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Borg-Warner Automotive Drive-Chain Sprocket Recognized With Award

24 August 1998

Borg-Warner Automotive Drive-Chain Sprocket Recognized With Powder Metal Part-of-the-Year Award

    CHICAGO, Aug. 24 -- A Borg-Warner Automotive Morse
TEC-designed Gemini sprocket has been recognized with the 1998 Ferrous Powder
Metal Part-of-the-Year Award.
    The sprocket, which is part of the chain-drive system of the General
Motors Powertrain 4T65 front-wheel drive transmission, transmits power from a
vehicle's engine to the transmission via two HY-VO(R) chains.  It is one of
the most technically advanced powder metal parts in the world.  The patented
Borg-Warner Automotive MORSE GEMINI(TM) chain system in which the sprocket is
included significantly reduces transmission noise over the traditional
single-tooth system, and is among the most advanced power transmission
chain-drive system in production at GM.  The joint developments in powder
metal technology have led to affordable means of manufacturing the complex
design of phased sprockets on a mass production scale.
   The award was presented to Borg-Warner Automotive Morse TEC, along with
Stackpole Limited, which manufactures the sprocket, and General Motors, at the
Metal Powder Industries Federation International Conference on Powder
Metallurgy and Particulate Materials in Las Vegas, Nev.
   "The Ferrous Powder Metal Part-of-the-Year Award is prestigious recognition
of the Borg-Warner Automotive commitment to product leadership," said Ronald
M. Ruzic, president and general manager, Morse TEC. "We are delighted to
receive the award and congratulate our co-recipients, Stackpole Limited and
General Motors, on the culmination of a remarkable achievement in
technological excellence."
    Mississauga, Ontario-based Stackpole Limited is a leading manufacturer and
assembler of technologically advanced powder metal components and system
assemblies, primarily for automotive engines and transmissions.
    Chicago-based Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc. is a product leader
in highly engineered components and systems primarily for automotive
drivetrain applications.  The company operates manufacturing and technical
support facilities in 12 countries serving the North American, European and
Asian automotive markets.
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fluctuations in domestic or foreign automotive production, the continued use
of outside suppliers by original equipment manufacturers, fluctuations in
demand for vehicles containing the Company's products, general economic
conditions, as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Cautionary Statements filed
as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 1O-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.