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Collins & Aikman Earns Automotive Industries Quest for Excellence Award

16 August 1999

Collins & Aikman Earns Automotive Industries Quest for Excellence Award

    DETROIT, Aug. 13 -- Collins & Aikman Corporation
has earned a Quest for Excellence award in the Interiors category from the
trade magazine Automotive Industries.
    "We are particularly honored by this award because it comes from our
customers, who have recognized our excellent quality and service," said Thomas
E. Evans, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Collins & Aikman.  "We
believe this award reflects the success of our continuing effort to provide
our customers with industry leading interior acoustics, styling and design."
    The prestigious Quest for Excellence award is the only quality recognition
program in the automotive industry that is determined by supplier ratings from
their customers.  About 1,800 Automotive Industries readers, involved in
design, engineering, manufacturing, purchasing and management, evaluated their
suppliers in five areas:  quality, price, innovation, delivery and service.
Automotive Industries and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP conducted the survey.
    Collins & Aikman Corporation is a global supplier of automotive interior
systems, including textile and plastic products, acoustics and convertible top
systems.  The Company employs more than 15,000 employees and operates
65 facilities in 12 countries, including 13 state of the art advanced
automotive design, development and testing centers, as well as several
manufacturing centers of excellence for automotive trim products.
Collins & Aikman combines superior manufacturing capabilities, product
quality, delivery and service with industry leading design and styling
capabilities and the most effective NVH "quiet" technologies.