1,200 Children of Visteon Employees Experience Workplace During National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day(R)
28 April 2005 - 9:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
1,200 Children of Visteon Employees Experience Workplace During
National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day(R) VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP, Mich., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,200 sons,
daughters and other young relatives of Visteon Corporation
employees experienced a day in the workplace at the company's
Detroit-area facilities as part of national Take Our Daughters and
Sons to Work Day(R) on Thursday, April 28. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Children
up to age 14 enjoyed activities ranging from computer-aided design
demonstrations to manufacturing simulations using peanut
butter-and- jelly sandwiches at Visteon's Corporate Offices and
Innovation Center in Van Buren Township, as well as its Dearborn
and Plymouth locations. While shadowing their parents or guardians
during their workday, the young visitors got an inside look at one
of the world's largest suppliers of automotive components and
systems. They also enjoyed special activities including tours of
component design and testing labs, product demonstrations, the
sandwich-making manufacturing simulation, coloring contests,
Lego(R) bridge-building and a paper airplane exercise aimed at
teaching project management skills. "Our employees spend a large
part of their day at work, and we were thrilled to give their
children a chance to see what they do and what Visteon does each
day," said Jennifer Karaskiewicz, Visteon's manager of diversity
and work/life. "This was a great chance for these young people to
see that Visteon is an interesting and fun place to work." Many of
the young visitors shared that view. "I liked learning how the
parts work and what the engineers do," said Alison Zacharias, 13,
of Canton, whose father, Steve, is a controller for Visteon's Ford
customer business group at Visteon Village in Van Buren Township.
"It was pretty cool." Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service
supplier that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to
automotive manufacturers worldwide and through multiple channels
within the global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has about 70,000
employees and a global delivery system of more than 200 technical,
manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25
countries. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO
DATASOURCE: Visteon Corporation CONTACT: Media Inquiries: Melinda
Czarnecki, +1-734-710-5553, , or Jim Fisher, +1-734-710-5557, ,
both of Visteon Corporation Web site: http://www.visteon.com/
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