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Federal-Mogul Announces Centennial Time Capsule Contest Grand Prize Winners

10 December 1999

Federal-Mogul Announces Centennial Time Capsule Contest Grand Prize Winners

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Dec. 9 -- Federal-Mogul time capsules from
Blacksburg, Virginia; Skokie, Illinois; Van Wert, Ohio; and Schofield,
Wisconsin, were selected by the Federal-Mogul Board of Directors as grand
prize winners in the company's global time capsule contest sponsored to
commemorate Federal-Mogul's centennial.  The time capsule winners were chosen
based on five categories: capsule design; contents selected; employee
involvement; community support; and time capsule presentation.
    Four facilities were honored by the Federal-Mogul Board of Directors with
honorable mention awards: Boyertown, Pennsylvania, for team involvement;
Summerton, South Carolina, for community support; Toledo, Ohio, for time
capsule design; and Chungnam, Korea, for time capsule presentation.
    "We were very impressed with the level of team involvement behind the
grand prize winners," said Dick Snell, chairman and chief executive officer.
"Every entry did a wonderful job in bringing together our employees, their
families and their communities to celebrate our centennial."
    Twelve Federal-Mogul locations are finalists in the corporate-sponsored
time capsule contest: Ashland, Mississippi; Berkeley, Missouri; Bridgwater,
England; Chapel-en-le-Frith, England; Malden, Missouri; Manitowoc, Wisconsin;
Mondovi, Italy; Salisbury, North Carolina; Scottsville, Kentucky; Southfield,
Michigan; Smithville, Tennessee; and Weston, Florida.
    Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, Federal-Mogul is an
automotive parts manufacturer providing innovative solutions and systems to
global customers in the automotive, light truck, heavy-duty, railroad, farm
and industrial markets.  The company was founded in 1899.  Visit the company's
web site at http://www.federal-mogul.com for more information.  Federal-
Mogul's press releases are available by fax through Company News On-Call, call
800-758-5804, ext. 306225.