Carbon fiber is a strong material that is gaining favor for greater use in automobiles and other applications, and Harper International is capitalizing on the growing interest. The Lancaster company secured a $12 million contract from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to create a carbon fiber processing line that will be used by researchers.
Separately, the Westport-based company served notice it would restore the salaries of senior executives affected by a 10 percent cut in pay made last year, though Terex said it would end, however, most perks provided to its executives in the past, including company automobiles, club membership dues, financial planning services and the use of private aircraft, among others.
With electric automobiles coming to Pittsburgh by the end of the year, a California-based company plans to established electric charging stations in this region. The company, 350Green LLC, said this week it plans to build and operate a network of 21 fast-charging and 54 dual-charging stations for electric vehicles across Pennsylvania, mainly in shopping areas in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Exact locations are being determined.
For people who are said to love automobiles, Los Angeles residents sure put a lot of dents in them. An insurance company's annual "Best Drivers Report" shows this center of car culture also is one of the nation's collision capitals, with drivers in the L.A. area crashing about twice as often as motorists in the United States' safest cities.
MARYSVILLE -- Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. will stop making motorcycles in Ohio next spring, shifting production from its first U.S. plant to a new facility in Japan. The decision is part of a move to a bigger plant and of plans to re-emphasis on automobiles, company executives said Wednesday, Feb. 27.
LOS ANGELES TIMES A driver who led Los Angeles police on a more than three-hour, low-speed chase in a Bentley before shooting himself to death early Tuesday was identified as a former Chicago-area resident who once rented out luxury cars in the Loop for as much as $3,500 a day, authorities said. Authorities this afternoon had not officially identified the man, but family members and Los Angeles police sources said he was Mustafa Moe Mustafa and was believed to have been in his late 20s. Mustafa grew up in Chicagos southwest suburbs, and he owned a condominium in the South Loop, according to family members and public records. Mustafa shot himself after more than a dozen police cruisers surrounded his white Bentley near Universal City, police sources said. He was taken to a local hospital...
MADISON, Wis., Oct. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new effort to allow almost anyone to carry hidden guns in public takes the additional step of mandating that businesses allow employees to have loaded guns in their automobiles in company parking lots. After a similar measure became law in Oklahoma, it sparked a national backlash, boycotts of businesses that objected, and a high- profile federal court suit against the state by business leaders.
DETROIT - When General Motors executives travel across the globe to pitch an initial public stock offering, the company that was bailed out by American taxpayers will emphasize its global strength and growth potential in Brazil and China, according to a video and slide show that was posted on the Internet Thursday. Although the U.S., once GM's primary market, is featured in the show, the lead pitch is about fast-growing emerging markets such as China, where the company said it is the top seller of automobiles and is experiencing tremendous growth.
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