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Chrysler´s Campo Largo: Dana's Rolling Chassis Module Named Finalist for 1999 PACE Award TOLEDO, Ohio, March 2, 1999 - Dana Corporation announced today that its Rolling Chassis(TM) modular system was named finalist for the 1999 Automotive News PACE(TM) Award for innovative product, manufacturing, and service achievements. The Rolling Chassis system is the most complex module ever supplied to an original equipment manufacturer for a light-duty vehicle application. It incorporates components from 66 suppliers and includes the frame, front and rear axles, driveshaft, suspension, steering system, brakes, fuel tank, electrical circuits, wheels, and tires. The module system is used by DaimlerChrysler AG in Campo Largo, Brazil, for the Dodge Dakota pickup truck and accounts for more than 25 percent of the finished vehicle. Along with providing many of the components in the system, Dana provides overall program management, including worldwide logistics, engineering change management, warranty administration, and Tier II scheduling and development. This has reduced Chrysler's plant investment, inventory investment, number of suppliers to manage, and time to market. "It's a true honor for the Rolling Chassis system to be named finalist for this prestigious award," said Mike Laisure, vice president of Dana's Modules & Systems Group. "This is a recognition not only of Dana Corporation, but also of DaimlerChrysler and Chrysler do Brasil, which were willing to work with us in this first-of-its-kind venture. It is also a recognition of our supplier partners." In the last five years, the PACE awards have recognized Dana divisions seven times for their individual components or manufacturing processes. Dana's Spicer Driveshaft Division and former transmission division are previous recipients of the award, which was first presented in 1995. Additionally, Dana's Parish Light Vehicle Structures Division was twice honored as a finalist, the Spicer Heavy Axle and Brake Division was named a finalist in 1996, and Dana's Plumley Division was honored as a finalist in 1998. Co-sponsored by Automotive News and Ernst & Young LLP, the PACE (Premier Automotive suppliers' Contributions to Excellence) Awards recognize automotive suppliers of all sizes for innovative product, manufacturing, and service achievements. Winners of the 1999 award were announced Monday evening at an awards ceremony at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. Part of Dana's Automotive Systems strategic business unit, the Modules & Systems Group coordinates Dana's light- and medium-duty global modular activity, which involves 10 facilities in seven nations. This activity includes current projects with major original equipment manufacturers such as DaimlerChrysler AG, Fiat Auto Argentina S.A., Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Volkswagen A.G., and A.B. Volvo.
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