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Standard Products' Goldsboro Division Receives Award

2 June 1998

Standard Products' Goldsboro Division Receives Gold Pentastar Award from Chrysler

    DEARBORN, Mich., June 1 --  The Standard Products Company
announced today its division in Goldsboro, North Carolina, has
been awarded Chrysler Corporation's Gold Pentastar Award for the second
straight year.  This award is given to the top one percent of Chrysler
suppliers for excelling in the areas of quality, delivery, warranty, cost
savings, customer support and technology, and competitive pricing.
    The Goldsboro division manufactures door sealing systems for a number of
Chrysler models.  The facility also manufactures a variety of weatherstripping
seals, glass run channel assembly systems and windshield molding.
    Nance Taylor, supplier quality specialist, presented the award to Standard
Product's Goldsboro Chrysler team at an employee assembly, stating, "This
award symbolizes the level of commitment to Chrysler and its extended
enterprise philosophy.  The award demonstrates Goldsboro's ongoing pledge to
quality, performance and delivery."
    Standard Products manufactures sealing, trim 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 and
commercial appliances, doors and windows.  Its Oliver rubber subsidiary
manufactures tread rubber and equipment for the retread industry.  Information
regarding the Goldsboro division can be found on Standard Products Internet
Website at http://www.standardproducts.com/plant/goldsbor.htm.