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DuPont Automotive Announces Key Management Appointments

27 July 1998

DuPont Automotive Announces Key Management Appointments; Executives Charged to Drive the Company Into the Next Millennium

    TROY, Mich., July 27 -- John R. "Jack" Lewis has been named
vice president - DuPont Automotive OEM Finishes with primary responsibility
for automobile company interaction.  Simultaneously, J. Erik Fyrwald has been
appointed vice president - DuPont Automotive Engineering Materials, primarily
responsible for relations with automotive supplier companies and for the
balance of the company's broad materials portfolio, according to Louis F.
Savelli, president of DuPont Automotive.
    "Restructuring our senior executive staff expedites our decision-making
process to better meet the dynamic and rapidly changing needs of the
automotive industry," said Savelli.  "In addition, both executives possess a
great deal of international business experience, which reflects the global
nature of our customer base."
    Lewis, who was worldwide director of DuPont Automotive Finishes since
1995, maintains primary responsibility for interaction with automotive
companies and is responsible for all aspects of the DuPont finishes business
serving automakers and automotive suppliers worldwide.  In his 30-year-career
with DuPont, Lewis has held a number of prominent product marketing and
business management positions.  He was managing director of DuPont Automotive
Coatings, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, from 1988 to 1991 before being named
director of Engineering Materials for DuPont Automotive, a position he held
until 1995.
    Fyrwald, director of DuPont Automotive Engineering Materials since 1996,
has been given global marketing and development responsibility for the broad
range of DuPont plastics and other engineering materials to the automotive
industry.  In his 17 years with DuPont, Fyrwald has held several international
strategic business positions, including four years in Tokyo as director of
Engineering Polymers - Japan and regional business manager for Butacite(R)
safety glass interlayer product for Asia Pacific until 1994.  From 1994 to
1996, Fyrwald was regional business manager for Zytel(R) nylon resins -
Americas.
    "Jack's depth of experience and understanding of our product and worldwide
markets are tremendous assets as we rapidly address the global cost, quality
and technology issues that will drive the industry into the 21st century,"
said Savelli.  "Erik's understanding of engineering materials and experience
in the global marketplace will prove especially effective when working with
first- and second-tier automotive suppliers, which are expanding their roles
as systems suppliers and integrators in an international marketplace."
    With world headquarters in Troy, Mich., DuPont Automotive offers more than
100 product lines to the global automotive industry, including plastics,
advanced composites, finishes, fibers, fabricated products, refrigerants,
specialty chemicals and lubricants.  DuPont worldwide automotive sales were $4
billion in 1997.

    Butacite(R) and Zytel(R) are registered trademarks of DuPont.