Textron Automotive Company Celebrates Grand Opening of Two Centers

25 June 1999

    TROY, Mich., June 24 -- Textron Automotive Company
today celebrated the grand opening of its new DaimlerChrysler
Integration and Advanced Technology Centers with an open house in Auburn
Hills, Michigan, attended by over 300 friends, customers and guests.
    Accommodating over 250 employees, the 87,000-square-foot building houses
Textron Automotive Trim's DaimlerChrysler component and integrated systems
design and development, program management and executive staff.  The facility
is also host to a large cross section of Extended Enterprise personnel
including Tier II and Tier III suppliers and DaimlerChrysler employees.  In
addition, within the adjacent Advanced Technology Center, activities include
benchmarking, modeling, computer simulation and design studios.
    "This new facility and the dedicated team based here demonstrates the
commitment that Textron Automotive Company has made as a leader in the Systems
Integration process," said Textron Automotive Company Chairman, President and
CEO Sam Licavoli.  "It truly is the model for change in the process of using
science and technology as a key element of the product development process in
a cost effective environment that can be duplicated wherever needed globally,"
he added.
    With $2.8 billion in annual revenues and manufacturing locations in 14
countries, Textron Automotive Company Inc. is a leading, global supplier of
instrument panels, cockpit modules, exterior and interior trim, plastic fuel
tanks and automotive systems and components.  Globally recognized for its
breakthrough proprietary technologies and quality, Textron Automotive Company
has received more than 50 awards of excellence from OEMs in North America,
Europe and Asia.
    Textron Inc. is a $10 billion, global, multi-industry company with
marketing-leading operations in Aircraft, Automotive, Industrial and Finance.