DCP Recognized at 12th Annual Urban Wheel Awards Show
1/18/2008
Detroit Chassis was recognized at the 12 Annual Urban Wheel Awards ceremony hosted by On Wheels, Inc., and received the “Minority Supplier of the Year” award for outstanding achievements in business and community relations.
Other finalists for Minority Supplier of the Year included Ewie Company, Inc., and Pinnacle. World champion performance and commitment to the community paved the way that eliminated competition and provided opportunity for peers to recognize Detroit Chassis and its outstanding accomplishments.
Michael Guthrie, President and CEO, Detroit Chassis was present to receive the award and thanked Valorie, his wife of 34 years, his business partner and brother Carlton Guthrie and every DCP associate for world champion performance.
“Detroit Chassis associates are committed to performing well and doing good. On behalf of my partner and brother Carlton Guthrie and also my partner of 34 years Valorie, I humbly accept this recognition on behalf of the committed men and women of Detroit Chassis who have established a track record of delivering customer joy through World Champion performance. We also thank the farsighted leadership of Ford Motor Company execs such as Bennie Fowler who 10 years ago demonstrated confidence in our team’s ability to get the job done. The Best Motor Home Chassis Is Built in the Motor City!” Stated, Michael Guthrie, President and CEO, Detroit Chassis LLC.
Many celebrities attended the event including: Program Hosts, Actress Rosie Perez and Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazer, heavy weight boxing legend Evander Holyfield, Actor Giancarlo Exposito, Correspondent Amanda Amann, Actor James Kyson Lee, Actress Lisa Vidal, WDIV TV-4 News Anchor Rhonda Walker, Tyson Beckford (Model), Actress Gina Hiraizumi, Riyo Mori (Miss Universe), DJ Funk Master Flex, and R&B Artists Musiq Soulchild and MC Lyte.
ABOUT ON WHEELS, INC.
On Wheels, Incorporated is a multicultural multimedia company that publishes African Americans On Wheels, Asians On Wheels and Latinos On Wheels magazines. It produces The Urban Wheel Awards, The Urban Wheel Dealer Awards, the On Wheels with Warren Brown radio show, and maintains the OnWheelsInc.com website. On Wheels, Incorporated is also the parent organization of the Edward Davis Education Foundation.
ABOUT DETROIT CHASSIS
Detroit Chassis is a subsidiary of Spectra LMP LLC, a concept to customer provider of niche vehicle manufacturing solutions owned by Michael and Carlton Guthrie. Spectra also owns Magnys LLC, a provider of process and manufacturing engineering services, Forward Vision LLC, a provider of computer simulation and modeling services, VSim a provider of proprietary emulation software for programmable logic controllers and Detroit Custom Chassis, a provider of chassis modification services.
Linda J. Ratliff
Contact: Linda Ratliff, 313-571-2100 x 506, lratliff@detroitchassis.com