American Axle & Manufacturing Will Produce a Carrier Assembly for a Major U.S. Commercial Truck Program
15 Settembre 2008 - 1:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
DETROIT, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Axle &
Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM), today announced it will produce a
carrier assembly for a major U.S. commercial truck program. The
carrier assembly will be used in a tandem, double-reduction rear
axle for heavy-duty vocational, commercial and line-haul
application vehicles, beginning in 2009. AAM is leveraging the
legacy knowledge-base and commercial vehicle expertise of its
Albion Automotive subsidiary in the United Kingdom and the
engineering talent provided at its new Fort Wayne Engineering
Center in Indiana for this program. The manufacturing process for
this product will employ the company's environmentally friendly
two-cut/dry-cut gear generation process to produce gear sets that
meet the extreme levels of durability essential for heavy duty
applications. "Quality, reliability, strength and durability are
hallmarks of AAM's product portfolio," says AAM Co-Founder,
Chairman & CEO Richard E. Dauch. "We are extremely pleased to
have been given the opportunity to produce high quality, high
performance carrier assembly for one of the world's leading
commercial truck manufacturers. "This new business is AAM's first
major venture into commercial trucks in the United States and
brings a new product manufactured by AAM to the U.S. market. With
this award, we are able to further expand our strategic initiative
of increasing our new products penetration into new market segments
with new customers." AAM is a world leader in the manufacture,
engineering, design and validation of driveline and drivetrain
systems and related components and modules, chassis systems and
metal-formed products for trucks, sport utility vehicles, passenger
cars and crossover utility vehicles. In addition to locations in
the United States (Michigan, New York, Ohio and Indiana), AAM also
has offices or facilities in Brazil, China, Germany, India, Japan,
Luxembourg, Mexico, Poland, South Korea, Thailand and the United
Kingdom. Certain statements contained in this press release which
are not historical facts contain forward-looking information with
respect to the Company's plans, projections or future performance,
the occurrence of which involves risk and uncertainties that could
cause the Company's actual results or plans to differ materially
from those expected by the Company which include risk factors
described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. For more information ... Renee B. Rogers Jamie M.
Little Manager, Corporate Communications and Director, Investor
Relations Media Relations (313) 758-4831 (313) 758-4882 Or visit
the AAM website at http://www.aam.com/ DATASOURCE: American Axle
& Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: Renee B. Rogers,
Manager, Corporate Communications and Media Relations,
+1-313-758-4882, , or Jamie M. Little, Director, Investor
Relations, +1-313-758-4831, , both of American Axle &
Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. Web site: http://www.aam.com/ Company
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