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Collins & Aikman Receive 'Most Improved Supplier' Award From Saturn

18 April 2000

Collins & Aikman Facilities Receive 'Most Improved Supplier' Award From GM's Saturn Corporation

    TROY, Mich., April 17 Collins & Aikman Corporation's
(NYSE: CKC) Old Fort, NC, facilities were recently presented with the "Most
Improved Award" for suppliers by Saturn Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary
of General Motors.  The Old Fort facilities engineer and produce interior
fabrics and molded floor carpets for the global automotive industry and employ
approximately 900 people.
    The criteria for this award included customer downtime, sort and rework
and outstanding response to all issues.  Although Saturn has almost 500
suppliers, only 190 received an award.  Collins & Aikman was one of only four
suppliers to receive the Most Improved Award.
    "This award is evidence of the great strides that Collins & Aikman has
been making in improving our already high level of quality and customer
satisfaction," noted Hal Rogers, Collins & Aikman's Vice President of
Operations, U.S. Carpet Fabrication.  "The people in our Old Fort facilities
are to be commended for their excellence."
    "Receiving such an honor from one of our customers demonstrates that we
are on target in achieving our goal of zero defects," said Collins & Aikman
Chairman and CEO Thomas Evans.
    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 63 facilities and
nearly 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 Collins & Aikman
is available on the Internet at http://www.collinsaikman.com .