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Lear's GM Division Named General Motors' 1998 Supplier of the Year

9 April 1999

Lear Corporation's GM Division Named General Motors' 1998 Supplier of the Year

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 8 -- For the third time and the
second consecutive year, Lear Corporation has been named General
Motors' Supplier of the Year.  The 1998 award again recognizes
Lear's GM Division as a worldwide leader in product development, technology,
manufacturing, continuous improvement, value and, most importantly, quality in
the automotive interior components and systems it provides to the world's
largest automaker.
    The Supplier of the Year award was established by GM in Europe more than
20 years ago and became an international award in 1992.  The prestigious award
will be formally presented to Lear officials during a ceremony in Detroit on
May 5.
    Prior to again being named Supplier of the Year, Lear's GM Division went
through a quantitative analysis by several General Motors groups.  Lear and
the other companies recognized were selected by teams of purchasing, quality,
engineering and manufacturing experts from GM operations around the world.
The team reviewed supplier performance in quality, service and price during
the 1998 calendar year, recognizing supplier companies worldwide who exceed
specific performance standards in those areas.
    "GM's Suppliers of the Year represent the 'best of the best,'" said Harold
R. Kutner, Vice President and Group Executive, Worldwide Purchasing and North
American Production control & Logistics.  "Of GM's 30,000 suppliers, Lear
Corporation is one of only 184 that have achieved Supplier of the Year
distinction for 1998, an honor accorded to those suppliers who have achieved
world-class levels of quality, service, technology and price in support of
General Motors."
    "On behalf of all of the Lear GM Division staff, whose hard work truly
earned this award, we're honored to be named Supplier of the Year," said Joe
Zimmer, President of Lear's GM Division.  "Our objective has always been to
assist General Motors in continuing to be the world leader in quality vehicles
and customer satisfaction.  That we have earned this recognition three times
shows that Lear can be counted on as a partner to GM."
    Lear Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Southfield,
Michigan, USA, is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, with 1998
sales revenues of $9.1 billion.  The company's world-class automotive interior
products are designed, engineered and manufactured by more than 60,000
employees in over 200 facilities located in 28 countries.  Information about
Lear and its products is available on the Internet at http://www.lear.com.
    General Motors Worldwide Purchasing is a global organizations operating in
the four main regions of the world:  Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and
North America.  It is responsible for annual purchases of about $86 billion in
goods and services in support of approximately 8.6 million vehicles GM
annually produces in 30 countries around the world.