Delphi's release FYI
delphiauto.com
For Release: July 27, 1999
FLINT, Mich., /PRNewswire/ -- Delphi Automotive Systems (NYSE: DPH) is investing $15.5 million in several of its U.S. facilities, according to Donald L. Runkle, president of Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems. "These investments in lean manufacturing and in upgrading our facilities are important to our competitiveness," Runkle said. "We want to be recognized by our customers as their best supplier."
Delphi will invest $6.8 million in its generator operations located in Anderson, Ind. The investment is for the installation of new equipment and tooling for a lean generator assembly cell to produce a new high-output generator for a future truck program.
Delphi also is investing $1.4 million in its battery production process. Delphi will install new equipment and tooling for battery production in all four of Delphi's U.S. battery plants -- Anaheim, Calif.; Fitzgerald, Ga.; New Brunswick, N.J.; and Olathe, Kan. The equipment includes technological improvements in the plate manufacturing process. This new process will help improve quality and material flow.
In addition, Delphi is investing $2.8 million in its Fitzgerald, Ga., facility to install lean equipment for battery production. The new equipment will combine two operations and will improve material flow and provide ergonomic improvements for the operators.
Also in Fitzgerald, Delphi is investing $1 million to replace and upgrade brick flooring. This new flooring will provide better impact, abrasion and chemical resistance, and offers improved environmental safeguards.
In Rochester, N.Y., Delphi is investing $3.5 million to complete the last phase of a re-roofing project at its Lexington Avenue plant. |
