DaimlerChrysler's Kokomo Transmission Plant Receives 'Patriot Award'
12 Août 2005 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
National Guard Employee Nominates the Company KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 12
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DaimlerChrysler's Kokomo (Ind.)
Transmission Plant (KTP) will be recognized today as a "Patriot
Award" recipient by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. The award
recognizes companies that implement policies and practices that
support their employees' participation in the National Guard and
Reserve. James Reed, Plant Manager of KTP, will accept the award on
behalf of the Company. The National Committee of Employer Support
of the Guard and Reserve sponsors the Awards program. All employer
awards stem from nominations by Reserve members. KTP was nominated
by Col. Dave Harris, a member of the National Guard who also is
employed as a Manufacturing Quality Assurance Coordinator at KTP.
"DaimlerChrysler is committed to supporting our employees while
they work in our facilities and when they work to keep America
safe," said Fred Goedtel, Vice President of
Transmission/Casting/Machining for DaimlerChrysler. "We realize
that in order to continue to build great cars, we have to provide
an environment that offers employee support -- in all aspects of
their lives. We thank each member of the National Guard and Reserve
for serving our country." The DaimlerChrysler plant joins a select
group of companies who have also been bestowed with the "Patriot
Award," including Firestone Tire & Rubber, SBC Indiana and
O'Neal Steel. DaimlerChrysler has been a member of the Indiana
community for more than 45 years and continues its ongoing
commitment to bringing new business to the existing facilities. The
Company has four plants in Kokomo: Kokomo Transmission, Kokomo
Casting, Indiana Transmission Plant (One) and the new Indiana
Transmission Plant II. The Company has more than 8,200 employees in
the state of Indiana, with annual wages of $776 million. In
addition, the Company recently established a $50,000
DaimlerChrysler Fund Technical Training Scholarship along with the
Kokomo/Howard County Development Corp. DATASOURCE: Chrysler Group
CONTACT: Curtrise Garner, +1-248-512-2712, or David Elshoff,
+1-248-512-2690, , both of Chrysler Group Web site:
http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/
http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/
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