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Collins & Aikman Announces European Facility Closing

11 January 2000

Collins & Aikman Announces European Facility Closing

    TROY, Mich., Jan. 11 -- Collins & Aikman Corporation
today announced that it has entered into negotiations with the
local labor unions regarding closing the Company's Vastra Frolunda, Sweden
plant.  Production at Vastra Frolunda is planned to be discontinued by this
September and will then be moved to other Collins & Aikman facilities
throughout Europe.  The facility closure is part of the Company's previously
announced corporate restructuring program.
    The decision will affect approximately 150 employees.  A small number of
supervisory and administrative employees will be assigned to various other
Company facilities in Europe.  In conjunction with these actions, and in order
to ensure seamless customer service, the Company will be establishing a new
logistics, sales and program management office in the Gotenburg, Sweden area.
    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.  Information about
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