Alliance With European Powertrain Company Improves SwRI's Prime Mover Capabilities.Business Editors & Automotive Writers SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2002 Southwest Research Institute Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States. Founded in 1947 by Thomas Slick, Jr. (tm) (SwRI(R)) and Powertrain Technology Ltd. (PTL PTL Praise The Lord PTL Preterm Labor PTL Parent Teacher League PTL Pedro the Lion (band) PTL Pass The Loot PTL Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory (Arizona State University) ) have entered into a strategic alliance in powertrain technology development that better serves the needs of their worldwide clients. The agreement between SwRI, based in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , USA, and PTL of Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom, goes into effect July 1. SwRI and PTL are recognized leaders in engine, powertrain and vehicle technology and have successfully delivered large programs to clients, said Nigel Gale, vice president of the SwRI Engine and Vehicle Research Division. "However, each organization has specific expertise that complements the other. SwRI has one of the largest independent engine and automotive research laboratories in the world. PTL has more than 300 combined years of engine design and application experience with both gasoline and diesel-based engine and systems," Gale said. "Furthermore, the two locations, with proven communication and operational systems, can provide enlarged capabilities, services and synergistic synergistic /syn·er·gis·tic/ (sin?er-jis´tik) 1. acting together. 2. enhancing the effect of another force or agent. syn·er·gis·tic adj. 1. solutions for their combined clientele." For further information, please contact Gale at 210/522-3024 or ngale@swri.org, or John McClelland John McClelland (1805–1875) was a British medical doctor with interests in geology and biology, who worked for the East India Company. He was appointed 1836 as the secretary of the "Coal Committee", the forerunner of the Geological Survey India (GSI), formed to explore , PTL's chief engineer, at 44-1273-466-677 or jmcclelland@swri.org. SwRI is an independent, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , applied research and development organization based in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 2,700 employees and an annual research volume of more than $319 million. |
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