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Cummins Selects Corning as Supplier of Emissions Control Products for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines

Cummins Selects Corning as Supplier of Emissions Control Products for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines

CORNING, N.Y.--Corning Incorporated and Cummins Emission Solutions, a business unit of Cummins Inc. , jointly announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for the supply of Corning emissions control products. This multi-year agreement will help Cummins meet EPA 2007 regulations which take effect Ja ... Continue reading

Hella Opens New Electronics Factory in Romania

Hella Opens New Electronics Factory in Romania

PLYMOUTH TWP., Mich., Oct. 11 -- Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., a tier one supplier of automotive lighting and electronic equipment, has opened a new electronics factory in Timisoara, Romania. Hella Electronics Romania S.R.L. will produce electronic components and systems such as pedal sensors, xenon ballasts, heating-control ... Continue reading

TrafficGauge® Selects Acacia to License Wireless Traffic Information Technologies

TrafficGauge® Selects Acacia to License Wireless Traffic Information Technologies

SEATTLE--TrafficGauge, which recently was issued a second U.S. patent for its innovative technology that delivers traffic information to in-vehicle devices such as the TrafficGauge® Mobile Traffic Map and GPS navigators, has selected Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies Corporation as its licensing partner. “Tra ... Continue reading

Get Concise Information about the Major Corporate Players Operating in the German Automobile Aftercare & Accessories Industry

Get Concise Information about the Major Corporate Players Operating in the German Automobile Aftercare & Accessories Industry

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43329) has announced the addition of Automobile Aftercare and Accessories in Germany to their offering. The Automobile Aftercare and Accessories in Germany Major Market Profile presents an overview of the national market. Use this data to ... Continue reading

Delphi to Evaluate Strategic Alternatives for Power Products

Delphi to Evaluate Strategic Alternatives for Power Products

Product Line Will Transition to Automotive Holdings Group TROY, Mich., Oct. 10 -- Delphi Corporation announced today that it has identified its power products business as a non-core operation. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020315/DEF002LOGO ) Management responsibility for the power products business -- w ... Continue reading

LoJack For Motorcycles Leads Police to Recover More Than $1 Million in Stolen Bikes in the Month of September

LoJack For Motorcycles Leads Police to Recover More Than $1 Million in Stolen Bikes in the Month of September

Recoveries Help Police Discover 9 Theft Rings; Recover 82 Bikes; Arrest 15 Trend Emerges of Chop Shops Selling Stolen Motorcycle Parts Online WESTWOOD, Mass., Oct. 10 -- LoJack Corporation , the leading provider of tracking and recovery systems for stolen mobile assets, today announced that in the course of only one mo ... Continue reading

Put Porsche Under the Tree This Holiday Season

Put Porsche Under the Tree This Holiday Season

ATLANTA, Oct. 10 -- Struggling for ideas for that tough-to- buy for person? Gifts from Porsche Design Driver's Selection and the Porsche Driving Experience express the desire to give a little extra this holiday season to discerning friends and family members. Imagine the surprise when a remote-controlled Porsche Cayman ... Continue reading

Greubel Named to A. O. Smith Board of Directors

Greubel Named to A. O. Smith Board of Directors

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 9 -- A. O. Smith Corporation has named Bill Greubel, the chairman and chief executive officer of Wabash National(R) Corporation, to its Board of Directors. Greubel has been chairman and chief executive officer of Wabash National Corporation since 2006. The company manufactures semi truck trailers includ ... Continue reading

A. O. Smith Declares Quarterly Dividend

A. O. Smith Declares Quarterly Dividend

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 9 -- Directors of A. O. Smith Corporation today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.17 per share on Common Stock and Class A Common Stock. The dividend is payable on November 15 to shareholders of record October 31. ... Continue reading

Aftermarket Technology Corp. Announces Supply Agreements With Three Customers for NuVinci (TM) CVP Technology

Aftermarket Technology Corp. Announces Supply Agreements With Three Customers for NuVinci (TM) CVP Technology

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Oct. 9 -- Aftermarket Technology Corp. , today announced that it has supply agreements with its first three customers for the NuVinci branded continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmissions manufactured by ATC. NuVinci technology is a new class of highly adaptable and scalable continuously vari ... Continue reading

Downing Street Garage Knows Consumers Want Quality & Trust in Auto Repair

Downing Street Garage Knows Consumers Want Quality & Trust in Auto Repair

DENVER--Downing Street Garage received yet another award as one of the winner’s in Motor Age magazine’s “Top Vehicle Repair Shops”(a) featured in a special September 2006 issue of the magazine. Winning shops were chosen by a panel of qualified judges based on originality, practical business sense an ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Extends Relationship with Verizon Business for Managed Network Services; Enters New Agreement for Mercedes-Benz Unit

DaimlerChrysler Extends Relationship with Verizon Business for Managed Network Services; Enters New Agreement for Mercedes-Benz Unit

Verizon Business Provides Secure, Customized IP Solutions for Auto Manufacturer's Operations Worldwide BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 9 -- Verizon Business today announced that its 17-year global communications services agreement with DaimlerChrysler has been extended. In addition, Verizon Business will now deliver managed ... Continue reading

Check Your Vehicle's Lights Before Daylight Savings Time Ends

Check Your Vehicle's Lights Before Daylight Savings Time Ends

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 6 -- The end of Daylight Savings Time happens in most parts of the United States on Oct. 29 and creates unfamiliar driving conditions that can be hazardous without proper vehicle lighting. The Car Care Council recommends vehicle lights be checked before the clocks "fall back" to help ensure safe dri ... Continue reading

Advance Auto Parts Refinances Credit Facility

Advance Auto Parts Refinances Credit Facility

ROANOKE, Va.--Advance Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items, today announced that it has refinanced its secured credit facility to a new $750 million unsecured five-year revolving credit facility. This facility replaces the Company’s exi ... Continue reading

Azure Dynamics announces agreement with Ford Motor Company

Azure Dynamics announces agreement with Ford Motor Company

TORONTO, Oct. 5 -- Azure Dynamics Corporation (TSX: AZD & LSE: ADC) ("Azure" or the "Company") a leading developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial and military vehicles, today announced it has signed an agreement with Ford Motor Company to enable Azure to develop a hybrid electric powertrain ... Continue reading

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