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Guide Registers Second Major Automotive Quality Award

21 May 1999

Guide Registers Second Major Automotive Quality Award

    ANDERSON, Ind., May 20 -- Guide Corporation has recorded its
second major automotive quality award by earning the 1998 Target Achievement
Award for Quality from New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI).
    NUMMI is a joint venture operation between Toyota and General Motors to
build Toyota Corolla and Chevrolet Prism automobiles in Fremont, Calif.
    Formed in November 1998 when General Motors transitioned its Delphi
Lighting Operations, Guide Corporation is one of the world's largest
manufacturers of automotive lighting products.
    Carey Winkel, vice president of sales, marketing and planning for Guide
Corporation, said the quality award from NUMMI follows the company's recent
award from Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc., (SIA) of West Lafayette, Ind.
    "The NUMMI quality achievement award is another indicator of Guide
Corporation's progress in becoming a leading supplier to the world automotive
industry," she added.
    Guide Corporation is headquartered in Anderson, Ind., and has 3,000
employees worldwide.  In addition to its Signal Lighting Division in Anderson,
Guide operates the Forward Lighting Division in Monroe, La., and an additional
manufacturing facility in Matamoros, Mexico.  The company has a joint venture
operation (Sung San) in Taegu, South Korea.
    For information about Guide Corporation's automotive lighting component
design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities, contact Carey Winkel, vice
president of sales, marketing and planning, Guide Corporation 121 East 11th
Street, Anderson, Ind., 46016 USA.  Telephone, 765-641-5125, or fax,
765-641-6151.