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MANN+HUMMEL AUTOMOTIVE Drafts Veteran Detroit Journalist

22 June 1998

MANN+HUMMEL AUTOMOTIVE Drafts Veteran Detroit Journalist For Director of Communications

    BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., June 22 -- MANN+HUMMEL AUTOMOTIVE
has named veteran Detroit automotive journalist Jon Lowell as director of
communications.  Lowell joins MANN+HUMMEL from WXYZ-TV where he was auto
editor as well as a commentator on WJR radio.
    MANN+HUMMEL AUTOMOTIVE maintains a North American headquarters and
manufacturing base in Portage, Michigan and a sales, communication, and
program management office in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.  The company is a
leading manufacturer of plastic intake manifolds, air cleaners, resonators,
air, oil and fuel filters, air induction systems, plastic pressurized surge
tanks and brake fluid reservoirs and is a unit of MANN+HUMMEL GMBH of
Ludwigsburg, Germany.
    Before joining WXYZ, Lowell was a senior editor for Ward's Auto World
magazine and spent more than a dozen years as a Detroit-based correspondent
for Newsweek magazine.  "We're delighted to have someone with Jon's diverse
media background join MANN+HUMMEL at a stage when we are ambitiously expanding
our North American activities," said James J. Riordan, president of
MANN+HUMMEL AUTOMOTIVE, Inc.  "We're confident that Jon will be a force in
promoting our increasing activities in North America."
    With 1997 sales of approximately $900 million, the MANN+HUMMEL Group is
organized into two divisions, automotive and industrial.  The automotive
division serves both the OEM and Aftermarket.  The industrial division
manufactures filtration products and systems for industrial applications and
consists of three business units including Industrial Filters, ProTec and
Hydromation, which recently acquired Advanced Filtration Concepts of
Louisville, Kentucky, expanding their presence to the North American market.
With over 20 manufacturing sales locations worldwide, MANN+HUMMEL employs
approximately 8,000 people.