Robert D. Welding Named Director of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

FINDLAY, Ohio, Aug. 3, 2007 -- COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY announced today that its Board of Directors has named Robert D. Welding as a director of the Company, effective immediately.

Welding, 58, is president and chief executive officer of Federal Signal Corporation and a member of Federal Signal's board of directors. Prior to joining Federal Signal in 2003, Welding was group president of the BorgWarner Driveline Group, a $1.2 billion global business, and executive vice president of BorgWarner Inc. Previously, he served as president and general manager of BorgWarner Transmission Systems, a unit of the Driveline Group. In his 20 years with BorgWarner, Welding held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in operations and product engineering management. Prior to that, he served in various management and product engineering capacities for General Motors and Volkswagen of America. Welding began his career as a product development engineer in 1970.

Welding earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nebraska and a master's in business administration from the University of Michigan. He also is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Roy V. Armes, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company president and CEO, said, "Bob Welding brings a wealth of experience at the highest levels in global businesses, and will prove an invaluable resource as a member of the Cooper Tire & Rubber Board of Directors and as Cooper grows its own business around the world."

Company Description

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a global company that specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of passenger car, light truck, medium truck tires and subsidiaries that specialize in motorcycle and racing tires, as well as tread rubber and related equipment for the retread industry. With headquarters in Findlay, Ohio, Cooper Tire has 63 manufacturing, sales, distribution, technical and design facilities within its family of companies located around the world. For more information, visit Cooper Tire's web site at: www.coopertireandrubber.com