11/02/2001 – RIVERVIEW, Michigan

Ford Motor Company awards Parts and Accessories (P&A) business to minority-owned automotive logistics company.

Ford has again selected TDS automotive to provide their P&A export consolidation service. This contract will be performed by the TDS/US facility located in Riverview, Michigan. TDS/US has provided uninterrupted international P&A and packaging engineering services to Ford since 1990 from this location; and from Jacksonville, Florida prior to this.

TDS/US processes approximately 3 million cubic feet of service parts annually for Ford, servicing 150 customers in 85 countries.

“We are very proud to have once again been selected to perform this P&A business for Ford motor Company,” said David D'Annunzio, TDS/US Vice-President & C.O.O. “The award of this contract is a clear testament to the worldwide operational excellence and continual improvement capabilities of TDS.”

TDS/US Inc., is the minority-owned venture of TDS automotive, with five plants in Michigan. TDS is a global company specializing in integrated and high value-added logistics services to the automotive industry; providing complete logistics solutions including sub-assembly, sequencing, export packing, deconsolidation, parts distribution, supply chain management, and packaging engineering and design services. TDS automotive operates facilities throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia.