AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BorgWarner has recognized 31 employees with the 2005 BorgWarner Product Leadership Innovation Award for exceptional contributions in the areas of product development, operational excellence, customer excellence and collaboration. The group, listed below, will be honored this evening at a dinner ceremony in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
"If there is a single word that embodies the key to BorgWarner's success -- past, present and future -- it is innovation," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "New ideas, products and processes, and the people who create and foster them, are the lifeblood of our business and the lifeline to our continued prosperity as a leading global automotive supplier. The collective achievements that rise from the creativity, passion, commitment and discipline of Innovation Award winners distinguish our company from its industry peers and constitute 'the BorgWarner Difference'."
Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 62 locations in 17 countries. Customers include Ford, VW/Audi, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, Hyundai/Kia, Honda, BMW, Caterpillar, Navistar International, and Peugeot. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com/.
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Recipients of the 2005 BorgWarner Innovation Awards
Product Development Operational Excellence
Ralf Hoerdt John Sniegowksi
BorgWarner Transmission Systems BorgWarner Thermal Systems
(Heidelberg, Germany) (Cadillac, Michigan)
Gerhard Bellinger Patricia Lachat
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems BorgWarner Emissions Systems
(Ketsch, Germany) (Dixon, Illinois)
Dale Pickelman Lou Goss
BorgWarner Thermal Systems BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Marshall, Michigan) (Muncie, Indiana)
Ted Malott Jeff Malone
BorgWarner Thermal Systems BorgWarner Thermal Systems
(Marshall, Michigan) (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Jim Ignatovich Ron Tamunday
BorgWarner Thermal Systems BorgWarner Thermal Systems
(Marshall, Michigan) (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Chris Kowalsky Frederic Lissalde
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Auburn Hills, Michigan) (Tulle, France)
Brian Ginther
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Robert Lam
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Feng Dong
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Timm Kiener
BorgWarner Advanced Technology
(Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Ed Panek
BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Asheville, North Carolina)
Joerg Eiden
BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Kibo, Germany)
Customer Excellence Collaboration
Massimo Sadino Heiko Pfeil
BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Arcore, Italy) (Arnstadt, Germany)
Paolo Gatta Gae Yoo
BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Morse TEC
(Arcore, Italy) (Ithaca, New York)
Simon Whybrow Brian Handlon
BorgWarner Transmission Systems BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Heidelberg, Germany) (Asheville, North Carolina)
Karl-Heinz Bauer Matthew Junker
BorgWarner Transmission Systems BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Heidelberg, Germany) (Auburn Hills, Michigan)
Frank Guenter
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Heidelberg, Germany)
Gunter Lanzerath
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Ketsch, Germany)
James Muenzenberger
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Ketsch, Germany)
Hans Beels
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Ketsch, Germany)
Murray Busato
BorgWarner Emissions Systems
(Auburn Hills, Michigan)
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