Siemens VDO Promotes Guido Reuter to Vice President of Purchasing - North America

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 19, 2006 -- Siemens VDO today announced the appointment of Guido Reuter to Vice President of Purchasing for the company's North American operations. He now is responsible for all North American purchasing and will work with key suppliers to utilize their full potential to generate cost savings for Siemens VDO products, while ensuring the highest standards for improved quality. Reuter is based at the company's Troy, Mich. location and succeeds Frank Homann, who now serves as Vice President of Siemens VDO's North American Cockpit Modules and Systems division and is responsible for guiding the company's strategy to develop integrated cockpit module business in this market.

Reuter has been with the company since 1991 and has held various positions in Germany, France and the United States in the areas of Manufacturing, Engineering, Business Development and Purchasing. In his last position, Reuter was responsible for Siemens VDO's Purchasing/SQM activities at the company's Huntsville, Ala. operations.

He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida.

Siemens VDO is a tier-one supplier of automotive electronic/electrical systems and components with applications covering gasoline and diesel powertrain technologies, safety and chassis systems, body electronics, plus interior products including infotainment systems. Worldwide sales reflecting fiscal year 2005 totaled $11.3 billion (euro 9.6 billion). For more information: http://www.usa.siemensvdo.com/ .

Siemens AG is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances.

With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: http://www.usa.siemens.com/ .