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Lear Seating announces New OEM Execs

11 May 1999

Lear Corporation Announces Executive Appointments LEAR SEATING DOUGLAS DELGROSSO Douglas DelGrosso, President, Chrysler Division, Lear Seating Corporation. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] SOUTHFIELD, MI USA 05/10/1999     LEAR SEATING RANDALL CARRON Randall Carron, Vice President, Sales, GM Division, Lear Seating Corporation. (PRNewsFoto) [DM] SOUTHFIELD, MI USA 05/10/1999    

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 10 -- Lear Corporation
today announced the appointment of Randall Carron to Senior Vice President and
President -- International Operations and Douglas D. DelGrosso to Senior
Vice President and President -- North American Operations.  Both will report
to Robert E. Rossiter, Lear President and Chief Operating Officer.
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    As President -- International Operations, Carron will oversee Lear's
Scandinavian Operations, Fiat Division, Premium Car Interiors Division and
Asia Pacific Operations.  He most recently was President -- Asia Pacific
Operations.
    In his new post as President -- North American Operations, DelGrosso
will direct Lear's Ford Division, General Motors Division, Chrysler Division
and Interior Systems Group.  He most recently was President -- Interior
Systems Group with the additional responsibility of overseeing Lear's recent
acquisition of United Technologies Automotive.
    Carron joined Lear in 1992 as Program Manager for the company's GM
Division, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including
Director of Sales, Vice President and Vice President of Operations.
    Carron earned a bachelor's degree from Wayne State University and a
masters in business administration from Michigan State University.
    Carron and his family live in Oberursel, Germany.
    DelGrosso joined Lear in 1984 as a design engineer and advanced to
positions of increasing responsibility, including Group Engineering Manager,
Vice President of Operations for the company's GM Division, and President of
Lear's Chrysler Division, and President of Lear's GM Division.  He was
appointed a Senior Vice President of the company on July 1, 1998.
    DelGrosso earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering
from Lawrence Technological University and a masters in business
administration from Michigan State University.  He also is a member of the
board of trustees of Lawrence Technological University of Southfield,
Michigan.
    DelGrosso and his family reside in Troy, Michigan.
    Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 company headquartered in Southfield,
Michigan, is the world's largest supplier of automotive interiors, with 1998
proforma sales of more than $12 billion.  The company's world-class products
are designed, engineered and manufactured by more than 100,000 employees in
over 300 facilities located in 33 countries.  Information about Lear and its
products is available on the Internet at http://www.lear.com.