ArvinMeritor's Lin Cummins Named Communicator of the Year

Communications team takes home seven IABC/Detroit Renaissance Awards

TROY, Mich., June 18 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. today announced that Lin Cummins, senior vice president of Communications, has been named Communicator of the Year by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)/Detroit Chapter. The annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to business communication through the practice and encouragement of professionalism and integrity in communications excellence. In addition, the ArvinMeritor Communications team received seven IABC/Detroit Renaissance Awards for exceptional communications performance.

In congratulating Cummins on her award, ArvinMeritor Chairman and CEO Larry Yost said, "Lin's solid understanding of our business, as well as her visionary leadership is extremely valuable to our organization. In addition, these qualities have led to a significant shift in executive attitude concerning the critical role that communications plays in implementing effective business strategy. We count on her and her team to help drive the company's vision and strategies through consistent, timely, and effective communications to every ArvinMeritor constituency."

Cummins directs the global communications efforts of ArvinMeritor, with overall responsibility for the corporation's communications policy and strategy. Those directives are implemented through investor relations, executive and employee communications, media relations, marketing communications, corporate identity programs, and government and community relations. Before joining ArvinMeritor, she was vice president of Advanced Marketing and Worldwide Communications for United Technologies Automotive (UTA), where she was responsible for directing advanced marketing and communications global strategies and messages for the company, and served on the senior leadership team. Prior to that, Cummins spent 19 years at Ford Motor Company, serving in a number of senior international management positions. Cummins is a graduate of Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit, with a master's degree in speech and communications.

Numbering nearly 300 members, IABC/Detroit is one of the largest chapters of the International Association of Business Communicators, a worldwide association with more than 13,000 members. IABC, a not-for-profit organization, links communicators in a global network that inspires, establishes and supports the highest professional standards of quality and innovation in organizational communication. The Detroit IABC chapter brings together professional communicators from all specializations to share learning and foster creative communication methods in the field. For more information, visit www.iabcdetroit.com or www.iabc.com .

ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier $7-billion global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and related aftermarkets. In addition, ArvinMeritor is a leader in coil coating applications. The company is headquartered in Troy, Mich., and employs 32,000 people at more than 150 manufacturing facilities in 27 countries. ArvinMeritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM. For more information, visit the company's Web site at: www.arvinmeritor.com .