Valvoline and Fallbrook Technologies Inc. Sign Trademark Licensing and Development Agreement
The Valvoline division of Ashland Inc., and Fallbrook Technologies Inc. (Fallbrook), a technology development and intellectual property licensing company, announced that they have entered into a trademark licensing and development agreement to design, test and market specialty fluids designed to optimize the performance of Fallbrook’s NuVinci Continuously Variable Planetary (CVP) transmission technology.
Chinese to Enter U.S. Auto Market
With one humble car, a modest sedan called the Geely CK 1.5, parked Tuesday in the lobby of the North American International Auto Show, a Chinese automaker announced it’s coming to the U.S. And it has other automakers concerned, not only the now-struggling U.S. manufacturers but also those from Japan and South Korea.
Aftermarket Technology Corp. and Fallbrook Technologies Inc. Sign Manufacturing License Agreement for New Transmission Technology
Aftermarket Technology Corp. (ATC), a North American remanufacturer of automotive drivetrain products, and Fallbrook Technologies Inc. (Fallbrook), a technology development and intellectual property licensing company, have signed a manufacturing license agreement allowing ATC to design and build a wide range of transmission applications based on Fallbrook’s NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) technology.
Automakers Head for Shanghai Auto Show
Top world automakers will showcase new models in China’s commercial center of Shanghai next week in hopes of reviving languishing domestic sales. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and other major industry players will be showing dozens of vehicles at the Auto Shanghai 2005 trade show, part of Shanghai’s push to establish itself as hub for the world auto industry.
Amerityre Enters Accord to Sell Manufacturing Systems and to License Technology in Developing Countries
Amerityre Corporation has entered into an agreement with International Research and Development (IRD) in La Jolla, Calif., to introduce Amerityre’s polyurethane tire manufacturing technology in developing countries around the world. The term of the agreement is for three years and may be automatically renewed for successive three year terms.