"At BorgWarner, our employees are passionate about creating and delivering technologies that improve fuel economy, reduce emissions and increase performance," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner chairman and CEO. "I'm proud of the dedication, collaboration, and creativity of our Innovation Award winners."
Auburn Hills, Mich.-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The Fortune 500 company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 60 locations in 18 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA and MAN.
RECIPIENTS OF THE 2008 BORGWARNER INNOVATION AWARDS
Product Development
Daniel Bader Nicholas Mayernick Michael Schaefer
BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Transmission
Systems Emissions Systems Systems
Arnstadt, Germany Asheville, Ketsch, Germany
North Carolina
Guenther Vogt Harald Merkel Frank Smith
BorgWarner BERU BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Morse TEC
Systems Systems Ithaca, New York
Ludwigsburg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany
Thomas Buchholz Steve Myers Joerg Weigold
BorgWarner Thermal BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner BERU Systems
Systems Emissions Systems Bretten, Germany
Markdorf, Germany Asheville, North Carolina
Avinash Kurdekar Werner Niessner
BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner BERU Systems
Systems Ludwigsburg, Germany
Pune, India
Customer Excellence
Paul Diemer Tom Hardies David Ray
BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner
Emissions Systems Systems TorqTransfer Systems
Asheville, Addison, Illinois Auburn Hills, Michigan
North Carolina
Matt Goethe Allan Kelly Jack Scollard
BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner
Systems Emissions Systems TorqTransfer
Addison, Illinois Asheville, Systems
North Carolina Auburn Hills, Michigan
Rob Green Craig Larson
BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner Transmission
Systems Systems
Auburn Hills, Michigan Bellwood, Illinois
Operational Excellence
Bernd Bienroth Paddy Lange Matt Thompson
BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner BERU BorgWarner TorqTransfer
Emissions Systems Systems Systems
Kirchheimbolanden, Tralee, Ireland Auburn Hills, Michigan
Germany
Scott Biggers Diane Pitre Chris Winchester
BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner World BorgWarner TorqTransfer
Systems Headquarters Systems
Seneca, South Carolina Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan
Stefan Klein Niclas Schenkenberger
BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Turbo &
Emissions Systems Emissions Systems
Kirchheimbolanden, Kirchheimbolanden,
Germany Germany
Collaboration
Harald Engelhardt R Murali Tom Tan
BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner China
Systems Tiruvallur, India Shanghai, China
Ketsch, Germany
Fara Karam Donn Niffenegger Patrick Tissier
BorgWarner World BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner Transmission
Headquarters Systems Systems
Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan Shanghai, China
PS KrishnaKumar K Saraswathi VD Umashanker
BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Morse TEC
Tiruvallur, India Tiruvallur, India Tiruvallur, India
Quinn McCarthy Stepan Sotnichenko
BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner TorqTransfer
Systems Systems
Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan