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Valeo Receives Industry Week's Annual Best Plants Award

13 October 2000

Valeo Receives Industry Week's Annual Best Plants Award

    PARIS--October 12, 2000--Valeo (VLEEY) Klimasysteme GmbH, Bad Rodach (Germany), a division of the Valeo Group, has been selected by Industry Week, the leading manufacturing management magazine, as a winning facility in the publication's 11th annual Best Plants competition.
    "These plants in North America and Europe set the standard for excellence in manufacturing" said Industry Week Executive Editor Patricia Panchak. "They define the winning strategies for achieving world-class performance. IW is proud to celebrate the winners' success and share their stories. Their tales of competing in the ultra competitive world of manufacturing are not only inspirations for managers everywhere, but are tried-and-true road maps for world-class manufacturing."
    Valeo Klimasysteme GmbH will receive a commemorative award at ceremonies tentatively scheduled for November 8, 2000. The honor recognizes world-class manufacturing capabilities and a mindset of continuous improvement. This plant was selected from over 250 facilities nominated between October 1999 and March 2000.
    This achievement is due to the consequent deployment of the 5 Valeo Axes for Customer Satisfaction and has been made possible due to the outstanding involvement of the teams. The 5 Axes are established tools and methods with specific objectives and quantifiable deliverables, aimed at improving the entire flow of the value chain.
    worldwide.