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Delco Remy America Announces Promotions

6 April 1999

Delco Remy America Announces Promotions in Aftermarket Sales Department

    ANDERSON, Ind., April 6 -- Thomas Jennett, sr. vice president
& general manager, aftermarket, Delco Remy America, announced the following
organizational changes.
    Kent Jones is promoted to vice president, aftermarket sales and Dave Stoos
is appointed vice president, national accounts.  Both positions will report
directly to Jennett.
    In his new role, Jones will be responsible for the development of DRA
aftermarket business through the original equipment (OE) service and
independent channels of distribution.
    Prior to this promotion, Jones was director of sales -- heavy duty truck
where he was successful in negotiating several long term contracts with major
truck accounts, and securing new business volume in both the OE and
aftermarket sector.  Jones joined the Delco Remy Division of General Motors in
1987 as a co-op student in the Heavy Duty Systems Strategic Business Unit.
After graduating from GMI Engineering and Management Institute with a
bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering, he served as a production
supervisor in the former Plant 17 and later was promoted to service engineer.
In 1996, he became OE manufacturer account manager for the Heavy Duty
Division, playing an integral role in obtaining new standard position business
from leading truck manufacturers and key fleet accounts.  He was also
instrumental in the development and release of the new Delco Remy Quadramount
series of alternators.
    Stoos, in his new position, will be responsible for the development and
direction of programs aimed at growing Delco Remy America business in the
national account markets.
    He has an extensive sales background in which he has been promoted several
times.  Starting at ACDelco Division of General Motors as a sales rep in Sioux
City, Iowa, he was promoted to district sales manager, Omaha, Nebraska.  As a
member of the General Motors Service Parts Operations team, Stoos continued to
build his sales expertise in the automotive arena.  First, he was appointed
zone fleet sales manager, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  From there, he was promoted
to account manager, Minneapolis; regional sales promotion manager, Atlanta,
Georgia; zone sales manager, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and manager national
fleet sales, Detroit, Michigan.
    Stoos earned a bachelors degree in economics from Westmar College in
Lemars, Iowa and a M.B.A. in marketing from Cardinal Stritch College,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    "These organizational changes further facilitate our strategic growth in
the aftermarket," noted Jennett.
    Delco Remy America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delco Remy
International, Inc.  Delco Remy International, Inc., became a
public company with an initial public offering of stock in December 1997.  The
company designs, manufactures, remanufactures and distributes electrical,
powertrain/drivetrain and related components for automobiles and light trucks,
medium and heavy-duty trucks and other heavy-duty off-road vehicles.  Products
include starter motors, alternators, engines, transmissions, traction control
systems and fuel systems for both the original equipment and the aftermarket.