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Lear Corporation to Produce Seats for Ford F-Series Pickup Trucks

14 July 1999

Lear Corporation to Produce Seats for Ford F-Series Pickup Trucks Built in Kansas City, MO

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 13 -- Lear Corporation
today announced that it has been selected to produce the seats for the 2000
model year Ford F-150 full-size pickup trucks built at Ford Motor Company's
Kansas City, Missouri (USA) Assembly Plant.
    Lear, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, also has been
assigned the design, engineering and manufacturing of the 60-40, fold-down
rear seat for the 2001 model year F-150 SuperCrew, Ford's all-new, full-size
pickup that will feature four full-size doors and seating for up to six adult
passengers.  SuperCrew models will be built in Kansas City starting in
December.
    Lear also has acquired a 100,000-square-foot plant in nearby Liberty,
Missouri where a workforce of about 200 Lear employees will assemble the F-150
seats for just-in-time delivery to Ford's Kansas City plant.  Lear also
produces the flooring and acoustics system as well as the door panels for all
Ford F-150 pickup trucks built in North America.
    Other details of Lear's new Ford F-Series business were not announced.
    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 .