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A Real Feast for Fiesta ST Owners: Optimum Driving Fun with Standard-Equipped Recaro Sport Seats

A Real Feast for Fiesta ST Owners: Optimum Driving Fun with Standard-Equipped Recaro Sport Seats

Recaro Automotive Seating is worldwide seating supplier for the new sporty subcompact from Ford The numbers speak for themselves: With its 180-horsepower engine and its ability to accelerate to 100 km per hour in a mere 6.9 seconds , the new Ford Fiesta ST leads its competitors in the sporty subcompact class. To ensure ... Continue reading

Goodyear Ranks Among Top Workplaces in Northeast Ohio

Goodyear Ranks Among Top Workplaces in Northeast Ohio

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been ranked as one of the top workplaces in northeast Ohio by WorkplaceDynamics, the fastest-growing employee survey company in the United States. The Top 100 list features a mix of the best large, mid-sized and small companies. Goodyear was ranked on the Top 25 list of large comp ... Continue reading

SKF awarded significant contract from Volvo Car Corporation

SKF awarded significant contract from Volvo Car Corporation

SKF has been awarded a contract to supply their next generation wheel hub bearing units (HBU3) to Volvo Car Corporation. SKF will supply the HBU3 specifically developed according to Volvo's demanding technical specification for their scalable product architecture (SPA). “We are delighted to have been awarded the large ... Continue reading

Acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company by Apollo Tyres Ltd May Not Be in the Best Interests of Cooper Shareholders

Acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company by Apollo Tyres Ltd May Not Be in the Best Interests of Cooper Shareholders

& FINDLAY, Ohio, June 14, 2013 -- Shareholder rights attorneys at Robbins Arroyo LLP are investigating the acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company by Apollo Tyres Ltd (NSE: ApolloTYRE). On June 12, 2013, the companies jointly announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which Apollo will acquire C ... Continue reading

AIAG Supports Automotive Manufacturing Associations in Southern States to Accelerate Development of Regional Supply Bases

AIAG Supports Automotive Manufacturing Associations in Southern States to Accelerate Development of Regional Supply Bases

AIAG is partnering with automotive manufacturing associations representing the states of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee to assist them in accelerating development of the automotive supply base in the southern United States, the not-for-profit, member-supported organization announced today. The collaboration will drive ... Continue reading

Jay Williams to Participate and Speak at Summit on Accelerating Innovation

Jay Williams to Participate and Speak at Summit on Accelerating Innovation

Jay Williams, Executive Director of the Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, will participate at and deliver remarks to leaders from the North American automotive supply chain in the closing plenary of the first Summit on Accelerating Innovation to Drive Sustainable Automotive Manufacturing Growth Acros ... Continue reading

Saab Automobile Parts North America (SPNA), marks first anniversary with enhanced warranty, expanded Service Center network and best-ever availability

Saab Automobile Parts North America (SPNA), marks first anniversary with enhanced warranty, expanded Service Center network and best-ever availability

Saab Automobile Parts North America recently celebrated its one year anniversary by announcing the addition of limited warranty coverage on labor costs, for a term of 24 months/ 24,000 miles. This added coverage complements the existing 24 month/ 24,000 mile coverage that is standard on all OE Saab Genuine Parts and Ac ... Continue reading

Remy International Seven-Time Recipient of Masters of Quality Award from Daimler Trucks North America

Remy International Seven-Time Recipient of Masters of Quality Award from Daimler Trucks North America

Remy International, Inc. , manufacturer and distributor of Delco Remy brand heavy duty starters and alternators, received the 2012 Masters of Quality Award from Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA). The Masters of Quality is the highest level of recognition DTNA presents to its component suppliers. It is the seventh ... Continue reading

The Way of the Ghost: O'Gara Coach Company's Rolls-Royce Beverly Hills Presents Unique Ghost Configurations from Mansory and Wald International

The Way of the Ghost: O'Gara Coach Company's Rolls-Royce Beverly Hills Presents Unique Ghost Configurations from Mansory and Wald International

-- Taoism gives us the concept of yin and yang: seemingly opposing forces that are actually interconnected, creating a whole greater than either part. Now Rolls-Royce Beverly Hills presents two Ghosts, appointed in the traditional colors of the yin-yang and conceived on opposite sides of the globe, to offer a Rolls-Roy ... Continue reading

Car Repair Costs In New Jersey Paid Most for Check Engine Repairs in 2012

Car Repair Costs In New Jersey Paid Most for Check Engine Repairs in 2012

When the dreaded check engine light illuminates on the dashboard, drivers in New Jersey now pay the most in the nation to have it diagnosed and repaired, at an average cost of $392.99, according to CarMD.com Corporation's analysis of more than 160,000 repairs made on vehicles with check engine light problems in 2012. I ... Continue reading

SORL Auto Parts Wins Excellent Supplier Awards

SORL Auto Parts Wins Excellent Supplier Awards

SORL Auto Parts, Inc. ("SORL" or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive brake systems as well as other key safety-related auto parts in China, today announced that the Company has received "Excellent Supplier Awards" from two of its customers, Donfeng Yangtse Motor (Wuhan) Ltd. and Shandon ... Continue reading

Maaco and Driven Foundation Raise $100,000 for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Maaco and Driven Foundation Raise $100,000 for Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Maaco team joined forces with the Driven Brands Charitable Foundation to host the 4th Annual MAACO Charitable Golf Tournament at the quaint Spring Ford Country Club in Royersford, PA. And while some impressive rounds were posted, the real winners were the children around the country who will benefit from the more t ... Continue reading

Bevan Group gears up for business growth

Bevan Group gears up for business growth

[Bevan Group, Shelton & Dryburgh (14)] Winning double... Bevan Group's Simon Dryburgh, left, and Roy Shelton Bevan Group gears up for business growth Leading commercial vehicle bodybuilder Bevan Group has made two key changes to its management team and invested in a new, extended fleet of mobile workshops to serve its ... Continue reading

Cooper Standard Expands Community Support with New Foundation

Cooper Standard Expands Community Support with New Foundation

Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: COSH), a leading global supplier of automotive sealing, fuel and brake, and fluid transfer systems, today announced the establishment of the Cooper Standard Foundation to support children's charities, education, health and wellness, and community revitalization within the communiti ... Continue reading

NMEDA Announces New Vehicle Winners for the Second Annual Mobility Awareness Month Campaign

NMEDA Announces New Vehicle Winners for the Second Annual Mobility Awareness Month Campaign

The National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) today announced the three winners of the 2013 National Mobility Awareness Month campaign. The National Mobility Awareness Month movement educates seniors, veterans, caregivers, and people with disabilities about wheelchair accessible vehicles and adaptive mobi ... Continue reading

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