SAE International Honors Young Innovators With Award for Automotive Excellence
Kettering University junior Ana Tomboulian and Kettering University graduate Justin Schnabelrauch are being honored for a collaborative project that focuses on vehicular crash safety with a computer software design and applications component.
D&R Technology Awarded Contract Exceeding $1.2 Million from Johnson Controls
This newly awarded project signals the beginning of the second phase of Johnson Controls’ production relocation project, in which D&R has participated and played an important role in for the past 12 months.
Bosch Expands Social Responsibility Commitment in the U.S.
A new U.S. foundation – the Bosch Community Fund – will award $3 million in grants annually to support charitable and community efforts in the U.S. Effective January 2012, the fund will increase company support in site-based philanthropy, corporate programs and disaster relief.
Lincoln Electric Acquires Torchmate
New acquisition provides a strong base of plasma cutting systems and products.
Rick Hendrick Buys First Volt Offered for Public Sale
The vehicle sold for $225,000 at an auction to benefit Detroit Public Schools Foundation.
DENSO Sales California Announces ‘Dare to Dream’ Sweepstakes
Enter to win $25,000 at DENSOdaretodream.com.
Tenneco Expands Indiana Operations
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation announced this week it will award training assistance to Tenneco in exchange for the manufacturer agreeing to expand its Indiana operations, creating approximately 60 new jobs. The FORTUNE 500 company plans to invest nearly $6 million to add two new catalytic converter manufacturing lines to its 81,000-square-foot Hoffman Street facility that currently manufactures a variety of automotive parts ranging from muffler and converter stampings to hydroformed exhaust products and catalytic converters. The company is also considering a new facility in Vanderburg County, asking the Vanderburgh County Council for a 10-year tax abatement on more than $3 million worth of manufacturing equipment.
Executive Interview with Jose Maria Alapont, Chairman, President and CEO of Federal-Mogul
Last month in Las Vegas, aftermarketNews Publisher Jon Owens and Editor Amy Antenora sat down with Federal-Mogul Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jose Maria Alapont to continue a conversation that began at last year’s AAPEX show. In November, Federal-Mogul received approval for its Final Plan of Reorganization and hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 by the end of the year. Read on to learn more Alapont’s ‘fresh start’ vision for the new Federal-Mogul as well as how the company is wrapping up nearly six years of operating under Chapter 11.
Grote Industries’ Robotic LED Production Wins EIA’s IDEA of the Year Award
Grote Industries Product Development Engineer, Edward Sitarski, has been presented with the Employee Involvement Association’s Individual IDEA of the Year Award for 2007. For more than 65 years, the Employee Involvement Association has provided quality educational programs to a broad range of industries who understand that their employees have the ideas to help make their companies more productive and profitable. EIA’s Annual Awards Program, the highlight of its annual international conference, focuses on outstanding ideas of the year and leadership of employee involvement and suggestion systems programs. Approximately 250,000 ideas are submitted each year from companies globally. Sitarski’s idea to automate manual terminal connector LED production bested 90 finalists for the win.
Monday, August 20, 2007 AMN News
Monday, August 20, 2007 Hahn Automotive Warehouse to Acquire Prime Automotive Parts Co. Category: Distribution & Service News Hahn Automotive Warehouse, Inc., a Rochester, NY-based company, and Prime Automotive Parts Co., Inc., a Glendale, NY-based company, have announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Hahn to acquire Prime. Both Hahn and Prime