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• Bill would prohibit sale of Allison Transmission to German firm. """""""""""""""""""""""""""

  - 2008-10-01

  Sevsral congressman introduced legislation last Thursday designed to thwart tee sale of Gensral Motors' Allison Transmission Div. to tee German firm ZF Friedrichshafen. """"""""""""""""""" TTee GM division builds transmission systems for combat vehicles....

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• EA reader at ease

  - 2008-09-01

  A Good Samaritan Maybe the deepest, most lasting sense of satisfaction comes from doing something nice for somebody in need and then seeing a smile on the person's face in response. This is just the sort of experience Dave Humphrey, who serves as predictive motor analyst with Allison Transmission in...

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• Inland Power Group

  - 2008-01-01

  Inland Detroit Diesel-Allison, the Butler, Wis., engine and systems distributor has changed its name to Inland Power Group. The goal of the name change, the company said, is to better reflect its product and service offerings. Inland is a distributor for Detroit Diesel Corp., Allison Transmission, Electromotive Diesels and GE...

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• Allison plans business growth under new owner

  - 2007-11-01

  Allison Transmission said it is planning new product development and global business growth as it moves forward under new owners, The Carlyle Group and Onex Corp. Allison's transfer of ownership from General Motors GM to The Carlyle Group and Onex Corp. has been completed successfully, with a smooth transition for...

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• Allison Looks to Heavy-Duty Sectors

  - 2007-11-01

  INDIANAPOLIS -Allison Transmission, which dominates the light-medium commercial truck classes (4-7) as the transmission of choice, has set its sights on the heavy-duty construction and less-than-truckload transportation sectors as the next growth areas, company officials said during an event here in September. Manual transmissions are still ordered for most heavy-duty...

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• Outside Acme.(Management Briefing Seminars)(Carlyle Group L.P.; Onex Corp. acquired General Motors Corp. Allison Transmission Div.)(55% of Lear shares opposed Icahn offer)

  - 2007-08-08

  55% of Lear shares opposed Icahn offer DETROIT - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's ill-fated attempt to acquire seating and electronics supplier Lear Corp. was defeated July 16 by a vote of 38.66 million shares opposed to 22.21 million shares in favor. An additional 9.37...

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• A deal a day keeps Carlyle busy as it takes Sequa.

  - 2007-07-10

  Jul 10, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- US private equity group, The Carlyle Group, is very active organising deals. On 6 July 2007, it agreed to pay $US2.7 billion ($A3.1 billion) for Sequa Corporation, a diversified manufacturer. It has also recently ...

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• Auto News digest.(Briefs)(Ford leads in Daewoo bidding)(Dura Automotive Systems Inc. sell Atwood Mobile Products )

  - 2007-07-09

  GM will retain Allison liability DETROIT - General Motors said last week that it would retain responsibility for pension and retiree medical costs for current workers at Allison Transmission after the unit is taken private in a $5.6 billion deal, Reuters reported. ...

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• Auto News Digest.(Briefs)

  - 2007-07-02

  GM will sell Allison unit DETROIT - General Motors last week agreed to sell its Allison Transmission commercial and military business to the private equity firms Carlyle Group and Onex Corp. for about $5.6 billion. The agreement encompasses seven manufacturing operations in Indianapolis and...

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• Peterbilt Selects Allison Transmission

  - 2007-06-01

  Allison Transmission announced that its automatic transmissions are available in select medium and heavy trucks built by Peterbilt Motors. Peterbilt's medium-duty Model 330,335 and 340 trucks will offer the Allison 2000 or 3000 series transmissions. Peterbilt's heavy-duty, construction and oil-field service truck models 365,367 and 388 are available with the...

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