Energy Conversion Devices Doubles Revenues in First Quarter of Fiscal 2009
Nov 10, 2008
- Solar Gross Margin Exceeds 33% due to Continued Focus on Operational Excellence - Strong Balance Sheet with $478 Million in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short- Term Investments ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Nov. 10 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) , the leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate ... Continue reading
2008 SEMA: Exclusive Interviews from the Show Floor - VIDEO FEATURE
Nov 9, 2008
LAS VEGAS - November 9, 2008: As always, the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Week tradeshow was filled with exciting innovations, beautiful cars, and fast women. The Auto Channel's old friend Tom Torbjornsen joined us to check it all out. You can find several of the exclusive video interviews we shot below. Tom is the ... Continue reading
Honda to Build New Automobile Transmission Plant at Hamamatsu Factory
Nov 9, 2008
TOKYO, Japan, November 8, 2008: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced plans to build a new automobile transmission plant within its Hamamatsu Factory in order to strengthen production of automobile automatic transmissions (AT) and continuously variable transmissions (CVT), to meet growing global demand. <P> The new automobil ... Continue reading
New TireStat No-Nonsense Commercial-Grade TPMS is Released by Mobile Awareness, LLC
Nov 8, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joan Cochran, VP Operations Phone: 866-653-5036 pr@mobileawareness.com <http://us.mc460.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=pr@mobileawareness.com > New TireStatT No-Nonsense Commercial-Grade TPMS is Released by Mobile Awareness, LLC [CLEVELAND, OH - November 6, 2008] - Mobile Awareness, LLC, a ... Continue reading
North American Eagle Poised to Bring World Land Speed Record Back to U.S.
Nov 8, 2008
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 7 -- There's a healthy rivalry brewing between the U.S. and U.K. over the world land speed racing record. The Brits took if from the U.S. in 1997, and now the U.S. wants it back. In 1904, none other than Henry Ford himself drove 91.37mph to capture the World Land Speed Record title. Today the record ... Continue reading
GM opens USD300 million assembly plant in Russia
Nov 8, 2008
General Motors (GM) opened today a $300 million, flexible assembly plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, in presence of President Dmitry Medvedev. The plant will add 70,000 units of capacity to more than 100,000 already available to GM at joint venture and partner facilities in the country. It will build the Opel Antara and ... Continue reading
Nov 8, 2008
Company says carmakers continue to seek tens of billions of taxpayer dollars, ostensibly to develop fuel-efficient vehicle technologies, but their conduct is evidence they are reluctant to embrace solutions they didn't invent. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 -- AFS Trinity Power Corporation today announced it pulled its 150 MPG pl ... Continue reading
National OHV organizations hold land-use forum in conjunction with SEMA
Nov 7, 2008
American Motorcyclist Association News Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ November 7, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pete terHorst Phone: (877) 877-8969 E-mail: peter.terhorst@sympoint.com [mailto:peter.terhorst@sympoint.com] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... Continue reading
Lear Corporation Announces Details for 2009 Annual Stockholders Meeting
Nov 7, 2008
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 7 -- Lear Corporation , a leading global supplier of automotive seating systems, electrical distribution systems and electronics products, today announced that its 2009 annual meeting of stockholders will be held at Lear's Corporate Headquarters at 21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield, Michigan 4803 ... Continue reading
Myers Industries Reports 2008 Third Quarter & Nine-Month Results
Nov 7, 2008
AKRON, Ohio--Myers Industries, Inc. today reports results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. Performance highlights from continuing operations in the third quarter include: Net sales for the third quarter were $214.0 million, essentially unchanged compared to $213.9 million in the third qua ... Continue reading
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
Nov 7, 2008
Third Quarter Highlights - Net sales for the quarter increased to $794 million - Increased market share in Canada and Mexico - Increased Cooper brand market share in the United States - International Operations reported record sales of $285 million - Investment in Mexico manufacturing operations - Cooper Kenda Tire man ... Continue reading
Superior Industries Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Nov 7, 2008
VAN NUYS, Calif.--Superior Industries International, Inc. today announced a net loss of $14.2 million, or $0.53 per share, for the third quarter of 2008, which included a $5.0 million pretax charge for the impairment of long-lived assets related to the previously announced closing of the companyâs Pittsburg, Kansa ... Continue reading
ArvinMeritor Declares 2008 Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock
Nov 7, 2008
TROY, Mich., Nov. 7 -- The ArvinMeritor, Inc. Board of Directors at a meeting held on Nov. 7, 2008, at its corporate headquarters in Troy, Mich., declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents ($0.10) per share on the common stock of ArvinMeritor, with a record date of Nov. 24, 2008 and a payment date of Dec. 8, 2008. ... Continue reading
New Easy-to-Use Ceramic Conditioner Improves Fuel Economy in Cars and Light Trucks
Nov 7, 2008
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 7 -- CerMet Lab Company has introduced CerMet-Auto (TM), a ceramic coating nanotechnology formulated to reduce friction which in turn improves fuel economy in gas-powered engines. Microscopic ceramic particles in CerMet-Auto are carried to an engine's friction zones via the engine oil, where the ... Continue reading
A&D Technology Runs Distributed GT-POWER Models on New Multi-Core, Real-Time Procyon Platform
Nov 7, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--A&D Technology and Gamma Technologies announced today that they have successfully run an enhanced real-time GT-POWER model on A&Dâs new Procyon platform. The Procyon platform is the worldâs most advanced real-time system, capable of utilizing up to 32 CPU cores in one âbox.â Taking ... Continue reading
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