Collins & Aikman Announces New GM European Business
3 January 2001
Collins & Aikman Announces New GM European Business
TROY, Mich.--Jan. 2, 2001--Collins & Aikman Corporation announced today that it has entered into a multi-year agreement to supply floor and acoustic systems, engine acoustic products and interior components for the 2001 GM Vivaro Van, Vivaro Combi and Vivaro Bus vehicles. The components supplied include: the dash insulator, air bag component insulation, battery cover, clutch cover insulation, front floor carpet and polyurethane flooring, middle and rear floor carpet and EVA-based laminated floormats (bus and combi only), and medium density fiberboard mat (van platform).The acoustic systems will be produced at Collins & Aikman's St. Neots, U.K., facility, while the floor systems will be manufactured at Collins & Aikman's Newcastle-under-Lyme, U.K., facility. Final assembly for the vehicles will be at GM's Luton, England, facility beginning in March 2001.
Commenting on this new contract, Brian Batey, President of Collins & Aikman's European Interior Systems Division, noted, "We're extremely pleased to have been awarded this important new business from GM. As evidenced by new contracts such as this, Collins & Aikman continues to strengthen its European position by providing high-quality, value-added systems to our customers worldwide."