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'sBest Manufacturer Award for overall achievement in ManufacturingExcellence. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA ) "This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication toexcellence of our people in Australia," said Ismael Melgar,president of Dana's Driveshaft Products. "Their commitment to ourcustomers' total satisfaction is reflected in this recognition." The awards process uses Britain's Best Factory Awards as amodel to develop a rating system. Once the best-practice ratingswere established, a panel of judges conducted site visits todetermine the finalist and winner. Dana was selected the topmanufacturer out of a field of 153 entries. "Our people really pulled together to demonstrate DanaAustralia's emphasis on quality and performance," said AletaKane, Spicer Driveshaft Australia manager. "I am very proud to beworking with this team." The award was established to raise awareness of the businessbenefits of manufacturing excellence and to provide Australiancompanies with role models. The awards recognize local exemplarsof manufacturing excellence and highlight the business benefitsthat can be achieved by implementing manufacturing bestpractices. So far this year, Dana operations have received 12 statequality awards in the United States. Dana established its Australian presence in 1970, growing tomore than 30 facilities in Australia and New Zealand producingcomponents and systems for vehicular, off-highway, and industrialoriginal equipment manufacturers and their related aftermarkets. Spicer Driveshaft is the leading manufacturer and marketer ofcomplete driveline systems for the vehicular and off-highwaymarkets and is an operating unit under Dana's Automotive SystemsGroup. Dana Corporation is one of the world's largest independentsuppliers to vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket. Foundedin 1904 and based in Toledo, Ohio, the company operates some 330major facilities in 32 countries and employs more than 86,000people. The company reported sales of $12.5 billion in 1998.Dana's Internet address is www.dana.com . ots Original TextService: Dana Corporation Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.deContact: Gary Corrigan of Dana Corporation (USA) 419-535-4813Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA CompanyNews On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/226839.html orfax, (USA) 800-758-5804, ext. 226839 Web site:http://www.dana.com

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