Coyle Named to Fuel Systems Job at TI Automotive

WARREN, Mich., Jan. 27, 2004 -- Patrick J. Coyle has been named North American regional director for TI Automotive's Global Fuel Systems Division.

He previously was responsible for global fuel-system quality. TI Automotive is a tier one supplier of integrated fuel-storage and delivery systems.

Coyle had been a managing director at EMA Automotive, part of the former TI Group's John Crane engineered sealing systems supplier division. He began his business career at General Motors' Central Foundry Division, where he advanced through a series of positions in manufacturing engineering, process development and quality.

He later transferred to GM's Delphi Packard Electric Division, where he held management positions in quality operations and lean manufacturing at facilities in Germany and the United States.

Coyle holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana and a master's degree in business administration from the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration in Charlottesville, Virginia.

TI Automotive is the world's leading supplier of fluid storage, transfer and delivery systems including brake, fuel and air conditioning applications. Based in Warren, MI, the company employs over 20,000 people at more than 130 facilities in 29 countries on six continents. Further information about TI Automotive is available on the company's website at www.tiautomotive.com .