Chrysler LLC Increases Purchases From Minority Suppliers in 2007

Chrysler LLC announced recently that it spent $4.8 billion with minority suppliers in 2007, representing 15.5 percent of its total purchasing and an increase of $900 million from the previous year. In the last nine years, the company has increased the amount spent with minority suppliers by 182 percent, from $1.7 billion in 1998 to $4.8 billion in 2007. This significant increase reinforces Chrysler’s long- term commitment to the .....DP