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ADAC is a privately held, full-service automotive supplier with operations in North America and Europe. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., ADAC produces molded and painted interior and exterior door handle components, exterior trim, cowl vent grilles and marker lighting for worldwide automakers. Its United Kingdom based affiliate, PaintBox Group Ltd., provides painting and assembly services to high end and specialty vehicle manufacturers. ADAC was initially established in 1972 as A-Line Plastics. In 1975, the company was incorporated as ADAC Plastics, Inc. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, ADAC added manufacturing facilities and design, development and engineering centers to become one of the world's largest producers of body-color painted door handle assemblies and other body-color trim pieces. Since the early 1970s, ADAC has grown from a staff of six and $12 million in sales to a $225 million company with more than 1,300 total employees. ADAC's operations encompass more than 750,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The company is compliant with the ISO14001 Environmental Management System Standard and all five of its domestic manufacturing facilities have been designated by the state of Michigan as "Clean Corporate Citizens." Areas of ADAC's expertise include the design, engineering and manufacturing of: Body-color matched exterior door handle assemblies Body-color matched exterior trim pieces Interior door handle assemblies related trim pieces Cowl vent grilles (leaf screens) Trunk lid finishers Fuel filler doors License plate housing assemblies with integrated handles and lamps Grab handles Marker lighting and other lighting products More information on ADAC can be found on the Web at www.adacplastics.com.

ADAC is a privately held, full-service automotive supplier with operations in North America and Europe. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., ADAC produces molded and painted interior and exterior door handle components, exterior trim, cowl vent grilles and marker lighting for worldwide automakers. Its United Kingdom based affiliate, PaintBox Group Ltd., provides painting and assembly services to high end and specialty vehicle manufacturers.

ADAC was initially established in 1972 as A-Line Plastics. In 1975, the company was incorporated as ADAC Plastics, Inc. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, ADAC added manufacturing facilities and design, development and engineering centers to become one of the world's largest producers of body-color painted door handle assemblies and other body-color trim pieces. Since the early 1970s, ADAC has grown from a staff of six and $12 million in sales to a $225 million company with more than 1,300 total employees.

ADAC's operations encompass more than 750,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The company is compliant with the ISO14001 Environmental Management System Standard and all five of its domestic manufacturing facilities have been designated by the state of Michigan as "Clean Corporate Citizens."

Areas of ADAC's expertise include the design, engineering and manufacturing of:

Body-color matched exterior door handle assemblies
Body-color matched exterior trim pieces
Interior door handle assemblies related trim pieces
Cowl vent grilles (leaf screens)
Trunk lid finishers
Fuel filler doors
License plate housing assemblies with integrated handles and lamps
Grab handles
Marker lighting and other lighting products

More information on ADAC can be found on the Web at www.adacplastics.com.

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