Bethlehem Steel Receives General Motors Supplier of the Year Award For Fifth Consecutive Year

25 May 2000
Bethlehem Steel Receives General Motors Supplier of the Year Award For Fifth Consecutive Year
    MUNICH, Germany, May 25 For the fifth consecutive year,
Bethlehem Steel Corporation has been named a General Motors
Supplier of the Year, making Bethlehem the only steelmaker in the world to win
the award five consecutive times.
    Duane R. Dunham, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and
Curtis H. Barnette, chairman emeritus, accepted the 1999 Supplier of the Year
award from General Motors Corporation during ceremonies at the
historic PrinzRegenten Theater in Munich, Germany.  The prestigious award,
celebrating its eighth year, is given annually to GM's best global suppliers
in recognition of their superior performance during the previous calendar
year.
    Bethlehem is one of only two domestic steel suppliers to be named a 1999
Supplier of the Year.
    "Bethlehem Steel is one of our best and brightest suppliers," said Harold
R. Kutner, group vice president, Worldwide Purchasing and North American
Production Control & Logistics, who hosted the event.  "As a recipient for
five consecutive years, Bethlehem is truly a partner in advancing General
Motors throughout the world.  Bethlehem's contributions to General Motors'
overall success are immeasurable.  We look upon the Supplier of the Year award
as an important recognition of their value as an automotive industry
supplier."
    "Like GM products, the relationship between our two companies is `like a
rock,'" said Duane R. Dunham, Bethlehem's chairman, president and chief
executive officer.  "Our five years of stellar performance with GM has been
recognized as being world class.  This award demonstrates the dedication of
Bethlehem's employees to performance excellence in meeting the needs of the
world's automakers."
    The GM Supplier of the Year award began as a global program in 1992.
Award winners are selected by a global team of executives from purchasing,
engineering, manufacturing and logistics who base their decisions on supplier
performance in Quality, Service, Technology and Price.  This year, General
Motors honored 181 suppliers from 22 countries for their excellence throughout
1999.
    Bethlehem will celebrate the 1999 award with its employees, area GM
dealers, and government and community leaders at events scheduled for June 8
at the steelmaker's corporate and technology headquarters in Bethlehem, Pa.,
and on June 9 at Bethlehem's steel-producing and finishing facilities in Burns
Harbor, Ind., and Lackawanna, N.Y.