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Meritor Automotive Elects Eggert, Stelfox Corporate Officers

9 September 1998

Meritor Automotive Elects Eggert, Stelfox Corporate Officers

    TROY, Mich., Sept. 9 -- Meritor Automotive, Inc.
today announced that its board of directors has elected two corporate
officers.
    Glenn J. Eggert has been elected senior vice president, Operations,
reporting to Prakash R. Mulchandani, president, Heavy Vehicle Systems.
    Eggert has strategic responsibility for all manufacturing operations
within Meritor.  Eggert has held increasingly responsible operations
management positions with Meritor, previously Rockwell Automotive, for more
than 20 years.  Eggert joined Rockwell Automation's Allen-Bradley organization
in 1978.
    Eggert holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in mechanical
engineering from the University of Wisconsin.  He is a member of the Society
of Manufacturing Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and
the Association of Manufacturing Excellence.
    The board has also elected Diane M. Stelfox vice president and corporate
controller, reporting to Thomas A. Madden, senior vice president and chief
financial officer.  Stelfox fills the position previously held by Lawrence J.
Lockwood, who has been appointed vice president of finance for the company's
Light Vehicle Systems business.
    Stelfox is responsible for all financial planning and analysis, metrics
and performance reporting across the company, as well as external reporting,
policies and the consolidation of financial results analysis.  She had served
as assistant corporate controller since joining the company earlier in 1998.
Prior to that time, Stelfox held several senior finance and accounting
positions within ITT Automotive, from 1986 to 1997, including controller for
its Body Systems Division, controller for its Aftermarket Division, director
of Planning and Reporting and director of Accounting.  Prior to joining ITT
Automotive, she served with Arthur Andersen LLP, from 1979 to 1986, most
recently as an audit manager.
    Stelfox earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of
Detroit.
    Meritor, with 1997 sales of $3.3 billion, is a global supplier of a broad
range of components and systems for commercial, specialty and light vehicles.
Meritor consists of two businesses:  Heavy Vehicle Systems, a leading supplier
of drivetrain systems and components for medium- and heavy-duty trucks,
trailers and off-highway equipment and specialty vehicles including military,
bus and coach, and fire and rescue; and Light Vehicle Systems, a major
supplier of roof, door, access control and seat adjusting systems, electric
motors, suspension systems and wheels for passenger cars, light trucks and
sport utility vehicles.
    Meritor World Wide Web Site Address:  http://www.meritorauto.com.