HUNTSVILLE, Alabama ? The Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association is hosting the fourth annual Southern Automotive Conference Thursday and Friday at the Westin Huntsville, and 300 people are registered for the event.
The conference is a joint meeting of AAMA, the Tennessee Automotive Manufacturers Association and the Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association.
Participants will include representatives from original equipment manufacturers, parts suppliers and vendors, said Mark Brazeal, AAMA?s president and general manager-administration at the Toyota engine plant in Huntsville, called Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama.
During the conference, a panel made up of executives with several automotive companies? ? Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Navistar, Nissan and Toyota ? that have operations in the three states will give updates on their facilities.
The panelists include Allyson Edwards, new model division manager, Honda Motor Manufacturing of Alabama in Lincoln; Lance Fulks, manager of manufacturing operations, Navistar Diesel of Alabama in Huntsville; Brian Whittier, vice president of body and paints operations, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International near Tuscaloosa; Wesley ?Wes? Wood, general manager quality and manufacturing support, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Huntsville; Ashley Frye, vice president, production, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery; David Copenhaver, vice president, administration, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi; Donald Stoegbauer, director of paint operations, Nissan Canton Assembly Plant in Mississippi; and Tracy Church, senior manager of production, Nissan Lithium-ion Electric Battery Plant in Smyrna, Tenn.
On Friday morning, Kim Korth, president of IRN Inc., an automotive consulting firm in Grand Rapids, Mich., will discuss the global automotive industry and the competitive position of southeastern automakers.
Speaking at a lunch program?Thursday will be leaders from the states? economic development agencies, including Greg Canfield, director of the Alabama Development Office.
Participants are touring Navistar Diesel of Alabama?s Huntsville engine plant Thursday afternoon. There will be workshops on employment engagement and lean manufacturing best practices during the conference.
Huntsville hosted the first event in 2008. The conference was in Nashville in 2009 and Tunica, Miss., last year.
Article source: http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/post_729.html
Source: http://bamabusinessnews.com/southern-automotive-conference-being-held-in-huntsville/
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