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Suppliers to the 2010 Volkswagen Routan
Suppliers wanted: If you are a supplier and have questions or want your information considered for our car cutaways, contact Steven Wingett at: [email protected]
TANK TOP LINESTI Automotive
FRONTDOORHINGESMultimatic
CAM COVER MODULES;SPECIALTY GASKETSElringKlinger
BACKLITE GLAZINGPilkington
DOOR HANDLERELEASE CABLE
Dura
DVD PLAYERMitsubishiElectric
ROOF RACKMagna
STORAGE TUBSTower Automotive
FRONT DOORLATCHES
Kiekert
FRONT-DOORGLASS
Pittsburgh GlassWorks
DVDBRACKETSNarmco
REAR SUSPENSIONCOIL SPRING
Mubea
ACOUSTICBAFFLESika
HOOD LATCHDura
WIRING PROTECTIONSYSTEMSDelfingen
ENGINE CONTROLUNITContinental
FRICTIONPLATESBorgWarner
TIMING BRACKETASSEMBLYINA
HOSE ASSEMBLIESCooper-Standard
WATER PUMPBEARINGFAG
PARKING BRAKEBEARINGSGGB Bearing Technology
BASESPEAKERSPanasonic
WHEEL STUDSTaper Pro
DRIVERAIR BAGTRW
WINDSHIELDPittsburghGlass Works
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROLContinental
MULTIPLE V-RIBBED BELTSContitech
TRANSFER CASE TAPERROLLER BEARINGGeneral Bearing
CUPHOLDERIAC
RADIO HEADUNITAlpine Electronics
REAR HUB UNITSFAG
GAS-SPRINGLIFTGATE
Stabilus
BODY SIDEMOLDINGSGuardian
WEATHERSEALSLIP-COATG.B.I.E.
SUNROOFArvinMeritor
V-6 CYLINDER BLOCKEisenwerk Bruehl
INTERIORPILLAR TRIMIAC
ALUMINUM HOODNovelis
LOCKSETSStrattec
REAR SLIDING-DOOR
MODULES;FRONT DOOR
MODULESMagna Closures
FABRICFOR SEATINSERTGuilford
SEATSYSTEMBrose
STEERINGGEARTRW
STEERINGWHEELKS Centoco
SIDEAIRBAGMODULETakata
PATRIARCH PARTNERS — TimLeuliette, 60, to managing director
of the New Yorkprivate-equityfirm, which isthe newmajorityshareholder ofDuraAutomotiveSystems ofsuburbanDetroit.
He alsobecomes executive chairman ofDura.
Leuliette had been Dura’s CEO.Torben von Staden replaces
Leuliette as CEO. Von Staden hadbeen CEO of Global AutomotiveSystems, a group of suppliers ownedby Patriarch Partners.
Global Automotive Systems hasbeen folded into Dura.
Dura Automotive Systems suppliesshifter, cable, structural and safety,glass and exterior trim, and seatingcontrol systems.
SAE INTERNATIONAL — Thefollowing people were named to theboard of SAE’s engineering groupafter an election by the generalmembership. � Vice president-automotive: Mircea Gradu, Chrysler Group.� Treasurer: Carol Story, retired,Navistar Inc.� Assistant treasurer: Ronald Rath,Marx Consulting Group.� Directors: Bernard Challen,
Shoreham Services; Wendy Clark,National Renewable EnergyLaboratory, U.S. Department ofEnergy; Victor Mucino, WestVirginia University; Robert Sump,Nissan Technical Center NorthAmerica; and Mark Zachos,Dearborn Group TechnologyInc.
The treasurer and assistanttreasurer will serve two-year termsand the others three-year terms.
Leuliette
E-mail personnel news to:[email protected]
Or send it to:Deputy Managing EditorAutomotive News1155 Gratiot Ave.Detroit, MI 48207-2997
Please include the employee’sbirthdate, new title, most recent titleand the full name and locationof company.
DETROIT — Lithium ion batterymaker EnerDel Inc. and one of itsbackers is conducting trials in Japanaimed at giving electric-car batteriesa second life providing storage on thepower grid.
“That’s the single fastest way tobring down the cost of cell production— not by beating up on suppliers butfinding a residual value so that theconsumer only bears 20 to 30 percentof the cost of the battery,” said CharlesGassenheimer, CEO of EnerDel’s par-ent, Ener1 Inc., of New York.
EnerDel is partnering with the realestate arm of the Japanese tradinghouse Itochu Corp. to develop andproduce the battery systems for a res-idential smart-grid energy storageproject to be installed in an apart-ment building near Tokyo.
After a battery pack has reached theend of its useful life in a vehicle, itwould be used in a residential settingto store excess power — for example,electricity generated at night, to beused during peak-demand periods.That would split the lifetime cost ofthe batteries between the vehicleowner and the utility or other entitythat reuses those batteries.
Itochu Property Development Ltd.began selling units in a five-storyapartment building last month, withthe first move-ins scheduled for early2011. The real estate developer aimsto include secondary-use lithium ionbatteries for distributed grid storagein one-fifth of its future buildings.
Itochu has been an investor in pri-vately held Ener1 since 2003.
— James B. Treece
EnerDel tests grid storage plan
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