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Brase Named Controller for Hella Lighting Division

6 September 2000

Brase Named Controller for Hella Lighting Division

    PLYMOUTH, Mich., Sept. 6 Joe Brase has been named
controller for the Lighting Division of Hella North America, Inc., according
to Joe Borruso, president and chief executive officer, Hella North America.
    A former senior operating and management executive for start-up,
turnaround and international operations, Brase brings 15 years experience in
international manufacturing operations to his new position.
    He previously served as chief financial officer for Aromac Inc., St. Clair
Shores, MI, an international equipment manufacturer.  Prior to that he was a
vice president of plastics manufacturing operations for Montaplast, Inc.
    Brase's senior management experience includes extensive work in the areas
of corporate re-organization, strategic and financial planning and budgeting,
as well as cost reduction initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and
greenfield start-up programs.
    He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's
degree in economics.  He also attended a senior executive training program at
the University of Virginia's Darden Business School.
    Brase lives in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. with his wife and three children,
where he is an active member of the Franklin Methodist Church, a pilot, and a
sailor at the Detroit Yacht Club.
    Hella is a leading tier one supplier of lighting, electronic equipment,
sensors and complete vehicle front-end modules to the auto industry.  The
Hella Group and its parent company, Hella KG Hueck & Company, have over 20,000
employees at more than 30 production locations in 16 countries throughout the
world.  Worldwide consolidated sales for Hella during the company's 1998-99
fiscal year grew by more than 14 percent to more than $2.4 billion.
Additional information about the company is available on the Internet at
http://www.hella.de .