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AUTOMOTIVE REVIEW TELECONFERENCE; Burns Harbor, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan [and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania] / by Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Summary: Videoconference regarding the relationship between the Burns Harbor division of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and automotive customers, specifically General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Topics include (chronologically) current Burns Harbor production and shipments; growth in business; Saturn company; Bethlehem Steel awarded Supplier of the Year by GM; challenges with Ford; growth with Chrysler; labor problems; price pressure; success in marketing, sales, and service; challenges with GM; current status and future challenges of marketing, sales, and service; UAW (United Automobile Workers) contract and media coverage; impact of labor negotiations and strike; Burns Harbor's business with Saturn company; increased steel content of vehicles; ultralight auto-body vehicles (includes questions from Barnette et al. from 0:29:32 to 0:38:32). 1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) (38 min. 36 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. videotape / MP4 viewing copy: 3974.007, 1996 April 24

 Item — Box: 900, Folder: item 007

Dates

  • Creation: 1996 April 24

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