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Siemens Automotive Recognized by General Motors

23 April 1999

Siemens Automotive Recognized by General Motors For Quality, Service, Technology and Price

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 22 -- Siemens Automotive's double
digit R&D investment in Engine Management Systems (EMS) technology has earned
the special recognition by General Motors as a Supplier of the
Year.
    Today, at the 1998 General Motors Supplier of the Year ceremony, Siemens
Automotive will be recognized for excellence in the area of advanced design,
development and supply for EMS.
    John Sanderson, Siemens' vice president and account executive said, "The
basic culture of Siemens, as a company, is focused upon technology, leadership
and innovation.  It is very rewarding to our company and our employees to see
the results of our efforts acknowledged through this prestigious award."
    "GM's Supplier of the Year award recognizes 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,
Siemens is one of a selected few companies who have achieved Supplier of the
Year distinction in 1998.  An honor accorded to those suppliers who have
achieved world-class levels of quality, service, technology and price in
support of General Motors," he said.
    General Motors began the tradition of The Supplier of the Year Award,
domestically, more than 20 years ago, and it became an international award in
1992.  Siemens has received the Supplier of the Year Award nearly a dozen
times, the most recent awards were bestowed upon Siemens within the past four
years.  In 1997, Siemens was recognized for the Integrated Air Fuel Module,
and was recognized again for Powertrain System Integration/ Opel 2.0L
Integrated Air Fuel Module Engine Management Systems in 1996.  In 1994,
Siemens Automotive received the same award for Powertrain Air Induction/
Integrated Air Fuel Systems Division for the Composite Intake Manifold.
    Siemens Automotive is a tier-one supplier of automotive and electrical-
electronic systems and components with applications covering gasoline and
diesel powertrain systems, safety and chassis systems, body electronics,
electric motor drives and driver information systems.  Worldwide sales in
fiscal year 1997/1998 totaled $3.3 billion.