Alcoa Automotive Castings Wins Supplier of the Year Award from Delphi.FARMINGTON HILLS Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , Mich. -- Alcoa (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AA) announced today that its Alcoa Automotive Castings business received the Best Supplier Award from Delphi's Energy & Chassis Division in Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 61,799. The 2006 population estimate was 57,523.[1] It is the county seat of Saginaw County[2] . Delphi is a world leader in automotive systems See ITS, embedded system, drive-by-wire, adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance system, autonomous vehicle, heads-up display, DSRC, lane departure system, CAN bus, FlexRay and SYNC. and components. AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. was commended for its customer responsiveness, proactive communications and continuous improvement efforts. AAC supplies Delphi with Vacuum Riser-less and Pressure Riser-less (VRC/PRC) aluminum front and rear knuckles that are used on the suspension system of automobiles. VRC/PRC permanent mold casting is a superior technology developed by Alcoa that produces high quality structurally focused castings. "Our dedication and team efforts have earned us this recognition," said Allen Zwierzchowski, president of Alcoa Automotive Castings. "This achievement reinforces our commitment to quality and highlights our mission of outstanding customer service every day." Alcoa produces the knuckles at the company's Michigan Casting Center. About Alcoa Automotive Castings Alcoa Automotive Castings is headquartered at the Alcoa Automotive Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan Farmington Hills is the most populous city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit and is known for it's affluence, excellent schools, great housing stock, luxury homes and a center of business in Oakland County and Metro Detroit. , USA, with design offices in Frickenhausen, Germany as well as at the Automotive Center. It has production facilities in Farsund, Norway, as well as in Michigan and Kentucky. AAC is the premier manufacturer of components for the suspension and chassis markets and produce sub-frames, cradles, knuckles, brackets and control arms. www.alcoa.com |
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