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Automotive Industry Action Group Honors Outstanding Volunteers at Annual Awards Dinner

DETROIT--Aug. 3, 20041, 2004--The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) will honor individuals and member companies tonight for their outstanding contributions to the automotive industry at AIAG's annual Outstanding Achievement Awards dinner.

The collaborative efforts of these individuals and companies have resulted in industry guidelines and global standards that are widely used throughout the global supply chain. AIAG will honor 27 Individual Outstanding Achievement Award winners, two Lifetime Achievement Award winners and one Corporate Award winner. Nick Scheele, president of Ford Motor Co., will keynote the dinner. He will discuss the importance of collaboration between automakers and suppliers and the positive impacts on the automotive industry.

"The work of our outstanding member companies and volunteers is crucial to the quality, safety and the future of every company that works in the automotive industry," said Andrew J. Cummins, executive director and CEO of AIAG. "The dinner is a formal salute and tribute for their efforts that will leave a mark on the industry for years to come."

Held during the week of Auto-Tech 2004, the AIAG Outstanding Achievement Awards Dinner will be held at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center at 7 p.m.

In its 17th year, Auto-Tech brings together automotive OEMs and suppliers to share technology standards and processes that reduce cost and complexity in business and manufacturing processes. The theme of Auto-Tech 2004 is "Driving Performance Together," and exhibitors on the 52,000-square-foot exhibit floor will include leading automotive manufacturers and technology and automotive suppliers. More than 150 exhibitors and nearly 4,000 auto industry executives are expected to participate in Auto-Tech 2004.


2004 Outstanding Achievement Award Recipients

Individual Award                         Company
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Sasha Banks-Louie                        Syncata
Cara A. Besh                             DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Irvin Chmielewski
Richard M. Dufour                        General Motors Corporation
Charles S. Fenton                        Sterling Commerce
Mary L. Foster                           Ford Motor Company
Donald L. Galway                         Dana Corporation
Eugene Greenstein, Ph.D.                 Visteon Corporation
Cameron T. Hill                          DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Aidan Hughes                             Gates Corporation
Kenneth A. Hulik                         General Motors Corporation
Carol J. Johnson                         DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Philip Marlow                            Visteon Corporation
David F. Myers                           CTS Automotive Products
Donald J. Myers                          Haldex Commercial Vehicle 
                                          Systems
Terry Onica                              QAD
Stephen L. Paul                          Federal Mogul Corporation
Gary M. Pilarski                         Delphi
Teresa L. Pratt                          Delphi
Todd Pronger                             Robert Bosh Corporation
Darrell Schwartz                         Metaldyne
Stephen E. Selander                      Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
Rolf B. Sletten                          Ford Motor Company
Jorg Alexander Vollmer                   Robert Bosch GmbH
Dr. Anna M. Wasmer                       PDTec GmbH
Daniel R. Wozniak                        Ford Motor Company
Patricia A. Toufar                       Infor Global Solutions, Inc.

Corporate Award
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Dana Corporation


Lifetime Award
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Larry Higgason (posthumous)
Dean Pierson                             DaimlerChrysler Corporation

Founded in 1982, AIAG is headquartered in the metro Detroit area. Its more than 1,600 member companies include North American, European and Asia-Pacific OEMs and suppliers to the automotive industry with combined sales of more than $840 billion. A not-for-profit association, AIAG's primary goals are to reduce cost and complexity within the automotive supply chain and to improve speed to market, product quality, employee health and safety and the environment. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.aiag.org.