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Yazaki Names Haley Vice President of Human Resources

31 July 2000

Yazaki Names Haley Vice President of Human Resources

    CANTON, Mich. - Yazaki North America, Inc., a leading supplier of vehicle 
power and data solutions to the automotive industry, today announced the 
appointment of Colleen C. Haley as vice president of human resources.  As a vice 
president, Haley becomes one of the highest-ranking women executives at Yazaki.  
She also becomes the third new officer to join the company in the last several
months, continuing an aggressive recruiting trend at the Canton-based, Tier One 
supplier.

    Haley joins Yazaki from Alcoa Fujikura Limited (AFL), where she was
general manager of the company's components group based in Dearborn, Mich.
Previously she was regional manager for human resources with AFL and held
various human resources posts with AFL's parent company, Alcoa, in Pittsburgh,
Penn.

    At Yazaki, Haley is responsible for the company's dynamic and expansive
human resources department, as well as legal compliance, benefits, safety,
travel services and internal communications.  And, as part of Yazaki's efforts
to provide its associates with ongoing education, Haley will oversee the
company's state-of-the-art Learning Center, a 40,000 square foot, multi-media
training center located on the Yazaki campus.

    "Ms. Haley is dedicated to the continuous development of Yazaki's most
important resource -- its people," said Tetsuro Suzuki, president and CEO.
"With her leadership experience and many years of human resources management,
I am confident that she will take the company's recruiting and development
programs to new heights."

    Haley earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in
labor and industrial relations from Michigan State University.  She has been a
member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Society of Human Resources
Management, and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.

    Yazaki Corporation is a global leader in the development and manufacturing
of vehicle power and data solutions, and is continually researching and
developing advanced electronic technologies for vehicles.  Yazaki produces
electrical distribution systems, fiber optics, advanced networking,
instrumentation, junction blocks, connector systems, electronics and advanced
technology.

    Worldwide, the company employs nearly 100,000 people in 31 countries,
1,400 of whom are based in the company's new North American corporate
headquarters/research center campus in Canton, Mich.