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Dash Navigation to Launch Change Auto Navigation

Dash Navigation to Launch Change Auto Navigation

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Aug. 28, 2006--Dash Navigation(TM), Inc. (www.dash.net), a Silicon Valley start-up, emerged from stealth-mode today. The company is developing a new consumer product and service that will, for the first time, give drivers timely and relevant local information on their dashboards. Backed by ventur ... Continue reading

Unions Approve New Labor Agreements With Tower Automotive

Unions Approve New Labor Agreements With Tower Automotive

Contracts will be submitted to Bankruptcy Court for approval NOVI, Mich., Aug. 25 -- Tower Automotive (BULLETIN BOARD: TWRAQ.PK) today announced ratification of contract agreements with the United Auto Workers union (UAW) and the United Steelworkers union (USW) covering approximately 1,000 employees at Tower facilities ... Continue reading

Annual Forecasts to 2010 for the World's Automotive Radiators Industry

Annual Forecasts to 2010 for the World's Automotive Radiators Industry

DUBLIN, Ireland--Aug. 25, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c41189) has announced the addition of Automotive Radiators - Global Strategic Business Report to their offering. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Automotive Radiators in Thousands of Units. The major product se ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Transmission Systems Report 2006

Global Automotive Transmission Systems Report 2006

DUBLIN, Ireland--Aug. 25, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c41114) has announced the addition of Automotive Transmission Systems - Global Strategic Business Report to their offering. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Automotive Transmission Systems in Thousands of Units ... Continue reading

Aero Exhaust, Exclusive NASCAR Performance Partner, Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Rockford-Montgomery

Aero Exhaust, Exclusive NASCAR Performance Partner, Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement With Rockford-Montgomery

Muffler line currently featuring prestigious NASCAR Performance brand; Company continues success on and off the track SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 25 -- Aero Exhaust has reached an exclusive distribution agreement with Rockford-Montgomery, Inc. This agreement allows Rockford-Montgomery to exclusively distribute the Aero ... Continue reading

Stolen Corvette Returned After 37 Years, Restored and Ready for New Life

Stolen Corvette Returned After 37 Years, Restored and Ready for New Life

Fully Restored 'Vette Unveiled at Corvette Show in Carlisle, PA CARLISLE, Pa., Aug. 25 -- In January of 2006, Alan Poster was stunned when authorities notified him that his stolen Corvette had been recovered ... 37 years after it disappeared from a parking garage in New York City. On August 25, 2006, Poster unveiled hi ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor and Pyeong Hwa Automotive to Form Slovakian Joint Venture

ArvinMeritor and Pyeong Hwa Automotive to Form Slovakian Joint Venture

Partnership Will Deliver Door Modules to Kia DETROIT, Aug. 25 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced today that its Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group has formed a joint venture with Pyeong Hwa Automotive (PHA) for the final assembly of fully integrated door modules delivered just-in-time and sequenced for Kia Motors ... Continue reading

Goodyear Launches Fuel-Efficient Truck Tire Lines

Goodyear Launches Fuel-Efficient Truck Tire Lines

DALLAS, Aug. 24 -- In a dramatic move to lower trucking fleets' and owner-operators' total operating costs, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today introduced a new fuel-efficient commercial tire technology and three new tires for long-haul trucks at the Great American Trucking Show here. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com ... Continue reading

Actor Erik Estrada to Help Deliver Safety Message at Child Seat Safety Inspection Fair in Cincinnati

Actor Erik Estrada to Help Deliver Safety Message at Child Seat Safety Inspection Fair in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI--Aug. 24, 2006--As part of a statewide partnership designed to reduce the leading cause of death among children, the Governor's Highway Safety Office, Ohio Department of Public Safety and 21st Century Insurance will bring their consumer safety program and the company's spokesperson Erik Estrada to Cincinnati ... Continue reading

Navistar, Caterpillar Set Framework for on-Going Business Collaboration

Navistar, Caterpillar Set Framework for on-Going Business Collaboration

WARRENVILLE, Ill.--Aug. 24, 2006-- Pending Litigation Between The Companies Will Be Dismissed Navistar International Corporation , the nation's largest combined commercial truck and mid-range diesel engine producer, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Caterpillar Inc. on a new ongoing business relatio ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Announces Key Executive Appointments within Its Global Operations

ArvinMeritor Announces Key Executive Appointments within Its Global Operations

TROY, Michigan, August 24 -- - Creates Emissions Technology Group to Support Increasing Customer Demand Philip R. Martens named senior vice president and president, Light Vehicle Systems; Juan De La Riva to retire Carsten J. Reinhardt named senior vice president and president, Commercial Vehicle Systems; Tom Gosnell to ... Continue reading

Nuance Speech Applications on Blackfin Platform Power Hands-free Solutions for Leading Automotive Suppliers

Nuance Speech Applications on Blackfin Platform Power Hands-free Solutions for Leading Automotive Suppliers

BURLINGTON, Mass.--Aug. 24, 2006--Nuance Communications, Inc. , the world's leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Analog Devices, Inc. to deliver speech-enabled solutions for the automotive industry. Leading suppliers of hands-free speech solutions ... Continue reading

ArvinMeritor Announces Key Executive Appointments within Its Global Operations

ArvinMeritor Announces Key Executive Appointments within Its Global Operations

Creates Emissions Technology Group to Support Increasing Customer Demand Philip R. Martens named senior vice president and president, Light Vehicle Systems; Juan De La Riva to retire Carsten J. Reinhardt named senior vice president and president, Commercial Vehicle Systems; Tom Gosnell to retire H.H. "Buddy" Wacaser na ... Continue reading

Exide Technologies Elects New Member to Board of Directors

Exide Technologies Elects New Member to Board of Directors

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--Aug. 23, 2006--Exide Technologies (www.exide.com), a global leader in stored electrical-energy solutions, today announced that shareholders elected a new member to the Company's Board of Directors and re-elected six current directors during Exide's annual meeting in Alpharetta. The new member of Exide' ... Continue reading

TRW Automotive Forges New Frontier in Active Safety with Advanced Electronic Stability Control Systems

TRW Automotive Forges New Frontier in Active Safety with Advanced Electronic Stability Control Systems

LIVONIA, Mich., Aug. 23 -- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. -- the global leader in automotive safety systems -- is pursuing new integration opportunities related to electronic stability control (ESC) to provide customers with smaller and lighter systems that yield greater performance and fuel efficiency. TRW's ESC system ... Continue reading

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