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发布于 2019 七月 19

AAM 联合创始人 Richard E. Dauch 入选汽车名人堂

底特律，2019 年 7 月 19 日 – American Axle & Manufacturing 联合创始人 Richard E. “Dick” Dauch 已入选汽车名人堂。被誉为创新制造战略家的 Dauch 因其广阔的职业生涯而受到尊敬，其中包括在汽车 OEM 和供应商中担任领导职位。

AAM 董事长兼首席执行官 David C. Dauch 表示：“Dick Dauch 拥有多方面的显赫名声 - 行业的标杆人物、社区的支柱以及领导者中的佼佼者；但最重要的是，他对制造业的热情、对客户的承诺以及对指导和发展团队的奉献精神使他成为底特律乃至全世界的传奇人物。”“我们感谢汽车名人堂，很荣幸他能加入到这些声名显赫的人物行列。虽然我们希望他能来这里庆祝，但我知道他会因为获此荣誉而感到谦虚而感激。”

1964 年从普渡大学毕业并取得工业管理学士学位后，Dick Dauch 在通用汽车公司的 Chevrolet Flint 组装厂开始了他的职业生涯。1973 年，他晋升为 Chevrolet Livonia Spring & Bumper 的工厂经理，成为当时通用汽车公司历史上最年轻的工厂经理之一。

在通用汽车公司先后担任多个领导职务后，Dauch 于 1976 年加入大众汽车公司。Dauch 是大众美国团队的一员，该团队当时在美国建立了第一个成功的移植组装工厂。 

Dauch 领导了美国大众汽车公司的所有制造工作，其中包括大获成功的 VW Rabbit。

1980 年，Lee Iacocca 聘请 Dauch 加入克莱斯勒公司，以重振其萎靡的制造业务。他以远见卓识、以人为本、严肃认真的领导方式，规划并指导了克莱斯勒公司举世公认的准时化材料管理系统、线上车辆排序和三班制组装模式能力的实施。他还指导建设克莱斯勒技术中心、三座新的组装厂以及所有生产和发布活动，包括开创性的新款克莱斯勒微型面包车。

1992 年，通用汽车公司宣布出售 18 家制造工厂，其中有 5 家制造工厂包含该公司的最终传动和锻造业务部门。作为对这一公告的回应，刚从克莱斯勒公司全球制造执行副总裁职位上卸任不久的 Dauch 组建了一个小型投资团队，以购买通用汽车公司准备出售的五个动力传动系统和锻造资产。1994 年 3 月 1 日，AAM 成为一家独立的公司。

AAM 的总部设在底特律，在 17 个国家/地区开设了近 90 家工厂，拥有 25,000 多名员工，销售额超过 70 亿美元。

David C. Dauch 表示：“25 年前，在我家的餐桌上，我们萌生了建立一家全球一级汽车供应商的想法。”“多年来，我们已成长为一家专注于超越客户期望并开发业内最佳动力传动系统、金属成型和铸造技术的全球性公司。在庆祝公司成立 25 周年之际，我们仍致力于通过创新产品、行业领先的质量、流程驱动的卓越运营和技术领先地位来传递力量。但我们也要记住，关系是至关重要的，我们将继续加强与客户、社区以及其他主要利益相关者之间的联系。我们很荣幸继承我父亲的遗产，并继续发扬他终生奉行的标准、价值观、原则和信念。”

Dick Dauch 的制造业专家和企业家声誉在北美和世界各地得到了广泛认可。他发表了大量关于世界一流制造的演讲，并著有《制造业的激情》(Passion for Manufacturing) 和《美国动力》(American Drive) 两本书。

Dauch 不仅对全球汽车制造业产生了不可磨灭的影响，还是一位活跃且受人尊敬的慈善家和社区领袖。他曾在全国制造商协会 (National Association of Manufacturers)、底特律经济俱乐部 (Detroit Economic Club)、底特律文艺复兴和底特律地区商会 (Detroit Renaissance and the Detroit Regional Chamber)、Focus:HOPE 和东南密歇根联合之路 (United Way for Southeastern Michigan) 等组织担任董事会领导职务。

Dauch 家族的捐赠还帮助创建了普渡大学的 Dauch 制造企业管理中心和 Dick and Sandy Dauch 校友中心，以及阿什兰大学的 Richard E. and Sandra J. Dauch 经济及工商管理学院。此外，Dauch 家族与美国国家橄榄球联盟 (National Football League) 合作，在底特律的 Dick & Sandy Dauch 校区建立了 NFL/YET 男孩和女孩俱乐部，并与美国童子军合作，在底特律建立了 Dauch 童子军中心。

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美国车桥（纽约证券交易所代码：AXL）传递推动世界的力量。作为领先的全球一级汽车供应商，AAM 设计、开发和制造动力传动系统、金属成型和铸造技术，使下一代汽车更智能、更轻量、更安全、更高效。AAM 总部设在底特律，拥有超过 25,000 名员工，在 17 个国家/地区经营近 90 家工厂，在全球和区域平台上为客户提供支持，并且专注于质量、卓越运营和技术领先地位。要了解更多信息，请访问 aam.com。 

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