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Collins & Aikman Appoints Gasperut Plastic Interior Components Division COO

2 December 1999

Collins & Aikman Appoints Gasperut Plastic Interior Components Division Chief Operating Officer COLLINS & AIKMAN - LOUIS GASPERUT Louis Gasperut, Chief Operating Officer, Plastic Interior Components Group North American Interior Systems Division, Collins & Aikman Corporation. (PRNewsFoto) [KI] TROY, MI USA 12/02/1999    

    TROY, Mich., Dec. 2 -- Collins & Aikman Corporation
today announced the appointment of Louis Gasperut as Chief
Operating Officer for the Plastic Interior Components Group of the Company's
North American Interior Systems Division.  Dennis Hiller, Division President,
made the announcement.
    (Photo:  NewsCom:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19991202/DETH025 )
    Gasperut will be responsible for overseeing the North American
manufacturing operations for Collins & Aikman's plastic interior components
and will also be an active member of the Company's strategy board for research
and development.
    In making the announcement, Hiller commented, "Lou's background in
automotive production planning operations and restructurings make him uniquely
qualified to serve as head of our plastics manufacturing unit.  He has a
proven track record of integrating acquisitions while improving manufacturing
productivity, quality and financial controls."
    Gasperut joins Collins & Aikman from Case Corporation where he served as
Director of Operations.  Additionally, he has nearly 20 years of automotive
manufacturing experience with the former Chrysler Corporation.  Gasperut's
broad experience also includes international assignments in both France and
the United Kingdom.
    Gasperut holds a Bachelor of Business, magna cum laude, from the
University of Detroit and an MBA from the University of Iowa.  Gasperut and
his wife and three children are relocating to the Troy, Michigan area from
Bettendorf, Iowa.
    Collins & Aikman is the global leader in floor and acoustic systems and is
a leading supplier of automotive fabric, interior trim and convertible top
systems.  The Company's operations span the globe through 65 facilities, 12
countries and more than 16,000 employees who are committed to achieving total
excellence.  Collins & Aikman's high-quality products combine industry-leading
design and styling capabilities, superior manufacturing capabilities and the
industry's most effective NVH "quiet" technologies.