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Delphi Names Davey Product Line Manager for Controlled Suspension

21 February 2000

Delphi Names Davey Product Line Manager for Controlled Suspension; Brooks Named Plant Manager for Saltillo, Mexico, Operations
    FLINT, Mich., Feb. 21 -- Stephen L. Davey, plant manager of
Delphi Energy & Chassis Divisions' Saltillo, Mexico, operations, has been
named product line manager for controlled suspension at Delphi Energy &
Chassis, according to Guy C. Hachey, president of Delphi Energy & Chassis.
Daniel R. Brooks, who is a project manager for Delphi Energy & Chassis, will
succeed Davey as plant manager of the Saltillo operations.  The appointments
are effective March 1.
    Davey will report to John M. Weber, business line executive for chassis
control systems at Delphi Energy & Chassis.  Brooks will report to Robert L.
Johnson, director of Mexican operations for Delphi Energy & Chassis.
    Davey began his career at General Motors in 1973 as an assistant buyer for
the former New Departure-Hyatt Division in Sandusky, Ohio.  He was named an
industrial engineer in 1975 and a labor relations representative in 1976.
Davey was promoted to supervisor of equal employment opportunities in 1978 and
to general supervisor of labor relations in 1982.  After holding positions as
senior business planner and manager of marketing and planning for the former
Delco Chassis Division, he was appointed operations manager for Sandusky
operations in 1991.  Davey was named manager of worldwide wheel-bearing
business development in 1996 before his appointment as plant manager of Delphi
Energy & Chassis' Saltillo, Mexico, operations in 1998.  He earned his
bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the former General Motors
Institute in 1973.
    Brooks began his career at GM in 1983 as a salaried-employee-in-training
for the former Delco Products Division in Rochester, N.Y., before his
appointment as an associate manufacturing engineer later that year.  He was
named customer contact inspector in 1985 and manufacturing engineer in 1987.
Brooks held positions as program manager for the former Delco Chassis Division
in Warren, Mich., and senior project engineer for Delco Chassis' Milford,
Mich., operations before his appointment as assistant master mechanic for the
former Delphi Chassis Divisions' Dayton, Ohio, operations in 1995.  He was
named project manager for divisional quality assurance in 1998.  Brooks earned
his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Rochester Institute
of Technology and his master's in mechanical engineering from Lehigh
University in 1986.
    Delphi Automotive Systems , headquartered in Troy, Mich., USA,
is a world leader in transportation and mobile electronics components and
systems technology.  Delphi's three business sectors -- Dynamics & Propulsion;
Safety, Thermal & Electrical Architecture; and Electronics & Mobile
Communication -- provide comprehensive product solutions to complex customer
needs.  Delphi has approximately 213,500 employees, and operates 175 wholly
owned manufacturing sites, 41 joint ventures, 53 customer centers and sales
offices and 27 technical centers in 38 countries.  Regional headquarters are
located in Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Delphi can be found on the
Internet at http://www.delphiauto.com