Frankfurt Plant Once Again Named Factory of the Year
Frankfurt Plant Once Again Named Factory of the YearProduktion business newspaper and A.T. Kearney award Continental Automotive Systems in Frankfurt for outstanding production technologyMarch 16, 2006Fürstenfeldbruck/Frankfurt, Germany -- The Continental Automotive System plant in Frankfurt, Germany, today received the GEO Award (Global Excellence in Operation) in the ?Factory of the Year 2005? competition. The title ?Factory of the Year? has been awarded annually since 1992 by the German business newspaper Produktion and the consulting firm A.T. Kearney in ten categories. The Continental Automotive Systems factory in Frankfurt, which produces electronic braking systems, already won the title in the same category in 2001. With an average of 400 contestants a year, the ?Factory of the Year? competition is the most important independent benchmark in the German industry. The prize was presented to plant manager Paul Schneider during a conference in Fürstenfeldbruck.