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Starboard Industries, Inc. Wins DaimlerChrysler Pentastar

13 April 1999

Starboard Industries, Inc. Wins DaimlerChrysler Pentastar

    ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(AutomotiveWire)--April 12, 1999--JPE, Inc. (OTC BB:JPEI) announced today that Starboard Industries, Inc. of East Tawas, Michigan, has earned the DaimlerChrysler Gold Pentastar for its products on the Dakota, Durango, Neon and Grand Cherokee.
    Starboard is a JPE, Inc. company specializing in co-extruded, rollformed and stretch bent automotive exterior trim systems and components.
    "Starboard Industries is a model OEM supplier that all JPE affiliates pattern themselves after. We are very proud of Starboard and very grateful to DaimlerChrysler for the opportunity to win a Gold Pentastar award," said Richard Chrysler, President and Chief Executive Officer of JPE, Inc.