Amerigon Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) Team Receives Achievement Award from Ford Motor Company
27 June 2000
Amerigon Climate Control Seat(TM) (CCS(TM)) Team Receives Achievement Award from Ford Motor Company
IRWINDALE, Calif., June 27 Amerigon Incorporated
announced today that the application engineering team
responsible for the introduction of its proprietary Climate Control Seat(TM)
(CCS(TM)) system into the model year 2000 Lincoln Navigator sports utility
vehicle (SUV) has received a 1999 Truck Significant Achievement Award from the
Truck Vehicle Center of Ford Motor Company . The award, which was
presented at a banquet at Lovett Hall at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI,
late last month, is among those given annually to a number of winners for
exemplary achievement in a variety of engineering, manufacturing and product
development categories. Ford Motor Company Chairman William Clay Ford gave
the keynote address at the banquet, and Gurminder Bedi, vice president, Ford
North American Truck, presented the awards.
The multi-company CCS team receiving the award included James Mertes, Dan
Pace, John Taylor and John Terech from Amerigon; Stephen Helwig, Scott Jiran
and Brian Pennington from the Ford Truck Product Development Center in
Dearborn; Dave Hensel and John Scalzo from Plymouth, MI-based Automotive Group
of Johnson Controls, Inc. , the seat manufacturer for the
Navigator; and Tim Brady from the Northbrook, IL-based Automotive and
Industrial Electronics Group of Motorola .
Amerigon President and CEO Richard A. Weisbart commented, "The
inter-company cooperation and dedication of the team was instrumental in the
successful implementation of the CCS program for the Lincoln Navigator, and we
congratulate each of them for their outstanding achievement. We are proud to
have been a part of the effort and to share in the award."
Ford has agreed to use Amerigon's proprietary CCS system exclusively for
heated and cooled or heated and ventilated seats for a period of five years,
and CCS is currently available as an option on the model year 2000 Lincoln
Navigator SUV. Early customer feedback has been very positive.
CCS is the only product on the market today that makes it possible for
both the driver and front seat passenger of a vehicle to individually and
actively control the warming and/or cooling of their respective seat for
year-round comfort.
About Amerigon:
Amerigon, an emerging player in the global automotive industry, develops
and markets proprietary products for automotive OEMs. In addition to the
Climate Control Seat (CCS) technology, the Company's products include the
AmeriGuard(TM) radar sensing system, designed to extend the driver's field of
view in such vehicle applications as enhanced parking aids, back-up warning
systems and side object detection.
Certain matters discussed in this release, including consumer demand for
its products, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties, and actual results may be different. Such risks and
uncertainties include the acceptance and performance of the Company's product
and, the Company's ability to develop new products successfully. Please also
refer to the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including but not limited to its Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999 and its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000.
For more information, contact: Damon Wright (investors), 949-474-4300,
damon@allencaron.com, or Kari Rinkeviczie (media), 616-647-0780,
kari@allencaron.com, both for Amerigon Incorporated.