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Lear Corporation Continues Environmental Leadership

18 April 2000

Lear Corporation Continues Environmental Leadership: First Company In Italy to Achieve Multi-Site, Whole-Country ISO 14001 Certification

    SULZBACH, Germany, April 18 Every Lear Corporation
(NYSE: LEA) facility in Italy, a total of 16 sites, including the
headquarters, is now ISO 14001 certified.  Lear Corporation is the first
company in Italy to earn multi-site, whole-country ISO 14001 certification.
ISO 14001 is a series of international standards governing environmental
management systems.
    "Lear is especially aware of the importance of good environmental
citizenship," said Randall Carron, President - International Operations for
Lear Corporation.  "In Europe, as in the rest of the world, protecting the
environment is a responsibility to which we are fully committed."
    Commenting upon this achievement for Lear and what it means for the
company's customers, Miguel Herrera-Lasso, President - Fiat Division for Lear
Corporation, said, "This multiple-site ISO 14001 certification is the result
of the teamwork and the tremendous effort which all of our 4,500 employees in
Italy have put into this.
    "We feel extremely privileged to be among the first companies to
successfully pass an audit for one complete country with so many sites. From
this moment on, our customers know that every single delivery in Italy comes
from a plant where the environmental management program has been officially
certified by an independent organization to this internationally recognized
standard."
    The certification body, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), also
emphasized the value of the event:  "It is rare for a company to be certified
in an entire country with so many sites.  For Lear this must be quite an
achievement," said Demetrio Marino who is Lead Assessor at LRQA.
    "By attaining these multiple ISO 14001 certifications in Italy, Lear is
making a global effort to address the immediate and long-term impact on the
environment of its facilities and products," said Dr. Rebecca Spearot,
Director of Environmental Management at Lear.
    In order to achieve ISO 14001 certification, a plant must, as a first
step, identify the aspects of the operation's activities, products and
services that impact the environment and then develop objectives and targets
to reduce that impact.  The objectives and targets are monitored to
demonstrate continual environmental improvement.
    As a result of the international ISO 14001 audit, improved waste
collection and reduction as well as energy savings have been achieved at
Lear's Italian sites. Already the savings are bearing fruit: two thousand tons
of waste are now being recycled in an elaborate recycling program and savings
of several hundred thousand dollars are anticipated.
    More than 30 Lear facilities worldwide have now earned third-party
environmental certification and 40 additional Lear facilities are working to
earn this prestigious objective during 2000.
    Lear Italy, a division of Lear Corporation, produces automotive interior
systems for Fiat and other vehicle manufacturers.

    Lear Corporation, a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Southfield,
Mich., is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, with 1999 sales of
$12.4 billion.  The company's world-class products are designed, engineered
and manufactured by more than 120,000 employees in over 300 facilities located
in 33 countries.  Information about Lear and its products is available on the
Internet at http://www.lear.com.