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Federal-Mogul Sevierville Lighting Plant Receives Quality Award

22 April 1999

Federal-Mogul Sevierville Lighting Plant Receives The Tennessee Quality Achievement Award

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 21 -- Federal-Mogul's lighting plant
in Sevierville, Tennessee was awarded the prestigious Tennessee Quality
Achievement Award and ranked in the top 20% of all facilities audited.
    The Quality Achievement Award is given to organizations that have, through
commitment and practice of quality principles, demonstrated significant
progress in building sound processes.
    The standards for this award are identical to those used for the Malcolm
Baldrige Award.  The facility is judged on leadership, strategic planning,
customer and marketing focus, information and analysis, human resource focus,
process management and business results.  This award was received after an
extensive written review of the facility, followed by an intensive three-day
site visit by three program examiners.
    "It is an outstanding accomplishment for all individuals at our facility,"
said Dave Valkanoff, plant manager.  "This award process provided us an
opportunity to assess our facility achievements against the continuous
improvement principles, allowing us to constantly challenge ourselves to
improve our business practices."
    "This 250 member team made great strides in continuous improvement over
the last two years," said Jim Boyd, director of lighting operations.  "I am
very proud of their efforts and focus on continuous improvement."
    The Sevierville facility was established in 1972 and manufactures sockets,
connectors, forward and rear lighting, circuit breakers, hazard and turn
signal flashers.  The plant is QS 9000 and ISO 9001 certified and has received
the Chrysler Gold Pentastar, Chrysler "Self-Certification" and the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation Pollution Prevention awards.
    Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, Federal-Mogul is an
automotive parts manufacturer providing innovative solutions and systems to
global customers in the automotive, light truck, heavy-duty, railroad, farm
and industrial markets.  The company was founded in 1899.  Visit the company's
web site at http://www.federal-mogul.com for more information.
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