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Clarion to Supply Suzuki's 2006 SUV Models With XM-Ready Audio System

Clarion to Supply Suzuki's 2006 SUV Models With XM-Ready Audio System

DETROIT, Sept. 1 -- When buyers of Suzuki's 2006 model year SUVs begin enjoying their XM-ready audio system, they'll be doing so on Clarion audio systems supplied by Clarion Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Clarion Company Ltd. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020327/DEW027LOGO ) Clarion is the exclu ... Continue reading

Goodyear Completes Sale of Wingtack Adhesives Resins Business

Goodyear Completes Sale of Wingtack Adhesives Resins Business

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 1 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of its Wingtack adhesives resins business to Sartomer Company Inc., a unit of the French energy firm Total S.A. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050204/GTLOGO ) The business include ... Continue reading

How is Bridgestone Group Faring in 2005?

How is Bridgestone Group Faring in 2005?

DUBLIN, Ireland--Sept. 1, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23533) has announced the addition of Bridgestone Group 2005 Company Profile Edition 2 to their offering. Bridgestone Group is currently one among the world's largest manufacturers of tires and other rubber products. The Gro ... Continue reading

Consumer Boom in Portable Navigation Systems Presents Opportunities to Vehicle Manufacturers

Consumer Boom in Portable Navigation Systems Presents Opportunities to Vehicle Manufacturers

DUBLIN, Ireland--Sept. 1, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23503) has announced the addition of European Telematics: Market Trends and Analysis of Embedded and Portable Navigation Systems to their offering. This new report analysing the navigation market and technology trends in Eu ... Continue reading

SanDisk Launches Sansa Car Transmitter to Play MP3 Music Through a Car Radio

SanDisk Launches Sansa Car Transmitter to Play MP3 Music Through a Car Radio

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Sept. 1, 2005--SanDisk Corporation today introduced the Sansa(TM) Car Transmitter, a device that will play music stored on a SanDisk Sansa MP3 digital player through a car radio. The stereo transmitter plugs into a standard vehicle cigarette lighter and pipes music from the portable player through an ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Donates $1 Million to American Red Cross for Disaster Relief in U.S. Gulf States

Johnson Controls Donates $1 Million to American Red Cross for Disaster Relief in U.S. Gulf States

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 31 -- Johnson Controls today announced it will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts for those devastated by Hurricane Katrina. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030423/JCILOGO ) "Our employees and customers live and work in these communities, and we're committ ... Continue reading

Hella Introduces New Technologies at IAA

Hella Introduces New Technologies at IAA

LIPPSTADT, Germany, Aug. 31 -- Hella will showcase a broad spectrum of new electronic, sensor and automotive lighting technologies at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Germany (Sept. 15-25). Hella's exhibit, located at Booth 8.0/D05, will feature a new LED headlamp with dynamic LED cornering lights; an electronic parki ... Continue reading

Dave Redinger - The Neighbourhood Mechanic

Dave Redinger - The Neighbourhood Mechanic

Dave is a licensed auto mechanic with over 40 years in the trade. For the past 24 years he has operated Dr. H. Honda Specialists in Etobcoke Toronto). Dave the neighborhood mechanic can be heard answering his neighbors car questions on AM740 radio each Saturday at 9 AM. Some of these conversations will also be publishe ... Continue reading

Delphi's LED Illumination Capability Brings OEMs Innovative Options to Differentiate Vehicle Interiors

Delphi's LED Illumination Capability Brings OEMs Innovative Options to Differentiate Vehicle Interiors

TROY, Mich., Aug. 31 -- Delphi Corporation is offering automakers seeking an element of differentiation to their vehicle interiors an innovative lighting technology that takes advantage of the growing prominence of LED applications. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020315/DEF002LOGO ) Delphi is bringing to ... Continue reading

Mobil Delvac, the World's First-Ever Branded Lubricant for Heavy Duty Engines, was Registered in 1925

Mobil Delvac, the World's First-Ever Branded Lubricant for Heavy Duty Engines, was Registered in 1925

FAIRFAX, Va.--Aug. 31, 2005--ExxonMobil is commemorating eight decades of protecting and helping extend the lives of heavy duty diesel engines around the world with the 80th anniversary of its Mobil Delvac(TM) engine oil. Since its introduction in 1925, Mobil Delvac oil -- Delvac, short for "D"iesel "E"ngine "L"ubrican ... Continue reading

Automobile Safety Foundation Spotlights Mirror Safety Crisis

Automobile Safety Foundation Spotlights Mirror Safety Crisis

Group Warns National Recall May Be on the Way LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 -- Paul Raul of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirms that a recall of standard equipment side-view mirrors is likely due to safety issues. These mirrors have a hazardous blind spot that conceals quickly approaching or near ... Continue reading

Federal Court Dismisses All IGA Claims Against Safelite

Federal Court Dismisses All IGA Claims Against Safelite

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 30 -- Safelite Group, Inc., parent company of Safelite Solutions, LLC and Safelite Fulfillment Services, Inc., is pleased with the recent ruling of the Honorable Ann D. Montgomery of the United States District Court of Minnesota in the case of Independent Glass Association, Inc., et al. v. Safelite ... Continue reading

Original Equipment Market for Telematics and Infotainment - Frost & Sullivan Press Release

Original Equipment Market for Telematics and Infotainment - Frost & Sullivan Press Release

PRESS RELEASE Vehicle Manufacturers Look for Ways to Increase Penetration Rates of Telematics and Infotainment Systems London, UK, 30 August 2005…Telematics and infotainment systems entered the European automotive industry with a bang, but subsequently failed to live up to vehicle manufacturers’ and supplie ... Continue reading

Visteon Dockable Family Entertainment System(TM) to be Offered Through U.S. Nissan, Infiniti Dealerships

Visteon Dockable Family Entertainment System(TM) to be Offered Through U.S. Nissan, Infiniti Dealerships

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Aug. 30 -- The Visteon Dockable Family Entertainment System(TM), a portable in-vehicle premium DVD system, is now available as a dealer-installed option through Nissan and Infiniti dealerships in the U.S. The Dockable Family Entertainment System is Visteon Corporation's most recent mobile ele ... Continue reading

N2Revolution's PurigeN98 Fuel-Saving Tire Inflation Gas Product Receives National Attention

N2Revolution's PurigeN98 Fuel-Saving Tire Inflation Gas Product Receives National Attention

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--Aug. 30, 2005--N2Revolution, Inc., which develops and manufactures environmentally friendly automotive solutions, is pleased to announce that its flagship product, PurigeN98, has garnered significant attention from the automotive market since its pre-launch announcement. PurigeN98 is a tire infla ... Continue reading

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