Siemens VDO Automotive Appoints Rahbar to Lead Electric Motor Drives Division

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 3 Siemens VDO Automotive today announced Mehran Rahbar will lead the company's Electric Motor Drives division, based in Wurzburg, Germany. He succeeds Dominic Desi who is retiring from this position.

Rahbar now is responsible for the division's global business operations, including the expansion of operations into new and existing markets and its five manufacturing facilities.

Since 2000, Rahbar has been responsible for the company's Powertrain Fuel Components Division, located in Newport News, Va. In this role, he directed global design, production and marketing of fuel injectors and related fuel systems hardware for the worldwide automotive market.

From 1999 until 2000, Rahbar was General Manager of Siemens VDO Automotive's Engine Cooling group within the Electric Motor Drives division, a position in which he led the global business strategy and development of the Engine Cooling operations, based in London, Ontario, Canada.

Rahbar earned a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Clarkson University in New York. He is a member of the American Society for Quality Engineers.

Siemens VDO Automotive is a tier-one supplier of automotive electronic/ electrical systems and components with applications covering gasoline and diesel powertrain systems, safety and chassis systems, body electronics and interior and infotainment. Worldwide sales reflecting partial fiscal year 2000/2001 totaled $5.0 billion.

Siemens AG, headquartered in Munich, is a leading global electronics and engineering company. It employs more than 450,000 people in 193 countries and reported worldwide sales in excess of $72.7 billion in fiscal 2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01).

The United States is Siemens' largest market, with 77,000 employees and sales of more than $18.9 billion in fiscal 2001. Siemens is a leading provider of advanced technology solutions in the information and communications, medical, power, automation and control, transportation and lighting sectors, and leverages its global network of innovation and unparalleled technological heritage to deliver business results for Siemens' customers around the globe. For more information about Siemens in the U.S., go to www.usa.siemens.com .

On Jan. 1, 2002, Siemens Automotive Corp. and VDO North America merged to form Siemens VDO Automotive in the United States. For more information, visit www.usa.siemensvdo.com .