ArvinMeritor Selects Montgomery, Ala., for Hyundai Customer Value Center

TROY, Mich., Nov. 26, 2003 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced today it will locate a Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) Customer Value Center (CVC) in Montgomery, Ala. The 44,000-square-foot CVC, which will serve Hyundai Motor Company with finished door module assemblies, is scheduled to open in February 2004. The facility will employ approximately 100 people at full capacity.

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"After a comprehensive search of the greater Montgomery area, ArvinMeritor decided to locate its door module CVC at this site, because it is only three miles from the Hyundai facility," said Russell Carter, ArvinMeritor's LVS general manager of Door Systems Americas. "We are also working with the local officials to coordinate our hiring and training requirements, with an initial search to begin summer 2004."

On Oct. 1, ArvinMeritor announced the new business award of one million door modules per year for Hyundai Motor Company's North American production of Sonata and Santa Fe models beginning in 2005.

ArvinMeritor's Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group is a global supplier of integrated systems and modules to the world's leading passenger car and light truck OEMs. With advanced technology and systems design expertise in apertures, undercarriage and emissions control, LVS integrates high-quality components into cost-effective, performance-based solutions available for virtually every car and light truck on the road today.

ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier $8-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. Headquartered in Troy, Mich., ArvinMeritor employs approximately 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 .

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