Automotive supplier DTR Industries selects IFS Applications

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that DTR Industries,
a leading supplier of automotive components, has selected IFS Applications to
support its complex multi-mode production with enterprise resource planning
(ERP).
DTR engages in a broad range of manufacturing operations for automotive anti
-vibration and hose products. These include rubber mixing, metal stamping,
welding, aluminum die casting, painting, rubber curing, rubber extruding,
plastic injection, and assembly operations. DTR’s main customers include Honda,
Nissan, and Toyota.

This blend of process and discrete manufacturing made the strong mixed-mode
capabilities of IFS Applications very appealing. DTR is headquartered in
Bluffton, Ohio and operates other facilities in Midway, Tenn., Novi, Mich. and
Chihuahua, Mexico. DTR is a subsidiary of Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., and IFS
Applications has been successfully implemented across other companies in the
Tokai group.

The automotive industry is one of IFS’ targeted markets. IFS’ Automotive
solution provides the right tools for managing the interaction between
automotive dealers, automotive OEMs, automotive suppliers, and subcontractors in
networks of varying complexity. IFS Applications—with its unique agility,
scalability and openness—offers unprecedented breadth and depth of functionality
for all business-critical processes in the automotive sector.

IFS’ automotive customers include Volvo, BMW, Scania, Linamar, Borgstena, HUF
Hülsbeck & Fürst, Toyota, and Finnveden Group.
Contact Information
Anne Vandbakk
Telefon: 46 8 58 78 45 00
Corporate Communications Director
anne.vandbakk@ifsworld.com

Frédéric Guigues
Telefon: 46 8 58 78 45 00
Investor Relations
frederic.guigues@ifsworld.com
About DTR Industries
DTR Industries, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokai Rubber Industries,
Ltd. of Komaki City, Japan. DTR was established in January 1988 and began
production at its Bluffton, Ohio, plant in October of that year. The plant
manufactures and sells a variety of anti-vibration rubber products, including
hydraulic engine mounts and body mounts for such automobile manufacturers as
Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Ford.

For more information about DTR, visit: www.dtrtn.com.

About IFS
IFS (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/about-ifs/) is a public company (XSTO: IFS)
founded in 1983 that develops (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/architecture
-and-technology/), supplies, and
implements (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/services/) IFS
Applications (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/ifs-applications-8/)™, a
component-based extended ERP suite. IFS focuses on
industries (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/industries/) where management of any of
the following four core processes is strategic:
service (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/field-service-management
-software/) & asset (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/enterprise-asset
-management-software/),
manufacturing (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/manufacturing/), supply
chain (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/supply-chain/), and
projects (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/solutions/projects/). The company has 2,000
customers (http://www.ifsworld.com/en/customers/) and is present in
approximately 60 countries with 2,800 employees in total. Net revenue in 2012
was SKr 2.7 billion.

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