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Delphi Names International Director

1 October 1997

Delphi Names International Director

    FLINT, Mich., Oct. 1 -- Jose Maria Alapont, an executive with
broad experience in the worldwide automotive components industry, has been
appointed executive director, International Operations, for Delphi Energy &
Engine Management Systems.
    Alapont will report to Donald L. Runkle, GM vice president and general
manager of Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems.  Alapont will be
responsible for the division's international operations outside North America
and will be based at the Delphi Technical Center in Bascharage, Luxembourg.
    "Mr. Alapont brings insights gained from a wide spectrum of
responsibilities in diverse aspects of our business, involving operations and
customers in many parts of the world," Runkle said.  "We expect him to make a
natural fit with our expanding global enterprise."
    Alapont has been group vice president-Worldwide Lighting Systems, for
Valeo, the Paris-based automotive components manufacturer, with responsibility
for Human Resources, Research and Development, Manufacturing, Quality,
Purchasing, Finance, Marketing and Sales, and Legal Affairs.  Valeo's lighting
group has 1O divisions, with 19 manufacturing plants in Europe, North and
South America, and Asia and 11 technical centers.
    Previously, Alapont was group vice president for Valeo's Worldwide Clutch
Operations, operations director for Valeo Worldwide Heavy Duty Engine Cooling,
and managing director of Valeo Engine Cooling-Spain.
    Before joining Valeo in 1990, Alapont was powertrain manager for Ford of
Europe supplier engineering and product quality engineering and held a series
of engineering and operations managerial posts for Ford of Spain.
    Alapont, an industrial engineer with a doctorate in philology, is fluent
in Spanish, English and French.
    Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems is a division of Delphi
Automotive Systems, with lead responsibility for the generation, conversion
and storage of electrical energy, the flow of air and fuel into an engine, the
combustion process, and cleaning of exhaust emissions.  Headquartered in
Flint, Michigan, USA, the division operates in 35 manufacturing plants, 10
engineering centers, and 18 sales offices in 21 countries.
    Delphi Automotive Systems, headquartered in Troy, Michigan, USA, is the
world's largest and most diversified supplier of automotive systems and
components.  Delphi operates 198 manufacturing facilities, 46 ventures, and 17
technical centers in 35 countries.  Regional headquarters are located in
Tokyo, Japan; Paris, France; and Sao Paulo, Brasil.
     Delphi can be found on the Internet at http://www.delphiauto.com.

SOURCE  Delphi Automotive Systems