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AFL Automotive Launches New Retail Website for Internet Customers.


SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837.  -- AFL AFL: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.  Automotive's Specialty Products Group has launched a new retail website, www.components4sale.com, for online purchases that offers electrical and automotive components to consumers and businesses.

Internet customers can shop for connectors, ring terminals, shrink tubing, wire, and other electrical and automotive components. New items will be added regularly. It is the first time AFL Automotive's Specialty Products Group has offered components for sale online with the convenience of purchasing with a credit card. As an added benefit, there are no minimum quantities required to purchase components.

"We anticipate that repair shops and do-it-yourself car enthusiasts will find value and convenience in shopping for specialized electrical and automotive components online," stated Kim Jones Kim Jones may refer to:
  • Lil' Kim, American rap artist.
  • Kim Jones (designer), British menswear designer.
  • Kim Jones (artist), American performance artist.
  • Kimberly Jones (reporter), American sports reporter.
, Customer Development Manager - AFL Automotive Specialty Products Group.

AFL Automotive's Specialty Products Group focuses on the unique needs of the commercial vehicle market, which includes trucks, buses, and recreational vehicles. It is a full service designer and manufacturer of wire harnesses and electronic / electrical distribution systems. Additionally, it offers instrumentation and modular assembly services. Please visit www.aflauto.com for more information.

About AFL Automotive

AFL Automotive, a wholly owned Alcoa subsidiary, is a world leader in the design, development and production of high quality electrical and electronic distribution systems for personal and commercial vehicles. AFL connects with vehicle manufacturers and their sub-suppliers in the major automotive centers of the world, including China, Japan, Asia, Europe and the USA. AFL Automotive has approximately 34 locations in 15 countries and 33,500 associates around the world. More information can be found at www.aflauto.com.

About Alcoa

Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated fab·ri·cate  
tr.v. fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing, fab·ri·cates
1. To make; create.

2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts:
 aluminum and alumina alumina (əl`mĭnə) or aluminum oxide, Al2O3, chemical compound with m.p. about 2,000°C; and sp. gr. about 4.0.  facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap(R) foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa(R) wheels, and Baco(R) household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. Vinyl siding, first introduced to the exterior cladding market in the late 1950s, is an alternative to aluminum siding, fiber cement siding, and timber siding. , closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 120,000 employees in 42 countries and has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average

The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
 for 45 years and the Dow Jones Dow Jones

the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202]

See : Finance
 Sustainability Indexes since 2001. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.
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