Carl Hogan Automotive Proudly Showcases Auto Excellence Winners: Dodge Durango and Jeep Wrangler
Carl Hogan Automotive is proud to announce the Dodge and Jeep 2012 Popular Mechanics Auto Excellence Award Winners to their customers and community.
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German automotive plant to open in Dublin
DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal says a $39 million German automotive plant will open in Dublin.
The Courier Herald in Dublin reports that Munich-based Erdrich Umformtechnik GmbH amp; Co.KG will bring 178 jobs to the area. The 130,000-square-foot metal stamping facility will be Erdrichs first US plant.
Erdrich is a family-owned company that manufactures complex metal parts for the automotive industry. The company will work with the states workforce training program, Quick Start, to get new employees ready for the plants 2013 opening.
Erdrich CEO Georg Erdrich said Dublin is a very pro-business community that will help the company establish its US presence. Erdrich...
Tom Shea: Life’s winding road bonds best friends forever
For months, theyd see each other at work, but, because they were in different departments, Judy Kelliher and Janice Beetle never really talked.
But finally, late one night, after the newspaper where they worked was put to bed and the old press was done roaring like an agitated prehistoric creature, the first edition of The Morning Union lay open before them at the Tavern restaurant, then in Springfields South End. And in the swirl of conversation, the air dense with cigarette smoke, no one noticing the clock ticking toward the wee small hours, the two young women became friends.
The year was probably 1985. But back then, with youth on their side, who was keeping track?
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Novelist Jessica Speart to talk this week about endangered species trade
The butterfly effect theorizes that something as small as the flap of a butterflys wings can create something as large as a tornado halfway across the globe.
Mystery novelist Jessica Speart didnt know too much about the world of endangered butterfly smuggling when she first heard the case of Hisayoshi Kojima, the man who liked to think of himself as the Indiana Jones of the trade. But, as unlikely as it seems that something as small as the delicate flap of a wing can cause such grand results, Speart found herself traveling halfway across the globe into potential danger — all because of a butterfly.
She writes about it in Winged Obsession, her nonfiction book that delves...
Leading Automotive CRM DealerSocket Announces MarketPlace Social
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ –#xA0;Award-winning auto dealer CRM solution, DealerSocket (DealerSocket.com), announced today the availability of MarketPlace Social, one of eight tools under the DealerSocket MarketPlace umbrella. MarketPlace Social features customizable options and allows dealers to proactively solicit positive ratings for social media rating sites, such as Yelp, Google and DealerRater. MarketPlace Social automatically sends a thank you email with a survey link to sold or service customers. Customers who respond positively receive an email with links to online reputation sites of the dealers choice requesting the customer to post a review....
Allstar Automotive & Performance in Lawton, Oklahoma Adds U-Haul Rentals
LAWTON, Okla., Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Tyler Doan, owner of Allstar Automotive & Performance, located at 1601 N. Sheridan Rd., recently added U-Haul truck and trailer rentals to the automotive repair garage.
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Families needing the finest in moving services now will have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving, which not only will make their move easier but also will have the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere. U-Haul partnering with business owners across North America to increase convenience for customers...
