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Ford Automotive Products Operations Appoints Marketing and Sales Executive

28 July 1997

Ford Automotive Products Operations Appoints Marketing and Sales Executive

    DEARBORN, Mich., July 28 -- Ford Motor Company's
Automotive Products Operations (APO) advanced its plan to increase worldwide
sales with the appointment today of Craig H. Muhlhauser to the new position of
executive director of Global Marketing and Sales.
    APO is the world's second-largest supplier of automotive systems and
components.
    Muhlhauser joins APO from United Technologies in East Hartford, Conn.,
where he was senior vice president, Sales and Service for the Americas and
senior vice president of Worldwide Aftermarket for Pratt & Whitney.  He has
also had executive-level responsibilities for worldwide sales and marketing at
Lucas Industries, Ltd. and the General Electric Co.
    "Craig has the global business-to-business marketing expertise we need to
help focus our $17 billion business on our customers, both within and outside
of Ford," said Charlie Szuluk, group vice president of APO.  "We're moving our
organization from an internal cost-center at Ford Motor Company to a highly
competitive self-funding profit center.  Craig has the vision, energy and
credentials to help ensure that our entire organization is geared to making
our customers successful."
    Muhlhauser brings to APO a reputation for creating highly effective sales
and marketing organizations for global business-to-business accounts and for
achieving solid revenue growth.  His successes in the intensely competitive
aircraft engine industry have been rooted in a concentration on customer
satisfaction and a talent for creating high performance work teams.
    "We are building a fast-moving automotive systems business based on
entrepreneurial thinking, solid experience and a driving commitment to our
customers," said Szuluk.  "Craig is a key addition to our team."
    Born August 1948, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Muhlhauser holds bachelor's and
master's degrees in engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
    Automotive Products Operations was formed on November 1, 1996.  It
operates 68 plants in 19 countries with 78,000 employees.  In 1996, APO had
sales revenues of more than $16.4 billion.

SOURCE  Ford Motor Company