Supplier executive returns to the hot - and cool - seat; Neighbor's tip led Marx to Amerigon ventilation system.(News, Oscar ``Bud'' Marx III)(Brief Article)

Crain's Detroit Business, October, 2002 by Kosdrosky, Terry

Byline: Terry Kosdrosky Sometimes good leads come from unexpected places. Oscar ``Bud'' Marx III was getting ready to settle into his second home in Laguna Beach, Calif., when a neighbor came to him with a question about an investment in a California-based auto supplier. That answer brought Marx, a former Ford Motor Co.

and Electro-Wire Products Inc. executive, back to Detroit. That company, Dearborn-based Amerigon Inc., completed its move from California recently. Amerigon (Nasdaq: ARGN) makes a unique cooling and heating system for car seats using thermal electric devices. The systems are on six production models, and revenue is expected to double this year from 2001's $6.5 million. After hearing the Amerigon tip, Marx and partner Thomas Wheeler...

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