TI Automotive, a supplier of fully integrated fluid storage and delivery systems, plans to build its seventh manufacturing plant in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The new 60,000-square-foot facility will employ 400 people and will produce brake and fuel lines for automotive assembly plants in North America. The plant is expected to...
Titan International has reported that it will permanently close its tire plant in Natchez, Miss., and possibly pursue a joint venture with an unnamed party for its Brownsville, Texas, facility.
Exide Technologies has signed an exclusive supply agreement with TBC Corp., one of the largest marketers of automotive replacement tires in the U.S. A significant new customer for Exide, the agreement with TBC includes the company's recent acquisition of National Tire & Battery (NTB) from Sears, Roebuck and Co., which...
Brake Parts Inc. has announced its plans for the Raybestos Spring Brake 2004 promotion, which will run April 1 through June 30. When professional service technicians purchase an open stock order of superior quality Raybestos brand brakes from their participating WDs, they will have the opportunity to choose from a...
Durakon, a leader supplier of drop-in bedliners, has unveiled a new and improved corporate Web site -- www.durakon.com
Lord Corp. -- which makes specialty adhesives, polyurethane coatings as well as electronic, vibration and noise control solutions for the automotive market -- has expanded its Detroit area facility in an effort to better serve the automotive market. Located on 4.8 acres in Wixom, Mich., the newly constructed 19,020-square-foot facility...
In what it called a “voluntary safety campaign,” Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) recalled about 297,000 tires in LT265/75R16 LR D on 2000-2002 and some early-2003-model-year Ford Excursions late last week. Now, NHTSA is reporting that it has linked six accidents, which resulted in five fatalities and 20 injuries, to...
Automotive parts remanufacturer CARDONE Industries has been accepted for membership in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Environmental Performance Track Program. Performance Track rewards facilities that voluntarily exceed regulatory requirements, implement environmental management systems, work closely with their communities and set three-year goals to continuously improve environmental performance.
TI Automotive, a leading supplier automotive fluid storage and delivery systems, has combined its regional operations for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), in a move to help streamline its product development process.
Tower Automotive has acquired Seojin Industrial Co. Ltd., a supplier of components to the Korean automotive industry. Tower previously held a 66 percent equity interest in Seojin and acquired the remaining shares as part of a settlement of an outstanding note from the minority interest partner.
