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Historical Highlights
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2004
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Roll Coater sold to Willis Stein & Partners.
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2002
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ArvinMeritor acquires the remaining 51-percent interest its German joint venture Zeuna Stärker GmbH & Co. KG, a premier exhaust and emissions solutions company.
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2000
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ArvinMeritor, Inc., a leading global
automotive supplier, is created by the merger of Meritor
Automotive Inc., and Arvin Industries Inc. on July 7.
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1999
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Meritor completes acquisition of LucasVarity's
Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems business; enters into a joint
venture with ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a leading independent
manufacturer of transmission products.
Arvin acquires Purolator (a leading manufacturer of automotive
oil, air and fuel filters, and filter housings), WorldSource
(a leading supplier of pre-painted coil coating), and Camloc
Gas Springs (a leading designer and manufacturer of gas spring
products).
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1998
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Arvin adds Midas International as a new
customer for Arvin replacement products and acquires
49-percent interest in Zeuna Starker, a premier German
manufacturer of OE exhaust systems.
Meritor acquires Volvo's heavy vehicle axle manufacturing
operations in Lindesberg, Sweden, and Euclid Industries, a
leading replacement parts manufacturer for heavy-duty trucks,
trailers, tractors, school buses and specialty vehicles.
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1997
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Meritor is created as an independent publicly
traded entity (through a spinoff of Rockwell International's
automotive business); listed on the New York Stock Exchange in
October.
Arvin acquires 100-percent ownership of TESH, the company's
joint venture in the European replacement exhaust market;
begins production of advanced mechanical power steering pumps
at the new plant in Pamplona, Spain, in joint venture with
Kayaba.
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1996
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Arvin announces new or expanded joint ventures
with partners to supply global OEM markets in China, Thailand,
Taiwan, India and Malaysia.
Rockwell Automotive introduces the revolutionary Engine
Synchro Shift (ESS) transmission system, designed to reduce
driver shift effort and add operational efficiencies; enters
into joint venture in China.
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1995
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Rockwell Automotive acquires window regulator
business from Dura Automotive Systems.
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1993
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Rockwell Automotive acquires former automotive
components plant, Skoda Miada Boleslav in Liberec, in the
Czech Republic.
Arvin moves into the Italian market with 50-50 joint venture
involving Sogefi S.p.A., one of the leading Italian exhaust
systems manufacturers.
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1992
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Arvin forms Schmitz & Brill GmbH with a
German partner to serve the European exhaust systems market.
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1991
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Arvin begins assembly of catalytic converters
in a new plant in Holland; completes a research and
development center for exhaust systems in Warton, England.
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1990
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Rockwell WABCO begins supplying anti-lock
braking systems (ABS) for tractors and trailers.
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1989
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Rockwell Automotive introduces family of nine-
and 13-speed on-highway transmissions.
Arvin adds to European expansion efforts by purchasing AP
Amortiguadores, S.A., Spain's leading shock absorber
manufacturer.
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1987
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Arvin announces a license agreement with the
Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories of Japan
for the use of the thermal diffusion process in the U.S.
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1986
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Arvin forms a joint venture with Sango Company
Ltd. to make automotive exhaust systems; acquires Schrader
Automotive, the world's largest producer of valves for tires
and inner tubes; purchases Maremont Corporation, a major
producer of automotive replacement and original equipment
shock absorbers, exhaust systems and related parts; purchases
Gabriel, a maker of shock absorbers and related products.
Rockwell Automotive introduces new family of single-speed and
two-speed drive axles.
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1984
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Arvin forms COFAP-Arvin Auto Pecas LTDA, a
joint venture with a major Brazilian automotive parts
supplier; purchases a Mexican manufacturer of exhaust systems.
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1978
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The acquisition of Calspan Corporation leads
Arvin into government research, aeronautical wind tunnel
testing, automotive accident research and evaluation of tires
and vehicle crash-worthiness.
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1974
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Arvin receives its first orders for catalytic
converters.
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1973
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Rockwell Automotive acquires Fumagalli steel
wheel business.
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1966
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Arvin acquires Roll Coater.
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1953
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Willard Rockwell merges Wisconsin Parts,
Standard Steel and Spring, and Timken Detroit to form Rockwell
Spring and Axle Company.
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1950
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Noblitt-Sparks changes its name to Arvin
Industries, Inc.
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1927
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Indianapolis Air Pump Company, operating under
the new name of Noblitt-Sparks, begins producing mufflers.
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1921
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The Indianapolis Air Pump Company begins
producing Arvin car heaters.
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1920
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Richard Arvin applies for patent for a car
heater.
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1919
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Q.G. Noblitt starts the Indianapolis Air Pump
Company.
Willard Rockwell buys Wisconsin Parts Company to produce an
improved axle based on his own design.
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1909
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Timken Detroit Axle Co. is formed; later
becomes part of Wisconsin Parts Company.
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