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Repair service providers must keep up with new vehicle technologies to expand consumer base SAO PAULO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A rapid increase in the installed base of vehicles has spurred demand for service maintenance and parts, boosting the Latin American automotive aftermarket. While Brazil, which has recently become the world's fourth largest automotive market, will continue to pull regional growth, the aftermarket is expected to undergo structural changes in the coming...
SALT LAKE CITY, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) today announced two winners of its fifth annual Engineering Scholars program, which will provide a total of $20,000 in college scholarships this fall to high school seniors in the greater Salt Lake City area interested in studying engineering, computer science, physics or math. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121024/LA98563LOGO) A photo accompanying this release is available at...
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Woodland Hills facility recently sponsored a student competition and project demonstration to mark this year's conclusion of the High School Involvement Partnership (HIP) mentoring and scholarship program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121024/LA98563LOGO) Photos accompanying this release are available at http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=19331....
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Loaded with value - All-new 2014 Fiat 500L arrives to FIAT studios this June with a starting price of $19,100 and four well-equipped models Leveraging - taking the FIAT brand's DNA, the all-new Fiat 500L expands the appeal of the iconic 500 while adding two more doors plus best-in-class interior volume (120.1 cu. ft.) providing comfortable accommodations for five passengers Large - a Fiat 500 designed on the new "small-wide"...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PARIS AIR SHOW -- UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) and key supplier in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner program, and ST Aerospace have signed a long-term repair license agreement for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for UTC Aerospace Systems components on the Boeing 787 aircraft. As a licensed MRO service provider for UTC Aerospace Systems' electrical and air management systems, this...
PULASKI, Tennessee, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting plant for the production of headlamps and rear lights was inaugurated yesterday in Pulaski, Tenn. This is the first lighting production plant in the United States, further strengthening an already established presence in the NAFTA region, which includes plants in Ciudad Juarez and Tepotzotlan, Mexico, and the R&D Center in Auburn Hills, Mich., with 180 engineers. (Photo:...
ARLINGTON, Va., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released the findings of its assessment of the Regulatory Impact Analysis used by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to justify changes to the 34-hour restart provision, which are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2013. The sweeping changes to the Hours-of-Service rules proposed by FMCSA include two new 34-hour restart provisions which limit use of the...
New Hampshire Service Center Presented with the "Pro Patria" Award ANN ARBOR, Mich., and MANCHESTER, N.H., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), has been honored with the prestigious Pro Patria Award, presented to its service center in Manchester, N.H., by the New Hampshire Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense office. (Logo:...
Developing the SRT Brand One Race at a Time AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With its heritage deeply rooted into the fabric of domestic and international road racing's rich history, the highly anticipated return of Viper to the 24 Hours of Le Mans stirs the souls of those who have shared in its recent rebirth and return to the ultimate test in sports car competition. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130617/DE32594) From concept to completion, the...
University's College of Engineering and Computer Science honors Van Buren Township-based automotive supplier for providing on-the-job experience to students VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past five years, global automotive supplier Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC) has been giving rewarding on-the-job opportunities to qualified engineering students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The university recently acknowledged this growing partnership,...
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William Fisher is American physician and a former NASA Astronaut. He was born William Frederick Fisher on April 1, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in North Syracuse, New York in 1964. He continued on to attend Standford University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences in 1968. The following two years, Fisher worked on graduate studies in Microbiology and received a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Florida in 1975....
Anna Fisher is an American chemist and a NASA astronaut. She was born Anna Lee Tingle on August 24, 1949 in New York City. She grew up in San Pedro, California and graduated from San Pedro High School in 1967. She went on to attend the University of California Los Angeles, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1971. Fisher remained at UCLA to start graduate school in chemistry, focusing on x-ray crystallographic studies, and received her Doctorate of Medicine in 1976. The...
