ArvinMeritor Roof Module Receives 2003 Grand Award From the Society of Plastics Engineers

TROY, Mich., Dec. 22, 2003 -- ArvinMeritor, Inc. announced today that the company's Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group -- with its customer DaimlerChrysler AG and supplier GE Plastics Automotive -- was awarded the 2003 Grand Award by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) for its passenger vehicle roof module produced for the smart(TM) roadster. The awards were presented at the 33rd Annual SPE International Innovation Awards Program held in Livonia, Mich. on Nov. 17, 2003.

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"Receiving the SPE Grand Award is a great honor and testament to the innovative spirit found in ArvinMeritor's global workforce," said Tom Lewis, ArvinMeritor's LVS vice president and general manager of Apertures. "The ingenuity found in our roof module is the direct result of supply chain collaboration. By focusing on our customers' needs to reduce weight without sacrificing quality or consumer appeal, we reinvented the roof manufacturing process, including the use of long-fiber injection (LFI) technology."

The ArvinMeritor roof module, which also received the SPE 2003 Automotive Division Innovations Award for Body Exterior Innovation, is designed, engineered and manufactured for smart GmbH at the company's Light Vehicle System's Gifhorn, Germany facility. It has been an original Smart car technology since the vehicle's market entry in 1998.

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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