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Delphi: Famar Earns GM Supplier-of-the-Year Award for Radios

15 April 1999

Delphi: Famar Earns GM Supplier-of-the-Year Award for Radios

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, April 14 -- Famar Fueguina, S.A.
Delphi Delco Electronics Systems was recently named General Motors Supplier of
the Year for 1998 and received the GM Supplier-of-the-Year award for cassette
and CD radios produced at its facility in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego.
    Teams of purchasing, quality, engineering and manufacturing experts from
GM operations around the world selected the companies recognized with the
award.  These teams reviewed supplier performance in quality, service and
price during the 1998 calendar year.
    "We are pleased and honored that GM recognizes the value that Famar brings
to the South American market," said Steve Irwin, Delphi Delco Electronics
managing director of South American Operations and president of Famar.  "We
are committed to continue to build on this distinct honor through improvement
in our products and processes."
    GM buys $86 billion in goods and services from more than 30,000 suppliers
around the world in support of the 8.6 million vehicles it produces annually.
Of those suppliers, only about a half of one percent were recognized with the
General Motors Supplier-of-the-Year award.  This is the third time Famar has
received the award.  It received the award before in 1995 and 1997.
    "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."
    Based in Kokomo, Indiana, Delphi Delco Electronics is a division of Delphi
Automotive Systems.  Delphi Delco Electronics Systems develops and
manufactures a full line of vehicle electronics.  Delphi Delco Electronics
employs more than 28,000 people worldwide.  Famar is a Delphi Delco
Electronics joint venture.
    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 more
than 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.