| Latest American Standard News Headlines |
| Date | Time | Source | |
| 10/31/2007 | 11:33AM | PRNUS | American Standard Companies Announces Completion of Sale of Bath and Kitchen Business to Bain Capital
American Standard Companies Board Authorizes Share Repurchase
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) today announced completion of the sale of its global Bath and Kitchen products business to funds advised by Bain Capital Partners, LLC, a leading private investment... More...>> |
| 10/29/2007 | 1:57PM | PRNUS | Hampshire High School Expects to Save More Than $1 Million in Energy Costs With Ice Storage System
HAMPSHIRE, Ill., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- When building a new facility for Hampshire High School's 2,500 students, administrators chose an innovative ice storage system in order to:
-- Create high performance classrooms that optimize students' learning
environment, increase faculty retention and actually... More...>> |
| 10/26/2007 | 9:00AM | PRNUS | Vote Online to Help One Lucky Family Win a Dream Home Makeover
American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning's My Comfy Home Coloring Contest
TYLER, Texas, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Constantly vacuuming, dusting and wiping down surfaces will soon become a thing of the past for one lucky family. American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning announces eight finalists in... More...>> |
| 10/18/2007 | 7:00AM | PRNUS | American Standard Companies Reports Third-Quarter Results
- Delivers record third-quarter sales, up 7.7 percent in Air Conditioning Systems and Services
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) today announced third-quarter income from continuing operations (Trane Air Conditioning Systems and Services) of 63 cents per... More...>> |
| 10/08/2007 | 2:26PM | PRNUS | Trane Sponsors 2007 U.S. Green Buildings Council's Greenbuild Conference
- Supporting green communities through clean air and energy efficiency -
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trane, a global provider of indoor comfort systems and comprehensive facility solutions, is reaffirming its commitment to green communities through its platinum sponsorship of the Greenbuild International... More...>> |
| 10/05/2007 | 1:00PM | PRNUS | American Standard Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend of 16 Cents Per Share of Common Stock
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of 16 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on Dec. 20, 2007, to shareholders of record on Dec. 3, 2007.
On Feb. 1, American Standard Companies... More...>> |
| 10/05/2007 | 9:00AM | PRNUS | American Standard's Earnings Conference Call Set for Oct. 18
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) will hold its third-quarter 2007 earnings conference call at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 18. Fred Poses, chairman and CEO, and Peter D'Aloia, senior vice president and CFO, will review the company's financial performance... More...>> |
| 09/28/2007 | 3:38PM | PRNUS | American Standard Shareowners Approve Company Name Change to Trane
- Company Expects to Start Using Trane Name by End of Year -
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shareowners of American Standard Companies (NYSE:ASD) today approved an amendment to the certificate of incorporation allowing the company to change its name to Trane. In a special shareholders' meeting... More...>> |
| 09/26/2007 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Super Plumbers to the Rescue!
American Standard Contest Lets Plumbers Compete for Top Billing as Heroic Comic Book Character
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Plumbers are real- life superheroes who come to homeowners' rescue every day to solve plumbing and toilet troubles. That's why American Standard, manufacturer of the new... More...>> |
| 09/25/2007 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Awards Trane CenTraVac(TM) with 2007 Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Award
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected the Trane CenTraVac(TM) from the field of past Strategic Ozone Protection Award winners to receive its prestigious "Best-of-the-Best" Award.
Trane's CenTraVac is the world's most energy efficient large chilled... More...>> |
| 09/17/2007 | 10:21AM | PRNUS | Renovated New Orleans Care Facility Reopens, Reuniting Residents and Staff
Trane helps provide new quarters for St. Margaret's Daughters' Home
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Residents and staff of St. Margaret's Daughters' Home in New Orleans will be reunited in a temporary facility this month, two years after they evacuated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The 116-bed eldercare... More...>> |
| 09/06/2007 | 11:02AM | PRNUS | U.S. Navy to Save $33 Million in Energy Costs While Increasing Use of Renewable Energy Sources at Dam Neck Annex
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With the Energy Policy Act of 2005 setting federal energy reduction goals, government entities like the U.S. Navy continue to look for ways to reduce overall energy use and increase use of renewable energy - especially at bases like Dam Neck Annex in Virginia.
With... More...>> |
| 09/05/2007 | 11:00AM | PRNUS | Homeowners Admit to Dust Bunny Dilemma
American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning's Dust Bunny Barometer Uncovers Concerns and Solutions for Poor Indoor Air Quality in 20 Major U.S. Cities
TYLER, Texas, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The dust has settled -- and chances are dust bunnies are lurking in your home, especially if you live in Pittsburgh or Seattle.
Nearly... More...>> |
| 09/05/2007 | 8:59AM | PRNUS | WABCO Appoints John F. Fiedler and Donald J. Stebbins to Board of Directors
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE:WBC), a leading global provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission control systems for commercial vehicles, today announced the appointment of John F. Fiedler, retired chairman of BorgWarner, Inc. and Donald J... More...>> |
| 08/01/2007 | 3:00AM | PRNUS | WABCO Goes Public with Listing on New York Stock Exchange
- Company trades under symbol NYSE: WBC
NEW YORK and BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO (NYSE:WBC), a leading global provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission control systems for commercial vehicles, will make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange today, trading... More...>> |
| 07/23/2007 | 6:12PM | PRNUS | Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices
NEW YORK, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices:
-- S&P 500 constituent American Standard Companies, Inc. (NYSE:ASD) is
spinning off its vehicle control systems business, WABCO Holdings Inc.
(NYSE:WBCwi), after the close... More...>> |
| 07/23/2007 | 9:44AM | PRNUS | American Standard Announces Agreement to Sell Bath and Kitchen Business to Bain Capital for $1.755 Billion
PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the company's worldwide Bath and Kitchen products business to funds advised by Bain Capital Partners, LLC, a leading global private investment firm, for $1.755... More...>> |
| 07/18/2007 | 7:00AM | PRNUS | American Standard Companies Reports Second-Quarter Results
- Delivers record second-quarter sales, up 9.7 percent for company's combined three businesses
PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) today announced second-quarter net income per diluted share of 84 cents in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles... More...>> |
| 07/12/2007 | 7:00AM | PRNUS | American Standard Board Approves Spinoff of Vehicle Control Systems Business
- Will Create a New Public Company to be Known as WABCO (NYSE: WBC)
PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) yesterday approved the tax- free spinoff of its Vehicle Control Systems business into a new publicly traded company to be called... More...>> |
| 07/11/2007 | 10:37AM | PRNUS | American Standard's Earnings Conference Call Set for July 18
PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE:ASD) will hold its second-quarter 2007 earnings conference call at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 18. Fred Poses, chairman and CEO, and Peter D'Aloia, senior vice president and CFO, will review the financial performance of the... More...>> |