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Omron Honored With a Quality Achievement Award from Toyota

27 March 2000

Omron Automotive Honored With a Quality Achievement Award from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America

    FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., March 24 Omron Automotive
Electronics, a global supplier of advanced electronic components, has received
Toyota North America's Quality Achievement Award for 1999.
    Omron Automotive supplies flashers to Toyota's assembly plant in
Georgetown, Ky.  The flashers are produced at Omron Dualtec Automotive
Electronics, Inc. in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
    "The Toyota award reflects Omron Automotive's long-standing management
policy of 'Quality First,'" said Jerry Bricker, North American general sales
manager.  "It is an honor to be recognized by Toyota.  We continually aim to
provide the highest levels of value and service for our customers."
    Omron Automotive Electronics designs and manufactures a range of advanced
electronic and electromechanical components for manufacturers around the
world.  As part of a $5.6 billion corporation with strengths in fuzzy logic,
optics, sensors and the 3C's ... controls, components and computers, Omron
Automotive Electronics integrates these technologies into its electronic
control components to help automakers achieve greater safety, comfort and
convenience for today's drivers.  For additional information about Omron's
products, visit the Omron Automotive Web site at http://www.omronauto.com