Automotive News Manufacturing Conference to Explore Manufacturers' Flexible Strategies For Auto Production

  WHAT:   2005 Automotive News Manufacturing Conference, "The Flexible
          Future"

  WHEN:   Monday - Wednesday, June 13 - 15

  WHERE:  The Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, Ala.

AGENDA: The conference will explore the flexible strategies manufacturers use to assemble a variety of vehicles in the same plant. The agenda features:

          *  insights from the industry's leading executives through
             individual presentations and a panel discussion:  "Forecasting,
             Build-to-order, Order-to-delivery:  Delivering What the
             Customer Wants;"
          *  networking meals, cocktail receptions and a gala dinner
             Tuesday, June 14; and
          *  VIP tours of the Mercedes-Benz plant.

SPEAKERS: Addressing the Automotive News Manufacturing Conference will be:

          *  James T. Bolte, vice president, Toyota Motor Manufacturing
             Alabama, Inc.;
          *  Craig Cather, president and CEO, CSM Worldwide;
          *  Matt DeMars, vice president, Vehicle Operations, North America,
             Ford Motor Co.;
          *  Charles Ernst, vice president and plant manager, Honda
             Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC;
          *  Dan Gaudette, senior vice president, North American
             Manufacturing and Quality Assurance, Nissan North America;
          *  Jeffrey Gaudiano, department manager, Plant Structural
             Planning, Control of Production and Distribution, BMW
             Manufacturing Co.;
          *  Ron Harbour, president, Harbour Consulting;
          *  Tom Stallkamp, industrial partner, Ripplewood Holdings, Inc.;
             and
          *  Keith Wandell, vice president and president, Automotive Group,
             Johnson Controls.

The program will also feature a live satellite presentation from Stuttgart, Germany by:

          *  Bill Taylor, president and CEO, Mercedes-Benz U.S.
             International; and
          *  Hans-Heinrich Weingarten, executive vice president, Mercedes
             Car Group Production, DaimlerChrysler AG.

  SPONSORS:  Automotive News, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International and SAP

  INFO:   http://www.autonews.com/manufacturing