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Donnelly Wins Major Stake in GM Mirror Business

27 April 1998

Donnelly Corporation Wins Major Stake in GM Mirror Business

    HOLLAND, Mich., April 27 -- Donnelly Corporation ,
the world's largest supplier of automotive mirrors, today announced that it
has won substantial new business commitments for complete outside mirrors on
vehicles produced by General Motors Corporation .  The multi-year
program represents one of the largest new-business orders in Donnelly's
history.
    The new-business win is spread across 12 GM models, and production has
already begun on several existing vehicle programs.  Launches on other new
products for the multi-year program will take place over the next several
years.  Although final production decisions have not yet been made, Donnelly
expects that it will produce the GM products at its West Michigan
manufacturing facilities.
    "We are extremely pleased to have the opportunity to expand the depth and
quality of our relationship with General Motors," said Ron VandenBerg, group
vice president for Donnelly's GM business unit.  "Donnelly brings to the table
more design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities for automotive mirrors
than any other company in the world, and it is exciting to be able to see our
products move into this exciting range of GM vehicles."
    GM has selected Donnelly as a "Supplier of the Year" for automotive
mirrors in each of the past three years.  In fact, Donnelly is the only
automotive mirror supplier to have earned the award over consecutive years.
    Donnelly Corporation is an international automotive supplier dedicated to
serving customers around the globe with industry-leading components and
systems in automotive mirrors, windows and interior trim and lighting.
Through its various product lines, Donnelly is a supplier to every major
automotive manufacturer in the world.  The company has been based in Holland,
Michigan since 1905, and today has approximately 5,000 employees in eleven
countries worldwide.  Donnelly is recognized as a leader in the application of
participative management, and has been named to Fortune magazine's list of the
"100 Best Companies to Work for in America."

SOURCE  Donnelly Corporation