---

Standard Products Names Former President of Rockwell Automotive as Its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

1 July 1997

Standard Products Names Former President of Rockwell Automotive as Its Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

    DEARBORN, Mich., July 1 -- The Standard Products Co.
today announced that Ronald L. Roudebush has been selected as the
Company's new vice chairman and chief executive officer as well as a member of
the Company's Board of Directors.  His formal election to the three positions
will take place when Directors meet on July 24, 1997.
    James S. Reid Jr., 71, chairman and chief executive officer of Standard
Products Company, will continue to serve the Company as chairman of the board
and in an advisory capacity.  Reid has been chief executive of the Company
since 1962.  Under Reid's leadership, the Company grew from a domestic auto
supplier with six plants and $37.6 million in annual sales to a leading
international automotive components manufacturer with 40 facilities and sales
of $1.1 billion.
    Theodore K. Zampetis, 51, will continue as president and chief operating
officer, a position that he has held since 1991, the same year he was elected
to the Company's Board of Directors.
    Roudebush, 50, has spent over 30 years in the automotive industry holding
various positions including president and general manager of Rockwell
Automotive between 1991 and 1994, overseeing the-then $2.8 billion
diversified, global component supplier to the automotive and truck industry.
    "Ron Roudebush's diverse experience in the automotive industry will help
us better and more effectively respond to the global complexities that we
encounter with our worldwide customer base,"  said Reid.  "Together with Ted
Zampetis, Standard Products has a top management team, a management team that
can lead the Company into the 21st century."
    For the past two years, Roudebush has been the owner of a retail
automobile dealership in Cincinnati, Ohio.
    Roudebush joined Rockwell in 1973 and held various financial,
manufacturing, operational, staff, and general management positions that
included President, On-Highway Products.  He also served as vice president of
three divisions:  Highway Brakes and Axle Division, Service Parts and
Automotive Electronics Division, and Heavy Vehicle Components Operation.
    Roudebush received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical
engineering in 1970 from GMI Engineering and Management Institute.  That same
year, he also received his Masters of Science degree in industrial management
from the Krannert School at Purdue University.
    Roudebush currently serves on the Board of Directors of Simpson
Industries, Inc., and the GMI Engineering and Management Institute.  He is an
active member of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
    Standard Products manufactures sealing, trimming and vibration control
systems for the automotive original equipment industry in North and South
America and Europe.  Its Holm Industries subsidiary produces seals for
residential refrigerators, freezers, doors and windows.  Its Oliver Rubber
subsidiary manufactures tread rubber and equipment for the retread industry.

SOURCE  The Standard Products Co.

 Photo available via NewsCom, 305-448-8411 or http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/pub/pd/grid?f=PRN/prnphotos