General Motors and APL Logistics Ink Deal for Parts Handling APL

7 April 1999

General Motors and APL Logistics Ink Deal for Parts Handling APL INTERNATIONAL Bangkok, April 7, 1999 - Handling Auto Parts - Celebrating the signing of a major logistics contract between General Motors Thailand and APL Logistics, officials of both companies display two of the thousands of auto parts GM will use to build compact vans beginning May 2000 at new plant outside Bangkok. APL will manage flow of parts to the assembly line on a just-in-time basis. Contacts: John Pachtner, APL 510-272-7208; or Kantanit Sukontasap, GM, tel. 66-2-937-0180 ext. 117; or www.apl.com/content/about/news.html. (PR NewsFoto) [PH] BANGKOK THAILAND 04/07/1999

      APL Will Manage Just-in-Time Arrival of Thousands of Parts Per Car

                             PHOTO/CAPTION NOTES:
1) Photo of APL and GM execs "handling" auto parts and brief caption available
                       on Wed., April 7 at 07:00 ET at
/http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990407/SFW003 or NewsCom, 213-237-5431;
AP PhotoExpress Network, PRN1; PressLink Online, 800-888-6195/.  (This present
                    version of caption is more detailed.)
(2) Photo, caption and a backgrounder on the new GM-APL Logistics partnership
               in Thailand will also be available on April 7 at
                     http://www.apl.com/content/about/news.html.

    BANGKOK, Thailand, April 7 -- Celebrating the signing of a
major logistics contract between General Motors Thailand (GMTH) and APL
Logistics, officials of the two companies display two of the several thousand
auto parts that GM will use to build 7-passenger Zafira compact vans beginning
in May 2000 at a new plant outside of Bangkok.  APL will manage the flow of
all parts to the assembly line on a just-in-time basis, supporting a "lean
materials management" system that will virtually eliminate intermediate
warehousing.
    Shown (left to right) at the Thailand plant are:  Henry Gnacke, Vice
President, Materials Management, General Motors Thailand; Mitsuko Mizushima,
Vice President of APL's Business Logistics unit, Oakland, California;
Richard Gurr, Director of Production Control, GMTH; and Goh Hung Song, APL
Managing Director, Thailand.  APL is part of the NOL group.