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Electrical, Electronics Excellence Drives Delphi To Earn Six GM Awards

15 April 1999

Electrical, Electronics Excellence Drives Delphi To Earn Six GM 1998 'Supplier of the Year' Awards

    TROY, Mich., April 14 -- Electrical and electronics
excellence has led Delphi Automotive Systems to earn six 1998
"Supplier of the Year" awards from General Motors Corp. .
    GM recognized five Delphi products in its "Electrical Commodity" category,
including powertrain control modules, wiring harnesses, power and signal
distribution systems, batteries and radios.
    "Delphi is a premier supplier to GM's Electrical commodity group of
Worldwide Purchasing," said Otto Jeter, executive director, Worldwide
Purchasing, electrical.
    Delphi's sixth honored product, steering wheels, earned recognition in the
"Chemical Commodity" category for a fourth consecutive year.  The product is a
six-time GM Supplier-of-the-Year winner.
    Delphi earned the awards for exceeding specific performance standards for
quality, service, technology and price.
    "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, Delphi is
one of only 184 that have achieved Supplier of the Year distinction for 1998,
an honor accorded by those suppliers who have achieved world-class levels of
quality, service, technology and price in support of General Motors."
    "Delphi's unique competitive advantage is our electrical and electronics
expertise," said J.T. Battenberg III, Delphi chairman, chief executive officer
and president.  "GM continues to be one of our most valued customers, and
we're pleased and honored that GM recognizes the value we're able to bring to
their programs."
    Delphi's products were selected by teams of purchasing, quality,
engineering and manufacturing experts from GM operations around the world.
These teams reviewed supplier performance in quality, service, technology and
price during the 1998 calendar year.
    GM Worldwide Purchasing buys $86 billion in goods and services in support
of the approximately 8.6 million vehicles GM produces in 30 countries annually
    Delphi Automotive Systems, with headquarters in Troy, Mich., USA, is a
world leader in automotive component and systems technology.  Delphi's three
business sectors -- Dynamics & Propulsion; Safety, Thermal & Electrical
Architecture; and Electronics & Mobile Communications -- provide comprehensive
product solutions to complex customer needs.  Delphi has approximately 198,000
employees and operates 168 wholly owned manufacturing sites, 40 joint ventures
and 27 technical centers in 36 countries.  Regional headquarters are located
in Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo.  Delphi can be found on the Internet at
http://www.delphiauto.com