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Dana Enhances Customer Speed to Market With System-Focused Advanced Engineering

1 July 1999

Dana Enhances Customer Speed to Market With System-Focused Advanced Engineering

    TOLEDO, Ohio, July 1 -- Dana Corporation's
Automotive Systems Group announced today it has enhanced its ability to
develop new integrated vehicle systems by combining the advanced engineering
efforts of its product areas to form a single, advanced engineering function
dedicated to integrated systems.
    The purpose of the new team, called Advanced Technologies and Systems
Engineering, is to work at an advanced level with OEM customers to understand
their new program directions and to supply more efficient and integrated
solutions for their unique platform needs.  The team will use the synergies of
emerging technologies from throughout Dana to design new system concepts.
Focusing on integrated systems at the advanced engineering level is expected
to offer increased advantages in complexity reduction, integrated
functionality, and speed to market for Dana customers.
    "This is another step in moving from a product supplier to a systems
integration organization," said Bill Carroll, president of the Automotive
Systems Group.  "By focusing this group of advanced engineers on integrated
systems, we further cement our new SBU organization, share enabling
technologies across product lines, and bring integrated system thinking to the
entire organization."
    Advanced Technologies and Systems Engineering will comprise top advanced
engineers from Spicer(R) Axle Products, Spicer(R) Driveshaft Products,
Parish(R) Structural Products, Nakata(R) Steering and Suspension, FTE(R) Brake
and Clutch systems, and systems engineering, integration, and logistics, as
well as technology planning units.  The team will report to Mike Laisure, vice
president of Modules and Systems, and will be located at Dana's Technical
Resource Park in Ottawa Lake, Mich.
    The Advanced Technologies and Systems Engineering team, along with Dana's
technology planning unit, is expected to collaborate with its counterparts at
OEM customers to understand their future vehicle system requirements.  The
team will disseminate customer feedback throughout the organization, driving
the engineering efforts of the various product groups, while focusing its own
efforts on solving customer system issues with innovations in fully integrated
systems.
    The establishment of this team is an extension of Dana's current
technology process, where company technology councils meet quarterly to share
enabling technologies across divisions and product lines.
    Dana has taken a leadership role in systems integration, working with its
OEM customers who are looking for ways to get products to market faster and to
reduce costs.  With modules like the Rolling Chassis(TM) modular vehicle
system, automakers save on design, engineering, inventory, labor, and
manufacturing costs.  Modules are delivered as needed to the assembly line,
allowing for more speed and flexibility in vehicle production.
    Dana's Automotive Systems Group provides under-the-vehicle products,
integrated modules and systems to customers anywhere in the world.  The
Automotive Systems Group consists of Spicer(R) axle products, Spicer(R)
driveshaft products, Parish(R) structural products, Nakata(R) steering and
suspension, FTE(R) brake and clutch systems, and a systems engineering
integration and logistics unit.
    Dana Corporation is one of the world's largest independent suppliers to
vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket.  Founded in 1904 and based in
Toledo, Ohio, the company operates some 330 major facilities in 32 countries
and employs more than 86,000 people.  The company reported sales of $12.5
billion in 1998.  Dana's Internet address is http://www.dana.com.