Remy International Receives Special Recognition from Automotive News for Electric Motor Innovation

PENDLETON, Ind., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Remy International, Inc. today announced Remy has been awarded an Honorable Mention for their electric motor entry in the 2010 Automotive News PACE Awards, jointly presented by Ernst & Young, Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.) and Automotive News.

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The 2010 Automotive News PACE Awards (Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence) recognize exceptional contributors to innovation in the automotive industry.  Remy was honored at the 16th annual PACE awards ceremony on Monday, April 12, 2010, at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, Michigan during the Society of Automotive Engineers conference.  

Remy International joins twenty five other companies being recognized for a wide range of innovations and automotive applications.  Remy is the only electric motor manufacturer to be recognized at the 2010 Automotive News PACE Awards.

Remy International recently announced the HVH250(TM), their next generation advanced electric motor for hybrid and electric vehicle applications based on Remy's patented High Voltage Hairpin (HVH) technology.  Remy's HVH technology provides dramatically improved motor performance and cooling effectiveness.  The motor's world-class torque and power density deliver increased range in all-electric drive mode and are compact and lightweight to contribute to vehicle efficiency.  

Remy Automotive of Hungary is advancing the art of the hybrid electric drive motor.  Remy engineers developed a technology for bonding the motor's stator and rotor laminations using a proprietary epoxy resin.  They developed unique tooling and processes to ensure precision temperature and laminating pressure in order to maintain optimal bonding force control for lamination stacks.  The resulting motor fits into the current transmission packaging of Mercedes and BMW vehicles and excels in efficiency, power density and motor size.  

Remy Director of International Programs, Otto Szalavari, accepted the award on behalf of Remy International and his Hungarian team.  Tom VanderLaan, Vice President of Hybrid and Automotive Global Sales joined Szalavari in represented Remy at the event.  Also joining Remy for this special recognition was Hungarian Investment and Trade Commissioner, Miklos Martin-Kovacs.

Remy International CEO John Weber said, "We are honored to receive this special recognition and are proud of Remy's team in the United States and Hungary who made this award possible.  With over a billion miles of proven reliability, our Remy motors are well positioned to provide the international market with scalable solutions that are available quickly and at lower costs to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and spur the adoption of hybrid and electric transportation technology."

For more details about the HVH250 Series electric motors visit the Remy website at: http://www.remyinc.com/hvh.asp.

About Remy International, Inc.

Remy International, Inc., headquartered in Pendleton, Indiana, is a leading global manufacturer, remanufacturer and distributor of light duty starters and alternators, electric motors and Delco Remy brand heavy-duty systems. In business for over 100 years, today Remy International is actively collaborating with companies throughout the world to develop innovations that are transforming the vehicle industry. Recently, Remy International was recognized by the United States Department of Energy for its leadership role in the hybrid technologies space and awarded a $60 million grant under the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.

To learn more, visit the Remy brand website at www.remyinc.com.

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