ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, January 31, 1996 TAG: 9601310079
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
Saab convertibles face steering recall
DETROIT - Saab Cars USA Inc. is recalling 8,927 of its 1995 Saab 900 convertibles because of a flaw that could cause loss of steering control.
The move is part of a larger recall by Saab Automobile AB in Sweden that involves a total of 18,900 cars. The problem involves a steering column misalignment.
``We have had incidents with four cars, but nobody has been harmed,'' Saab Automobile spokesman Olof Wallen said Wednesday. ``We have indications that around 100 cars may have this problem.''
Saab Cars USA said one of the reported incidents was in the United States.
- Associated Press
ETS lab wins federal contracts
ETS International of Roanoke said Tuesday that its environmental laboratory subsidiary, ETS Analytical Services Inc., has won two contracts from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Engineering and Analysis Division.
The first calls for the analysis of trace metals and elements in waste water, sludge and hazardous waste taken by the EPA from industrial sites across the nation. The five-year contract, which includes four one-year option periods, has a maximum value of $1.77 million.
The second contract requires analysis of waste water and sludge from the same sites for cyanides, phenols, fluorides and other regulated substances. It also runs five years with four one-year options and has a maximum value of $1.14 million.
The contracts are effective immediately. The company said samples are being scheduled for shipment to the lab facility in Roanoke.
- Staff report
Hanson empire to split into 5 parts
NEW YORK - Lord Hanson, the former James Hanson, 74, announced plans Tuesday to cut his corporate empire into four parts. Add the spin-off of some U.S. operations that took place last year, and that will mean Hanson PLC has been sliced into five pieces.
The plans for the carve-up got an enthusiastic reception in London on Tuesday; but by the time trading had moved to New York, the hesitations were setting in. Hanson shares closed at $15.75, down from a high for the day of $16.875 and unchanged from Friday.
Hanson, owner of a Jacuzzi plant to open this summer in Salem, is an enormous conglomerate with major interests on two continents.
- Associated Press
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