Dana seeks judge s OK to repurchase 2 plants

5/10/2007

NEW YORK Toledo s Dana Corp. is asking a bankruptcy judge for permission to spend about $7.4 million to repurchase two manufacturing plants it leases from a wholly owned subsidiary that isn t in bankruptcy proceedings.

The company has been leasing plants in Stockton, Calif., and Danville, Ky., from its Dana Credit Corp. unit, but it said in a court filing this week that it will reap accounting benefits if it buys the facilities.