Dana Corporation's Spicer Driveshaft Division Receives Australia's Best Manufacturer Award / Dana Division Selected from Field of 153 Companies

Toledo, Ohio (ots-PRNewswire) - Dana Corporation's (NYSE: DCN) Spicer Driveshaft Australia Division has received Australia's Best Manufacturer Award for overall achievement in Manufacturing Excellence. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA ) "This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication to excellence of our people in Australia," said Ismael Melgar, president of Dana's Driveshaft Products. "Their commitment to our customers' total satisfaction is reflected in this recognition." The awards process uses Britain's Best Factory Awards as a model to develop a rating system. Once the best-practice ratings were established, a panel of judges conducted site visits to determine the finalist and winner. Dana was selected the top manufacturer out of a field of 153 entries. "Our people really pulled together to demonstrate Dana Australia's emphasis on quality and performance," said Aleta Kane, Spicer Driveshaft Australia manager. "I am very proud to be working with this team." The award was established to raise awareness of the business benefits of manufacturing excellence and to provide Australian companies with role models. The awards recognize local exemplars of manufacturing excellence and highlight the business benefits that can be achieved by implementing manufacturing best practices. So far this year, Dana operations have received 12 state quality awards in the United States. Dana established its Australian presence in 1970, growing to more than 30 facilities in Australia and New Zealand producing components and systems for vehicular, off-highway, and industrial original equipment manufacturers and their related aftermarkets. Spicer Driveshaft is the leading manufacturer and marketer of complete driveline systems for the vehicular and off-highway markets and is an operating unit under Dana's Automotive Systems Group. Dana Corporation is one of the world's largest independent suppliers to vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket. Founded in 1904 and based in Toledo, Ohio, the company operates some 330 major facilities in 32 countries and employs more than 86,000 people. The company reported sales of $12.5 billion in 1998. Dana's Internet address is www.dana.com . ots Original Text Service: Dana Corporation Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Gary Corrigan of Dana Corporation (USA) 419-535-4813 Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/226839.html or fax, (USA) 800-758-5804, ext. 226839 Web site: http://www.dana.com Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT