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cc: DAV EXHIBIT -btCc33 sr->?ypu HECEIVED MAY 2 51979 BRAKE DIVISION ERODUfiC ENGHG. Car Product Dovolopmant Group Ford Molor Company Me. G. L. Hopkins Manager of Engineering Eaton Corporation Brake Division P.0. Box 935 21220 W. Eight Mile Road Southfield, MI 4B037 Dear Mr. HopklnB: deceived JU/V 1 9 jg7g 20000 Rotunds Drive Dearborn, Michigan 48121 May 22. 1979 \K'p x ^/>>* <u vr X\ ._ _ . fVO Ohank you for your response to the 1979 Suppler Research Want List. Ford Motor Company hopes that the Information *1 via this letter will produce further opportunity for oui^l^w con^taj-es to work together. Your response has been reviewed and ^b|i^hncloae^"Need Items" cover in more detail the items you expressed int^o^r in mirBtiing. This information should provide a better undersfpn'ding. of bach* program. After careful review by your company, you maySi^sh to/Jprdceed with further contact at Ford. If ao, the res ponsibl^jMgineering' department, the contact engineer, and telephone number are listen at^.thje bottom of the document. Note that the Need Items are listedQa^Act^e^sS'Investigative projects. You Bhould clarify with the contac^mgint^rV'tne appropriate action from your company. Hopefully, the coiKta'&&<*yoi^jBl^fe in regard to these Ford Need Items will result in the esS^s^Lshmenr^of a Supplier Research Project. I would request that in-^^t ^naxange, you submit an "Advanced Project Review" form to my office^hch to^been Jointly worked out with the appropriate Ford engineerin^p^rsomf^.'S Ford jUCjfceresl&g'^n your response. However, we do experience personnel and prSg?am ch&xjgee which may create problems for suppliers wishing to work on a aSpS'dific project. Please advise the Supplier Research Department if you experience any difficulty in contacting the appropriate individual to review, yBux company's interest in the projects you requested. *rsff Thanka^again for your interest in developing advanced programs with Ford MofiSOCompany. ON Sincerely yours. Attachments Gerald C. Scott, Manager Features & Supplier Research Department Technical Planning SCF-EC-1901 EAB 1113794