DENSO Wins Total of 25 Supplier Awards* From GM, Ford, Toyota and Deere

    DETROIT, May 14 The DENSO Group garnered a total of 25
supplier awards from General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Toyota
Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc. and Deere & Company.

    General Motors Corporation
    -- 2000 Corporation of the Year for exceptional levels of quality, service
and technological innovations at competitive cost levels: DENSO International
America.
    -- 2000 Supplier of the Year for quality, service, technology and price:
DENSO International America.

    Ford Motor Company
    -- 2000 World Excellence Silver Award for outstanding quality and delivery
performance of engine management systems for Jaguar.  The award recognizes a
supplier in a general commodity category who meets the quality excellence
requirement and at least one other excellence requirement while maintaining
the minimum performance requirements: DENSO Corporation.

    Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    -- 2000 Excellence Award for Quality: Associated Fuel Pump Systems
Corporation.
    -- Certificate Awards for Quality: DENSO International America; DENSO
Manufacturing Tennessee (Starter-Alternator, Electronic Product, Ceramic
Product and Fuel Injector divisions); DENSO Mexico, and Michigan Automotive
Compressor.
    -- Certificate Award for Quality and Delivery: DENSO Sales California.
    -- Certificate Awards for Delivery: DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee
(Starter/Alternator, Instrument Cluster, Electronic Product, Ceramic Products,
Fuel Injector and Logistic Center divisions); DENSO Sales California, Michigan
Automotive Compressor and Purodenso Company.

    Deere & Company
    -- Partner Classification Award, Deere's highest supplier award, for work
with Deere & Company Engine Works in Waterloo, Iowa, and Deere & Company
Dubuque Engine Works in Dubuque, Iowa: DENSO International America.
    -- Key Supplier Award, Deere's second highest supplier award for its work
with Deere & Company Harvester Works, East Moline, Ill., and Deere & Company
Tractor Works in Waterloo: DENSO International America.
    -- Hall of Fame Award for maintaining partner level status for five
consecutive years (1996 through 2000) at the Deere & Company Dubuque Engine
Works in Dubuque: DENSO International America.

    DENSO Corporation, the fourth largest automotive supplier in the world,
employs 83,000 people in 29 countries and regions.  Global sales for fiscal
year ending March 31, 2000 totaled $17.8 billion.  DENSO employs 13,000 people
in North America with consolidated sales for 2000 estimated at $4.1 billion.

    * A detailed list of awards earned by individual DENSO companies are
available at http://www.denso-int.com .

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