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 jamie.little@aam.com
renee.rogers@aam.com
Or visit the AAM website at http://www.aam.com
SOURCE American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Renee B. Rogers, Manager, Corporate
Communications and Media Relations, +1-313-758-4882,
renee.rogers@aam.com, or Jamie M. Little, Director, Investor
Relations, +1-313-758-4831, jamie.little@aam.com, both of
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
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