Press Release

AlliedSignal Announces Award for French Turbocharger Developers

11/18/96

AlliedSignal Honors Automotive Team in France for Developing Innovative
Turbocharger


SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 14 -- A team of employees from an
AlliedSignal Automotive plant in Thaon-les-Vosges, France, has been
awarded AlliedSignal's first Premier Achievement Award for innovation,
for developing a technologically advanced turbocharger -- the Garrett
VNT 15.

"What this team did is essentially develop a new type of turbocharger
that allows vehicle manufacturers to use smaller engine displacements
without sacrificing performance," AlliedSignal Automotive President
John Barter said in presenting the award at AlliedSignal's corporate
headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, (U.S.A). "The design and
performance characteristics of this product represent the forefront of
technology in turbocharging systems."

The Premier Achievement Award program was started this year to
recognize individuals and teams throughout AlliedSignal for
accomplishments in pursuit of the company's seven values -- Customer
Satisfaction, Innovation, Integrity of Action, People Excellence,
Performance, Speed for Competitive Advantage, and Teamwork. It is the
highest award the corporation bestows any of its 77,000 employees
worldwide.

The Thaon-les-Vosges team was one of two award winners from
AlliedSignal Automotive who were honored by Barter and AlliedSignal
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Bossidy. Shirley Smith, a
production employee at AlliedSignal Automotive's filter manufacturing
plant in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, received the Integrity of Action
award for encouraging contributions from other employees and inspiring
them by example. The other five winners were from AlliedSignal's
Aerospace and Engineered Materials units and its corporate offices.

The Garrett VNT 15 turbocharger enables smaller engines -- which
consume less fuel and produce fewer emissions -- to perform like
larger ones, and to burn cleaner by facilitating a more optimal
air-fuel mixture. It helps vehicles develop power over a wider span of
engine and vehicle speeds, enabling the driver to get the vehicle
moving and pick up speed in slow traffic and up hills, with fewer
shifts of gears.

Today, Thaon-les-Vosges is producing about 600 of the new
turbochargers each day for Volkswagen. Next year, 1,000 VNTs will be
produced daily, and many other European customers have expressed
interest in the product, Barter said.

The French turbo team was honored for its speed as well as its
innovative technology. While a product of this caliber typically would
take more than two years to engineer and launch, the Thaon-les-Vosges
brought the VNT 15 to market within one year, Barter said.

"Our Total Quality culture teaches us that when a goal is perceived as
a personal challenge by each member of the team, then the group has
the potential to become a high-performance work team," observed Pascal
Leroux, human resources manager at Thaon-les-Vosges. "This is
precisely what happened at Thaon-les-Vosges on the VNT 15."

Members of the award-winning Thaon-les-Vosges VNT 15 team are Martin
Verschoor, Eric Dechanet, Philippe Arnold, Alain Gerard, Jean-Luc
Richard, Brigitte Andre, Pascal Simon, Alain Moreau, Regis Roussel and
Francis Janin.

In winning the Premier Achievement Award for integrity of action,
Smith was cited for her professionalism and commitment as leader of
the Stratford plant's employee advisory committee, which meets weekly
to continuously improve management/employee relations. Smith is a
16-year Stratford employee.

AlliedSignal Automotive, based in Southfield, Michigan (U.S.A.), is a
global supplier of components and systems to car and truck makers and
the aftermarket, and is the world's largest manufacturer of
turbochargers for diesel- and gasoline-driven engines. It is a unit of
AlliedSignal, an advanced technology and manufacturing company serving
customers worldwide with aerospace and automotive products, chemicals,
fibers, plastics and advanced materials.

Information about AlliedSignal Automotive is available on the Internet
at HTTP://www.alliedsignal.com/automotive.