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WIX Filters Announces Lap Leader Award Contest Winners for Kansas

WIX Filters Announces Lap Leader Award Contest Winners for Kansas

NEWS RELEASE Contact: Bruce Johnston Ashleigh Lockhart WIX Filters Wray Ward Laseter (704) 869-3383 (704) 926-1314 Bruce.Johnston@affiniagroup.com alockhart@wwlcreative.com Kansas Predictions Earn Fans Top Honors in WIX Filters Lap Leader Award Contest Fans use NASCAR knowledge to earn prizes in online competition Race ... Continue reading

Graphics Fusion Introduces Nanostrate, The World's Thinnest Graphic Transfer Material At AAPEX

Graphics Fusion Introduces Nanostrate, The World's Thinnest Graphic Transfer Material At AAPEX

SES ELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Andrew Lavin/Aaron Bjerke A. Lavin Communications 212-290-9540 <mailto:alc@alavin.com> alc@alavin.com Graphics Fusion Introduces NanoStrateTM , The World's Thinnest Graphic Transfer Material at AAPEX (Booth #279) - New Patented Polymer Is for the Most Significant Development i ... Continue reading

General Motors to Build 1.55 Million Vehicles with Factory-Installed XM Satellite Radio in 2006

General Motors to Build 1.55 Million Vehicles with Factory-Installed XM Satellite Radio in 2006

XM's Popularity Prompts GM to Extend its Industry-leading Position as #1 in Factory-installed Satellite Radios DETROIT, Oct. 26 -- General Motors announced today that it plans to build 1.55 million vehicles with factory-installed XM Satellite Radio in 2006. "This will be the largest number of GM vehicles with XM Satell ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor's Joint Venture in China Plans to Build Third Tianjin Plant

Toyota Motor's Joint Venture in China Plans to Build Third Tianjin Plant

TOKYO October 26, 2005; The AP reported that Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday that its joint venture with China's biggest automaker plans to build a third plant in China with an annual production capacity of 200,000 passenger cars. Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co., set up by Toyota and China FAW Group Corp., is currently ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Third Quarter; Refines Fiscal 2005 Guidance

BorgWarner Third Quarter; Refines Fiscal 2005 Guidance

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 26 -- BorgWarner Inc. today reported solid results for the third quarter of 2005 and refined its fiscal 2005 guidance. Strong demand for BorgWarner technology around the world, along with continued cost efficiencies, helped boost results. Third Quarter Highlights: * Earnings of $1.07 per dilut ... Continue reading

Timken Company Record Third Quarter Sales; Outlook Raised for Year

Timken Company Record Third Quarter Sales; Outlook Raised for Year

CANTON, Ohio, Oct. 26 -- The Timken Company today reported record third quarter sales of $1.3 billion, up 15 percent from $1.1 billion last year. Net income of $39.8 million or $0.43 per diluted share, was more than double last year's third quarter net income of $17.5 million or $0.19 per diluted share. Excluding speci ... Continue reading

Lear Reports Third-Quarter Results

Lear Reports Third-Quarter Results

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Oct. 26 -- Lear Corporation , one of the world's largest automotive interior systems suppliers, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2005. For the third quarter of 2005, Lear posted net sales of $4.0 billion and a net loss of $750.1 million, or $11.17 per share, including an esti ... Continue reading

Featherlite Reports Third Quarter 2005

Featherlite Reports Third Quarter 2005

CRESCO, Iowa--Oct. 25, 2005--Featherlite, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and marketer of specialty aluminum trailers, transporters and luxury motorcoaches, today reported net income of $1.1 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, on net sales of $59.3 million for the third quarter ended September 30, 2005. This compares ... Continue reading

Ballard Announces Third Quarter Results

Ballard Announces Third Quarter Results

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Oct. 25, 2005-- Key Transactions Completed; Net Loss Narrows Ballard Power Systems Inc. (TSX:BLD) today reported its financial results and achievements for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. All amounts are in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. "We had a solid quarter in which we demo ... Continue reading

ECD Ovonics Files $300 Million Shelf Registration

ECD Ovonics Files $300 Million Shelf Registration

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Oct. 25 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) today announced the filing of a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). After the shelf registration statement is declared effective by the SEC, ECD Ovonics will be able to offer and ... Continue reading

Steven J. Landry Named President and Chief Executive Officer, DaimlerChrysler Canada

Steven J. Landry Named President and Chief Executive Officer, DaimlerChrysler Canada

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 25 -- Effective November 1, Steven J. Landry is appointed President and Chief Executive Officer -- DaimlerChrysler Canada, Inc., reporting to Joe Eberhardt, Chrysler Group Executive Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing and Service. In this position, Landry is responsible for all Chrysler Gr ... Continue reading

Amerityre and an Irwin Jacobs Company Sign Product Development Agreement

Amerityre and an Irwin Jacobs Company Sign Product Development Agreement

Objective is to Develop Polyurethane Run-Flat Tire for Certain Trailer Applications BOULDER CITY, Nev., Oct. 25 -- Amerityre Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: AMTY) announced today that it has entered into a Product Development Agreement with Genmar Holdings, Inc., to design and develop prototype polyurethane "run-flat" boa ... Continue reading

Tenneco Automotive Reports Record Third Quarter 2005

Tenneco Automotive Reports Record Third Quarter 2005

-- Earnings per share improves 64% -- Earnings before interest, taxes and minority interest up 17% -- 14th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth -- 15th consecutive quarter of year-over-year adjusted EBITDA improvement LAKE FOREST, Oct. 25 -- Tenneco Automotive reported record third quarter revenue and n ... Continue reading

Toyota Motorsport Aligns Its IT Systems with Race Track Targets

Toyota Motorsport Aligns Its IT Systems with Race Track Targets

Single view of Toyota's IT infrastructure reduces car manufacture time from years to days, cuts system downtime, and saves millions through identification of unused IT resources HOUSTON, Oct. 25 -- BMC Software, Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, today announced that Toyota Motorsport GmbH ha ... Continue reading

Iteris' Lane Departure Warning System Now Offered in Technology Package on the 2006 Infiniti FX

Iteris' Lane Departure Warning System Now Offered in Technology Package on the 2006 Infiniti FX

ANAHEIM, Calif.--Oct. 25, 2005--Iteris Inc. (AMEX:ITI), a leading provider of vision-based technology that enhances driver safety, today announced that the Iteris Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system will now be offered as part of the Technology Package on all 2006 Infiniti FX models at 177 dealerships nationwide. In 20 ... Continue reading

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