FROM: IMPERIAL DIVISION NEWS BUREAU
1600 Penobscot Building
Detroit 26, Michigan
Woodward 1-0067
FOR IMMEDIATE USE
IMPERIAL PLANT HIGHLIGHTS
LOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8505 West Warren at Lonyo, Dearborn, Michigan.
PRODUCT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Imperial, Imperial Crown, and Imperial LeBaron automobiles.
PERSONNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .2,000.
QUALITY CONTROL
INSPECTION STATIONS . . .. . . . . 32.
FLOOR AREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . More than 1, 000, 000 square feet on one floor.
TOTAL LENGTH
CONVEYOR SYSTEMS . .. . . . . . . 20, 780 feet or nearly four miles.
PAINT OVENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Six ovens totaling 1, 928 feet.
PAINT PRESSURE
LINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 320 feet or more than 11 miles.
CAPACITY
PRODUCTION RATE . . . . . . . . . 27 units per hour.
MATERIALS SUPPLIERS . . . . . . . 925.
KEY EXECUTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . G. T. Poirier, Plant Manager
A. P. Podges, Production Manager
C. V. Miller, Director of Personnel
F. C. Martin, Plant Comptroller
F. A. Stewart, Manager-Quality Control
W. B. Shimer, Chief Industrial Engineer
L. H. Bell, Manager-Production Control
H. E. Smith, Resident Engineer
R. E. Hevlett, Manufacturing Engineer
C. R. Lautz, General Superintendent of Production
PRODUCTION
INNOVATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 per cent individual road test of each car.
100 per cent individual water test of each car on assembly line.
First automatic static body switching system in industry.
New air conditioning charging and testing conveyor. High speed 180 degree
conveyor turn.
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