will be among no fewer than 21 veh ... Continue reading

Turbine Truck Engines Inc. Secures 10 Million Dollar Equity Line of Credit for New Energy Efficient ``Flex-Fuel'' Engine

Turbine Truck Engines Inc. Secures 10 Million Dollar Equity Line of Credit for New Energy Efficient ``Flex-Fuel'' Engine

DELAND, Fla.--June 6, 2006--Turbine Truck Engines Inc. (TTE) (OTCBB:TTEG) is the owner of an exclusive license for manufacturing and marketing Heavy Duty Highway Truck Engines utilizing a new Pulse Detonation Technology embodied in U.S. Patent #6,000,214 "Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine Engine System Having Intermittent F ... Continue reading

New Innovation : " Driver's 3rd Eye"

New Innovation : " Driver's 3rd Eye"

Monitor and Pre-alarm the whole car power system for Drivers -Charging System Alarm -Regulator System Alarm -Alternator System Alarm -Battery Capacity Alarm 1. Just plug it into cigarette lighter socket, then " Driver 3rd Eye" start monitoring the whole car power system for Drivers. 2. It doesn't like voltage meters. B ... Continue reading

Jacobs Receives BMW Contract

Jacobs Receives BMW Contract

TULLAHOMA, Tenn., June 6 -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that a subsidiary company received a contract from BMW to construct and commission their Aerodynamisches Versuchszentrum (AVZ), a new aerodynamic research and development center to be located in Munich, Germany. Jacobs recently completed the desi ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group and Magna Announce Collaboration in Unique Toledo South Manufacturing Project

Chrysler Group and Magna Announce Collaboration in Unique Toledo South Manufacturing Project

Magna joins Chrysler Group's Supplier Park to support 2007 Jeep(R) Wrangler production AUBURN HILLS, Mich. and AURORA, Ontario, June 5 -- Chrysler Group and Magna International Inc., today announced that they will collaborate in a unique Supplier Park project in Toledo. Within this collaboration, Magna, through its Mag ... Continue reading

Energy Conversion Devices Announces Executive Appointments

Energy Conversion Devices Announces Executive Appointments

Multi-Plant Photovoltaic Expansion Strategy and Increased Development Activities Lead to Organizational Changes ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., June 5 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) today announced several executive appointments in conjunction with its multi-plant photovoltaic expansion strategy, the expected ... Continue reading

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