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LucasVarity Automotive Honored With Ford's World Excellence Award

22 March 1999

LucasVarity Automotive Honored With Ford's World Excellence Award

    LIVONIA, Mich., March 22 -- LucasVarity Automotive has
received Ford Motor Company's Recognition of Achievement World Excellence
Award, recognizing the company as one of its top suppliers in the world for
1998 performance.
    LucasVarity Automotive earned the Recognition of Achievement award,
presented to only 25 companies in Ford's network of thousands of suppliers,
for its participation in the Warranty Reduction pilot program in brake
modules.
    The World Excellence Award, given to 47 suppliers this year, is a
prestigious annual award honoring Ford production suppliers who have met and
exceeded rigorous standards for performance in cost, quality and delivery as
measured by the Supplier Improvement Metrics (SIM).  Commodity specific
metrics are used for non-production suppliers.
    SIM data are available to Ford suppliers on the exclusive Ford Supplier
Network website, located at http://web.suppliers.ford.com.
    Carlos Mazzorin, Ford Motor Company's Group Vice President of Purchasing
and Ford of Mexico said, "LucasVarity Automotive is world class -- part of an
exclusive club of Ford's top suppliers.  LucasVarity Automotive made
extraordinary contributions to Ford that helped make 1998 a very successful
year and helped deliver high quality and value to our customers.  Performance
like this deserves to be recognized."
    LucasVarity Automotive is headquartered in Livonia, Mich., and produces
braking, electrical and electronic systems, diesel systems and aftermarket
replacement parts for the global automotive industry.
    It is a division of LucasVarity plc , which designs,
manufacturers and supplies advanced technology systems, products and services
in the world's automotive and aerospace industries.