Delphi Unveils High-Tech, E-Manufacturing Precision Injection Molding Center

    CORTLAND, Ohio, May 30 Delphi Automotive Systems
has unveiled a new precision injection molding center intended to
solidify Delphi's position as the leading automotive and transportation
industry supplier of connection systems.  The plant is a prototype of future
connection systems facilities in the company.
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    Delphi's Cortland facility manufactures plastic parts and housings for
connectors and connection systems, running its 120 molding presses in a seven-
day, continuous operation with as few as 18 operators per day.  This facility
has the capacity to produce one billion of the company's annual global
production of more than six billion plastic parts.
    Delphi has established its connector manufacturing standard in Cortland,
creating a state-of-the-art molding operation with world-class equipment,
processes and information systems.  The plant has surpassed original goals for
productivity and quality.
    The Cortland facility applies leading-edge information technologies in a
batch-process manufacturing environment to optimize customer requirements,
material needs, machine allocation, tool changes and delivery logistics.
Electronic control of machine processes ensures quality, quantity and
integrity of parts produced and networks the machines to enable real-time,
global monitoring capabilities, helping ensure the company's success in the
growing connection systems business.
    "Delphi is broadening its definition of the connector business," said
Kevin Heigel, business line executive for Delphi Connection Systems.  "We want
to take the manufacturing and engineering expertise unveiled today at Cortland
and translate these practices into growing our business in the high-tech world
of telecom and datacom."
    Industry analysts estimate that the total market for connectors and
connection systems is about $33 billion and will grow at more than 7.5 percent
annually over the next five years.  Connectors are used in such industries as
automotive and transportation, telecommunications, consumer electronics and
data communications.
    With new markets come different ways of doing business.  By pursuing
telecom and datacom markets, Delphi is exposed to significantly shorter lead
times for bringing products to market and implementing customers' design
changes.  Automotive customers typically begin the design phase two to three
years prior to production, life cycles in these other markets are condensed
closer to six months.  Delphi recognizes the need to be agile enough to
implement faster manufacturing and process change cycles.
    "Delphi is committed to being a major player in new markets," said Jim
Spencer, president, Delphi Packard Electric Systems and vice president of
Delphi Automotive Systems.  "We are developing our manufacturing capabilities
to be flexible enough to change with market needs and robust enough to manage
the diverse requirements and standards of a very large, global customer base."
    To learn more about Delphi Connection Systems, log onto
http://www.delphiconnect.com .  For more information about Delphi Automotive Systems,
visit Delphi's Virtual Press Room at http://www.delphiauto.com/vpr .

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