Federal-Mogul Plant in South Africa Honored With Ford Award

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., March 26 Federal-Mogul Corporation's
Sealing Systems manufacturing facility in Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, received Ford Motor Company's Silver World Excellence Award,
recognizing the plant as one of Ford's top suppliers in the world for 2000
performance.
    
    The World Excellence Award provides annual recognition based on quality,
cost and delivery metrics jointly developed by Ford and its suppliers.
Thirty-eight suppliers from 14 countries won awards in various categories.
The Port Elizabeth plant was the only facility in South Africa honored by
Ford.

    Carlos Mazzorin, Ford Motor Company's group vice president of global
purchasing and South America said, "Congratulations to Federal-Mogul.  You are
one of Ford's most valuable assets.  Without your extraordinary contributions,
we could not have achieved many of our goals in 2000."

    The Silver Award is given to the business units of suppliers that stand
out in quality and delivery or quality and cost; Eight suppliers won the
Silver Award.

    "This is a great honor for Federal-Mogul and for the employees of the Port
Elizabeth operation, who have worked hard for many years to achieve superior
levels of quality and delivery performance," said J.C. de Villiers, managing
director of Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems in South Africa.

    The Port Elizabeth facility has about 230 employees and manufactures
engine gaskets for Ford.  Established in 1950, it is part of Federal-Mogul's
global Sealing Systems group, a major supplier of sealing components and
solutions for automotive, heavy-duty diesel and industrial applications.