DURA BECOMES SUPPLIER OF SYSTEMS.

From: Automotive News | Date: February 15, 1999| Author: McCRACKEN, JEFFREY | Copyright information

DETROIT - Dura Automotive Systems Inc. could be the poster child for auto suppliers in the 1990s.

Since its creation in 1990, Dura has mirrored the rest of the industry - fighting off an early-1990s recession, holding a mid-'90s initial public offering and using acquisitions in the late '90s to become a supplier of entire systems rather than single parts.

This year Dura stepped from the shadows when it announced two deals that effectively tripled its size - f...

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