AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BorgWarner presented 2008 Product Leadership Innovation Awards to 38 employees from its operations around the world. The awards recognize exceptional contributions in product development, operational excellence, customer excellence and collaboration.
"At BorgWarner, our employees are passionate about creating and delivering technologies that improve fuel economy, reduce emissions and increase performance," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner Chairman and CEO. "I'm proud of the dedication, collaboration, and creativity of our Innovation Award winners."
Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The FORTUNE 500 company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 60 locations in 18 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA, and MAN. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com/.
- List of Award Winners Follows - RECIPIENTS OF THE 2008 BORGWARNER INNOVATION AWARDS Product Development Daniel Bader Nicholas Mayernick Michael Schaefer BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Transmission Systems Emissions Systems Systems Arnstadt, Germany Asheville, Ketsch, Germany North Carolina Guenther Vogt Harald Merkel Frank Smith BorgWarner BERU BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Morse TEC Systems Systems Ithaca, New York Ludwigsburg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany Thomas Buchholz Steve Myers Joerg Weigold BorgWarner Thermal BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner BERU Systems Systems Emissions Systems Bretten, Germany Markdorf, Germany Asheville, North Carolina Avinash Kurdekar Werner Niessner BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner BERU Systems Systems Ludwigsburg, Germany Pune, India Customer Excellence Paul Diemer Tom Hardies David Ray BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Emissions Systems Systems TorqTransfer Systems Asheville, Addison, Illinois Auburn Hills, Michigan North Carolina Matt Goethe Allan Kelly Jack Scollard BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Systems Emissions Systems TorqTransfer Addison, Illinois Asheville, Systems North Carolina Auburn Hills, Michigan Rob Green Craig Larson BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner Transmission Systems Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Bellwood, Illinois Operational Excellence Bernd Bienroth Paddy Lange Matt Thompson BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner BERU BorgWarner TorqTransfer Emissions Systems Systems Systems Kirchheimbolanden, Tralee, Ireland Auburn Hills, Michigan Germany Scott Biggers Diane Pitre Chris Winchester BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner World BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems Headquarters Systems Seneca, South Carolina Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan Stefan Klein Niclas Schenkenberger BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Turbo & Emissions Systems Emissions Systems Kirchheimbolanden, Kirchheimbolanden, Germany Germany Collaboration Harald Engelhardt R Murali Tom Tan BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner China Systems Tiruvallur, India Shanghai, China Ketsch, Germany Fara Karam Donn Niffenegger Patrick Tissier BorgWarner World BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner Transmission Headquarters Systems Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan Shanghai, China PS KrishnaKumar K Saraswathi VD Umashanker BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Morse TEC Tiruvallur, India Tiruvallur, India Tiruvallur, India Quinn McCarthy Stepan Sotnichenko BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan
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