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Dupont Automotive Announces Key Management Appointment

4 December 1998

Dupont Automotive Announces Key Management Appointment; Fields to Focus on Economic Growth Through Customer Value

    TROY, Mich., Dec. 4 -- Walter L. Fields III has been named
vice president - DuPont Automotive Engineering Materials with primary
responsibility for global marketing and development of DuPont engineering
plastics and other engineering materials to the automotive industry, according
to Louis F. Savelli, president of DuPont Automotive.
    Fields succeeds J. Erik Fyrwald, who has been named vice president of
DuPont Corporate Plans, and will relocate to Wilmington, Del.
    "Walter brings a number of skills that will enhance our customer focus,
especially through his extensive knowledge of markets and the company's
service capabilities," said Savelli.  "He is a strong proponent of the belief
that suppliers must find ways to create value for their customers if they are
to grow profitably."
    In his 20-year career with DuPont, Fields has held a number of prominent
product marketing and business management positions, most recently, global
business director for DuPont Nomex(R) aramid products since 1995.
    Fields joined DuPont in 1978 as a design engineer for the DuPont Old
Hickory, Tenn., fiber manufacturing site, and was subsequently responsible for
the Dacron(R) polyester filament line.  From 1989 to 1992, Fields served as
marketing manager of Nomex(R) aramid electrical insulation.  In 1992, he
transferred to Japan as regional business director for DuPont Advanced Fibers
Systems, establishing three joint-venture companies.  He then became president
of DuPont Teijin Advanced Papers in Japan and DuPont Teijin Advanced Papers
Ltd. in Hong Kong, positions held until 1995.
    "I've had tremendous opportunities here at DuPont, not just in terms of
business and marketing experience, but also in people development programs
through diversity, team interaction and project management," Fields said.
"Through that experience, I've come to understand that sustaining the economic
health of a company and of the supply chain is not just a matter of making a
better product.  It also means working together with customers to manage
supply chain opportunities in a way that we bring innovation to the
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.