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TRW to Show How it Accelerates Technology, Puts the Brakes on Cost

22 February 1999

At SAE Congress, TRW to Show How it Accelerates Technology, Puts the Brakes on Cost

    DETROIT, Feb. 22 -- At the 1999 Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) International Congress & Exposition here next week, TRW --
the global automotive supplier -- will showcase a wide range of integrated
modules and systems that accelerate technology and put the brakes on cost.
    TRW's two-story exhibit (booth #1800) will feature a presentation of the
company's advanced systems and modules for steering and suspension, occupant
restraints, security and convenience electronics, fasteners and engine valve
trains -- all designed to enhance vehicle value and reliability, as well as
save automakers development time and assembly costs.  Highlights of the
exhibit will include:
    * Pyrotechnic Fuse Box -- a safety unit that, in a crash, disconnects
select high-current power connections in less than one millisecond --
significantly decreasing the risk of vehicle fires, but still providing an
emergency power circuit for safety-related items;
    * Advanced Restraint Systems -- smart, adaptive restraints that tailor
protection to occupants and draw from TRW's full-range of safety products,
including crash sensors, occupant sensors, multi-stage inflators, Heated Gas
Inflators (HGI) and energy-management seat belts;
    * Integrated Vehicle Chassis System -- concept combines TRW Electrically
Assisted Steering (EAS), Active Roll Control (ARC) and other chassis systems
into a next-generation vehicle system that optimizes control, handling and
performance to enhance the driving experience;
    * Inflatable Tubular Structure (ITS) and Inflatable Tubular Torso
Restraint (ITTR) -- inflatable restraints -- created by Simula, Inc. and being
developed/marketed in conjunction with TRW -- that can enhance occupant
protection in frontal collisions, side impacts and rollovers; and
    * Integrated Overhead Console -- a modular-designed information center
that incorporates several of TRW's key security, safety, information and
convenience product features.  The above-the-beltline console includes the TRW
TireWatch(TM) system; Universal Home Access system; Mayday system; remote
keyless entry system; vehicle security system; and trip computer display.
    The exhibit will also underscore TRW's extensive experience in systems
engineering, program management and aerospace electronics -- and how this
experience is leveraged to help automakers around the world.
    TRW Inc. is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and has sales of
nearly $12 billion.  The company is one of the largest independent automotive
suppliers in the world with more than $7 billion in worldwide automotive sales
in 1998.  TRW also provides advanced technology products and services for the
space, defense and information systems markets worldwide.