PACCAR Announces Strong First Quarter 2003 Results
Apr 22, 2003
BELLEVUE, Wash.--April 22, 2003--"PACCAR Inc reported excellent results for the first quarter of 2003," said Mark C. Pigott, chairman and chief executive officer. First quarter net sales and financial services revenues were $1.9 billion, an increase of 28 percent from the first quarter of last year. Net income of $110. ... Continue reading
Apr 22, 2003
SAN LEANDRO, Calif.--April 21, 2003--The first retrofit product that reduces both black soot and smog-producing emissions from diesel engines has been verified to be effective by the California Air Resources Board. Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls announced the verification today. The air board verified that the Long ... Continue reading
Locked-out Peterbilt Workers to Rally in Bellevue, Wash. and Nashville, Tenn.
Apr 21, 2003
Members of UAW Local 1832, who have been locked out of their jobs at PACCAR's Peterbilt truck factory in Madison, Tennessee for seven months, will take action during the company's annual meeting tomorrow, April 22, with rallies in Bellevue, Washington and Nashville, Tennessee. The Bellevue rally will take place immedia ... Continue reading
Cummins and Dongfeng Form JV To Sell Engines To Dongfeng - Get It?
Apr 18, 2003
SHANGHAI, April 18, 2003; Reuters reports that Chinese automaker Dongfeng Automobile Co Ltd and U.S.-based diesel engine maker Cummins Inc have set up a $100.6 million venture to make diesel motor engines, state newspapers said on Friday. Dongfeng would own a 50 percent stake in the venture, which would have the capaci ... Continue reading
Aura Systems Announces Support for Popular Ford 6.0L Diesel Engine
Apr 17, 2003
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--April 17, 2003--Aura Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:AURA) today announced the availability of support for the new Ford "Power Stroke" 6.0-liter turbodiesel V-8 engine for both single- and dual-alternator configurations. The company's AuraGen Mobile Power System can now be installed on this popular, award-winn ... Continue reading
Cummins Inc. Comments on EPA Non-Road Proposed Rule
Apr 17, 2003
COLUMBUS, Ind.--April 16, 2003--Cummins Inc. today commented on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for non-road diesel emission levels, to take effect beginning in 2008. The proposed rule regulates the exhaust emissions of diesel-powered engines in construction, agricultura ... Continue reading
Cummins Inc. Awarded 2002 PACCAR Cost Management Partnership Award
Apr 15, 2003
COLUMBUS, Ind.--April 15, 2003--Cummins Inc. announced today that it has been awarded the 2002 PACCAR Cost Management Partnership (CMP) award. The award recognizes suppliers for innovative and efficient cost reduction ideas that benefit PACCAR, their suppliers and their common customers. Cummins is the only engine supp ... Continue reading
Apr 14, 2003
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FT: Ford Cost Cuts Limit Military Hybrid Development
Apr 9, 2003
London April 8, 2003; Jeremy Grant writing for in Cost-cutting pressure has forced Ford Motor Company to pull out of a key project with the US army to develop a new generation of military vehicles that run on alternative sources of energy. The development is a blow to Ford's efforts to share some of the cost of researc ... Continue reading
Apr 8, 2003
NEW YORK--April 8, 2003-- Ceremonies Planned at Shell station at Vesturlandsvegur in Reykjavik, Thursday, April 24, 10-12 Noon Hydrogen Conference Planned April 24-25 in Reykjavik For the first time anywhere in the world, a public gas station has been renovated to manufacture and dispense hydrogen fuel alongside gas an ... Continue reading
Apr 7, 2003
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--April 7, 2003--Aura Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:AURA) today announced that a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study lists the AuraGen(R) (http://www.epa.gov/otaq/retrofit/idlingtech.htm) as a technology that can reduce vehicle engine emissions and save fuel. The EPA has developed plans to ... Continue reading
UK Nissan To Use Centurion In-Car DVD
Apr 7, 2003
LONDON April 7, 2003; Dow Jones released this edited press release. Centurion Electronics PLC Monday said it has signed an agreement with Nissan to supply the new 2003 model Nissan Micra with an in-car DVD system. The agreement has been entered into with MSX International Ltd., a preferred supplier for U.K. Micra acces ... Continue reading
German Diesel Maker: Made In China To Be Exported to the World
Apr 4, 2003
BEIJING, April 4, 2003; Phelim Kyne writing for Dow Jones reported that German diesel engine producer Deutz AG plans to begin exports from China after 2005 through a new licensing agreement with First Auto Works Group Corp., or FAW, a Deutz executive said recently. The deal will enable Cologne-based Deutz to expand its ... Continue reading
Spartan Motors Introduces First Customizable Faceplate for Fire Truck Chassis
Apr 4, 2003
Gladiator's Composite Front End Allows OEM-Specific Look INDIANAPOLIS, April 3 -- Fire apparatus maker Central States wanted a Spartan chassis, but with their own distinctive look. And they got it, thanks to a new "private label" chassis program by Spartan. Spartan Motors Chassis, a wholly owned subsidiary of Charlotte ... Continue reading
Crimson Fire Debuts One-of-a-Kind Wildfire Interface Unit
Apr 4, 2003
Custom Pumper Features Pump-and-Roll Technology, All-Terrain Suspension to Battle Forest Fires CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 3 -- Deadwood, S.D., home to the legendary Wild West outlaw Wild Bill Hickock, will be the new home of the toughest truck in the West -- and forest fires are running scared. Crimson Fire, a wholly owne ... Continue reading
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