[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23438-23439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING TRW AUTOMOTIVE IN FOWLERVILLE, MI, FOR EARNING INDUSTRY 
                      WEEK'S TEN BEST PLANTS AWARD

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 8, 2004

  Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
outstanding work ethic of some of Michigan's finest workers at the TRW 
Automotive plant in Fowlerville, Michigan. On September 15, 2004, TRW 
Automotive announced that its Kelsey-Hayes Company automotive braking 
facility in Fowlerville, Michigan, earned a place on Industry Week's 
prestigious list of ``10 Best Plants'' in North America for 2004.

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  Industry Week awards its 10 Best Plants award to facilities that have 
made credible changes in the way they run their operations, aligning 
production processes with customer needs and harnessing people's desire 
to make things better. The Fowlerville TRW is well deserving of this 
distinction, the plant boasts a 100% on-time delivery performance to 15 
assembly locations, less than five days' on-hand inventory levels, and 
a defect rate of just three parts per million, down from 64 ppm in 
2000.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
workers at TRW Automotive for their strong commitment to quality 
manufacturing. American automotive workers are the best trained, most 
highly skilled workers in the world. Industry Week's profile of these 
fine manufacturers is a testament to their aptitude and steadfast 
commitment to quality.

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