Automotive Industry Action Group Honors Outstanding Volunteers At Annual Awards Dinner
DETROIT, Aug. 31, 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.
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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 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 Dana Corporation Lifetime Award 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 http://www.aiag.org/ .
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