New Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 With GPS Locator Puts End to 'Are We There Yet?'
Aug 25, 2004
Company's First GPS Device Is Offered With Latest Version of Best-Selling Mapping and Trip-Planning Software REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 24 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Microsoft(R) Streets & Trips 2005 with GPS Locator, a landmark product that combines the company's first Global Positioning System ( ... Continue reading
Visteon Opens New Automotive Technical Center Facility in Chihuahua, Mexico
Aug 24, 2004
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Aug. 24 -- Visteon Corporation is enhancing its competitiveness and performance with the opening of a new automotive technical center and office facility today in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) The 5,000-square-meter facility will accom ... Continue reading
ATX to Deliver Real-Time Traffic to Wireless Devices
Aug 23, 2004
Vindigo Studios teams with telematics provider to launch personalized traffic alerts IRVING, Texas, Aug. 23 -- ATX Group, the world's second largest telematics service provider to the automotive industry, and Vindigo Studios, one of the best-known publishers of consumer applications for mobile devices, announced today ... Continue reading
Norwegian Auto Sales and Service Group Will Use IFS Applications(TM)
Aug 23, 2004
LINKOPING, Sweden, Aug. 23 -- One of Norway's leading automotive sales and service corporations, Bertel O. Steen, has selected IFS Applications to run its business processes. The contract is valued in excess of $10 million. Delivery will be made in collaboration with ErgoGroup, the IFS partner in Norway that operates B ... Continue reading
Aug 23, 2004
LONGMONT, Colo.--Aug. 23, 2004--Cornice Inc. -- an innovator in compact, high-capacity storage -- today announced that the Garmin StreetPilot 2620 and 2660 feature the 2.0-gigabyte Cornice Storage Element, enabling these new, small GPS devices to store detailed maps of the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. ... Continue reading
HOT ROD magazine Licenses Name for New Line of Automotive Tools
Aug 23, 2004
NEW YORK--Aug. 23, 2004--PRIMEDIA Enterprises, the licensing merchandising division of PRIMEDIA Inc. , today announced that Alltrade Tools LLC, a global leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of tools and shop equipment has selected HOT ROD for a new line of branded automotive tools and garage equipment, whi ... Continue reading
Siemens InfinityQS as SPC Solution to Manage Quality of Its Diesel Fuel Injectors
Aug 23, 2004
MANASSAS, Va.--Aug. 23, 2004--InfinityQS(R) International, the premier provider of enterprise-wide quality control manufacturing solutions, today announced that Siemens Diesel Systems Technology, LLC ("SDST"), which is a joint venture between Siemens Automotive Corporation and NLP, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of In ... Continue reading
New York Auto Service Firms Agree to Ad Reforms
Aug 23, 2004
ALBANY, N.Y. August 22, 2004; MICHAEL VIRTANEN writing for the AP reported that four auto service companies have agreed to stop advertising a set price for oil changes while charging additional fees that are not clearly disclosed under a deal New York authorities announced Sunday. An investigation by New York State Att ... Continue reading
Universal Automotive Reports 2004 Second Quarter Financial Results
Aug 20, 2004
ALSIP, Ill., Aug. 20 -- Universal Automotive Industries, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter, which include a full quarter of contributions from the company's acquisition of certain assets from TRW Automotive, Inc. Sales for the 2004 second quarter, increased 45% to $25.9 million from $17.8 mil ... Continue reading
Delphi and Parlex Enter Into Strategic Alliance to Grow Military/ Aerospace Market Presence
Aug 19, 2004
Companies to Leverage Expertise in Flex Circuit Design and Assembly METHUEN, Mass. and TROY, Mich., Aug. 19 -- Delphi Corporation and Parlex Corporation have entered into a strategic alliance that is expected to benefit both companies' current-sales and future-growth prospects in the military/aerospace interconnect mar ... Continue reading
Aug 19, 2004
DUBLIN, Ireland--Aug. 18, 2004--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of The Automotive Powertrain Database to their offering. The Powertrain Sectoral database encompasses components from valve stem seals to exhaust systems and catalysts sourced from around 330 suppliers in ... Continue reading
Aug 19, 2004
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Aug. 18, 2004-- Presentations Daily at 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m., October 18th - 20th, Booth #121 Ramtron International Corporation , the leading supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric semiconductor products, today announced that the company will debut its nonvolatile ferroelectric ran ... Continue reading
Sport Wheels Invites Shareholders and Clients to the SEMA Show this November
Aug 18, 2004
LAS VEGAS--Aug. 18, 2004--Sports Wheels Inc., (Pink Sheets:SSWH), a premiere wheel technology company, today invites shareholders and clients to meet company directors at the SEMA show this November, at booth number 12482. "We want to meet our customers and clients at the show as we prepare to show our products. We fee ... Continue reading
Motormite/Dorman New Catalogs and Web Site
Aug 18, 2004
COLMAR, Pa., Aug. 18, 2004; Motormite®/Dorman® today announced the release of three new Automotive Aftermarket catalogs and a renovated web site that supports the new publications. The new catalogs and web site feature hundreds of new-to-the-Automotive-Aftermarket parts that were previously only available at the OE D ... Continue reading
Super Vision Teams with Albert Smith China Co., Ltd. to Secure Shanghai General Motors Project
Aug 18, 2004
ORLANDO, Fla.--Aug. 17, 2004--Super Vision International, Inc. a world leading manufacturer of LED and fiber optic lighting systems announced today that Shanghai General Motors is exclusively using Super Vision's Flex-LED(TM) lighting system for their car dealership signage throughout mainland China. "The neon replacem ... Continue reading
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