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President, AAM Asia

President, AAM Asia
Donald L. Joseph (BBA ’77, Industrial Marketing; MA ’93) has been appointed as President - American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Asia (Vice President - AAM Corporate). In this role, he will continue to lead AAM’s regional business, engineering, and manufacturing activity from AAM’s Asia Headquarters and Engineering Center located in Shanghai, China.

Joseph joined AAM in 1994 as a Manufacturing Manager at the Three Rivers Manufacturing Facility. Since then, he has served in various manufacturing and management positions with increasing responsibility throughout AAM’s global operations, including his most recent position of Managing Director - AAM Asia.

Joseph’s professional career began with General Motors (GM) in 1977. While at GM, Joseph served in a variety of positions with increasing responsibility at the Hydra-matic and Saginaw Divisions. He also spent time at the NUMMI facility studying lean manufacturing.

About AAM
AAM (AXL) is a world leader in the manufacture, engineering, design and validation of driveline and drivetrain systems and related components and modules, chassis systems and metal-formed products for light trucks, sport utility vehicles, passenger cars and crossover vehicles and commercial vehicles. In addition to locations in the United States (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania), AAM also has offices or facilities in Brazil, China, Germany, India, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Poland, Scotland, South Korea, Sweden and Thailand.

Click here to view Joseph’s biography on the AAM website.