dura is an independent designer and manufacturer of automotive components including control systems exterior systems and lightweight structural systems . dura markets its automotive products to every north american asian and european original equipment manufacturer oem and many leading tier 1 automotive suppliers . dura is headquartered in auburn hills michigan usa with more than 21 000 employees at 41 sites in 15 countries . dura was ranked in the 2006 fortune 1000 . later that year on october 30 2006 dura filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . 1 final determination to delist dura s common stock and convertible trust preferred securities from nasdaq was made november 13 2006 . 2 in december 2009 dura automotive systems was acquired by lynn tilton through her new york based private equity firm patriarch partners . 3 in the deal dura absorbed global automotive systems of suburban detroit also owned by patriarch partners to form a parts supplier with global sales of 1.6 billion and 10 800 employees in 39 manufacturing operations in 16 countries . 4 references edit bloomberg.com u.s final determination to delist common stock and convertible trust preferred securities of dura automotive systems inc. from the nasdaq stock market new york times dealbook patriarch takes controlling stake in dura pr newswire external links edit dura corporate website patriarch partners website global automotive systems customer website this article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dura automotive systems & oldid 738765288 categories auto parts suppliers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in michigancompanies based in oakland county michigancompanies that filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006motor vehicle company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschrom n edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 23 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view