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States that Mel Farr Automotive Group has continued its steady growth with the acquisition of two dealerships. Purchase of Autobahn Motors of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Acquisition of Al Bennett Ford of Grand Blanc, Michigan; Creation of Mel Farr Imports; More.

Informs that Trumark Inc. of Lansing, Michigan bought CMX Corp. in May 1993. Expansion of Trumark's metal-stamping capacity; Metal auto-underbody parts; Trumark Metal Products Inc., the new name of the company; Details.

Reports on a $1.5 million deal between black business owners Charlie Johnson, president of Louisville, Kentucky-based Active Transportation Co., and Mel Farr, owner of the Mel Farr Automotive Group Inc. Details; National Automobile Transporters Association; National Minority Suppliers Development Council.

Reports that a dispute between Michigan-based Trans Jones Inc. and its commercial insurer Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has knocked the trucking firm off the road and into a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Trans Jones' No. 12 ranking on the BE Industrial/Service 100; Details; International Brotherhood of Teamsters union; Former Trans Jones CEO Gary White; Trans Jones' new president Homer W. McClarty.

Reports that Summa-Harrison Metal Products Inc., ranked No. 60 on the 1992 BE Industrial/Service List, was sold to a white-owned auto industry supplier in January 1993. The bankruptcy filing, loss of minority ownership status and criminal investigation that preceded the sale; Summa-Harrison CEO Charlie Harrison Jr.; Businessman Donald Nick; Michigan Minority Business Development Council; Ford Motor Co.; Chrysler Corp.; Details.