The Manufacturing Division of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA), in Normal, Il, currently assembles the Eclipse sports coupe, Eclipse Spyder convertible, Galant mid-size sedan and Endeavor crossover utility vehicle, which together account for approximately half of MMNA's passenger car sales in the U.S.

Established in 1985, MMNA Mfg. employs more than 1,300 people. In 2009, employees will proudly celebrate production of the 3,000,000th vehicle to roll off the assembly line since the first cars were built in 1988.

The Normal facility is one of the most technologically advanced automotive manufacturing facilities in the world. It is designed to accommodate the production of several different models intermixed on one assembly line. Approximately 600 robots are housed in the more than 2.1 million square-foot facility on 636 acres in central Illinois. The facility is separated into five different shops: Stamping, Plastics, Body, Paint and Trim/Final Assembly.

Committed to building world-class vehicles for customer satisfaction, MMNA Mfg. is ISO 9002 certified, a global quality process standard. Manufacturing Division employees are also committed to building world-class vehicles in an environmentally responsible manner and in 2001, the plant received ISO 14001 certification, a global environmental quality process standard.

Key environmental initiatives include:

• Using injection-molded bumper fascias of fully recyclable polypropylene on all vehicles.
• Becoming one of the first plants in the United States to introduce a lead-free (EDP) base coat for automobile bodies.
• Announcing a Prairie Restoration Project partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to restore several acres to prairie grass, increasing the existing tri-county prairie area by 400 percent.

For more information about the Manufacturing Division, contact:

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Manufacturing Division
100 N. Mitsubishi Motorway
Normal, Illinois 61761
Phone: 1-309-888-8000
URL: www.mitsubishimanufacturing.com