Delphi has said the Medicare prescription-drug law passed last month may reduce the company's future payouts for retiree health-care coverage by $454 million. The company's obligation at the end of 2003 would have been $8.02 billion with the legislation, or five percent less than $8.47 billion reported, Delphi said in...
Modine Manufacturing Co. has been selected as the first company to receive state funding for a new worker training program. The program, funded through the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development, has $1 million in funds available this year. Modine has been awarded a grant of $45,000. The company...
ArvinMeritor has announced the winners of the company's annual supplier awards. The awards -- which were presented Jan. 29, at ArvinMeritor's North American Supplier Conference in Troy, Mich. -- recognize outstanding performance in customer service, product quality, delivery and cost reduction.
Dura Automotive Systems, once the largest manufacturing employer in Tennessee's Bledsoe County, will close its plant there in June and lay off the 80 workers left from a workforce that was 500 strong four years ago.
Timken was recently recognized as "Best Supplier" by the Oshkosh Truck Corp., a manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies for the fire and emergency, defense, concrete placement and refuse hauling markets. The recognition honors Timken's excellent performance in delivery, quality and product support. Last year was the first year...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber has signed a 10-year agreement with ACS for human resources (HR) services. Under terms of the contract, ACS, a premier provider of business process and information technology solutions, will provide a wide range of HR business process services for Goodyear’s Akron, Ohio-based North American operations. Approximately...
Amerityre Corporation announced that it has been submitting prototype polyurethane car tires to an independent lab for testing to determine if the tires comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 109, applicable to new pneumatic tires. FMVSS No. 109 specifies tire dimensions and laboratory test requirements for bead unseating...
Two engineering professionals from Visteon Corporation will be honored with the prestigious Forest R. McFarland Award on Tuesday, March 9, at the Honors Convocation during the 2004 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress & Exhibition in Detroit.
R. L. Polk & Co., the world's largest automotive market intelligence, database marketing and retail consulting company, announced that its Canadian subsidiary has changed its name to R. L. Polk Canada, Inc. as part of the company's overall global branding strategy.
Hella continues to expand its manufacturing facilities and aftermarket sales operations in North America.
