American Axle & Manufacturing Dedicates its New World Headquarters
23 Luglio 2004 - 7:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
American Axle & Manufacturing Dedicates its New World
Headquarters DETROIT, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American
Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) dedicated its new world headquarters
in Detroit, Michigan today, in a ceremony that included the Mayor
of the City of Detroit, the Honorable Kwame Kilpatrick, and Detroit
City Council President Maryann Mahaffey. The Honorable Jennifer
Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan delivered a videotaped
message. "When this company was formed in 1994, it was a priority
for us that we locate our headquarters in the city of Detroit, the
motor capital of the world. The new AAM world headquarters tops off
more than 10 years of improvements and contributions that we have
made in the community," said AAM Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Richard E. Dauch. "It is a true capstone for our corporation. Now,
we have all our functional capabilities under one roof, for the
first time in AAM's history." Constructed at a cost of more than
$40 million, the new 250,000 square- foot AAM world headquarters
building is home to the corporate offices and 628 AAM associates
and executives from engineering, finance, human resources, legal,
procurement, sales, marketing and manufacturing. The seven-story
building was completed in 24 months, utilizing more than 500,000
man-hours of labor. It features a two-level parking structure, 30
conference rooms, an auditorium with capacity for more than 300
people, and a cafe with a seating capacity for more than 225
people. Associates began moving in July 2003 with final occupancy
completed in December 2003. AAM is a world leader in the
manufacture, engineering, design and validation of driveline
systems and related components and modules, chassis systems and
metal-formed products for light trucks, sport utility vehicles and
passenger cars. In addition to its 14 locations in the United
States (in Michigan, New York and Ohio), AAM also has offices and
facilities in Brazil, England, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico and
Scotland. 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 ... Carrie L.P. Gray Christopher
M. Son Director, Media Relations Director, Investor Relations (313)
758-4880 (313) 758-4814 Or visit the AAM website at
http://www.aam.com/ DATASOURCE: American Axle & Manufacturing
CONTACT: Carrie L.P. Gray, Director, Media Relations,
+1-313-758-4880, , or Christopher M. Son, Director, Investor
Relations, +1-313-758-4814, , both of American Axle &
Manufacturing Web site: http://www.aam.com/ Company News On-Call:
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