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Echlin Automotive Announces Organizational Restructuring

3 November 1997

Echlin Automotive Announces Organizational Restructuring

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 3 --  Allan Cameron, president of
Echlin Automotive, today announced organizational changes within several
business units.  The changes, effective immediately, are part of a recent
announcement by parent company, Echlin Inc., to make Echlin Automotive one of
five operating groups.
    "As we grow Echlin Automotive to compete in the global market, we are
empowering these individuals to lead these core business units," said Cameron.
"Each of them have made outstanding contributions to our growth and we look
forward to continuing this trend."
    The organizational changes within Echlin Automotive follow:

    *  Grant Beard, from Echlin Automotive, vice president - sales and
       marketing, to president, Preferred Technical Group.
    *  Jim Canfield, from general manager, Preferred Technical Group to
       president, Epic Technical Group.
    *  Tim Hylen, from general manager, Epic Technical Group to Echlin
       Automotive, vice president - sales and marketing.
    *  Stu McGowan, from manufacturing director, Preferred Technical Group to
       managing director, Hobourn Automotive.
    *  Herb Wilden, from director of Human Resources, Fluid Systems Group to
       Echlin Automotive, vice president, human resources.
    *  Paul Burman, from sales director, SU Automotive, Echlin Automotive
       Europe director of Sales & Marketing.

    Echlin Automotive, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich., is the world's
leading independent supplier of automotive fluid handling and commercial
vehicle systems and components.  It is an OEM-focused operating group of
70-year-old Echlin Inc. , with 39 manufacturing operations in 10
countries.  Echlin Automotive recorded nearly $1 billion in sales for 1997.

SOURCE  Echlin Automotive