ArvinMeritor Announces the Appointment of Tom Gosnell To Senior Vice President and President, Commercial Vehicle Systems

3 October 2000
ArvinMeritor Announces the Appointment of Tom Gosnell To Senior Vice President and President, Commercial Vehicle Systems
    TROY, Mich., Oct. 3 ArvinMeritor, Inc. today
announced the appointment of Tom Gosnell to the position of senior vice
president and president, Commercial Vehicle Systems (CVS), effective
immediately.  He will replace Prakash Mulchandani who is retiring, effective
Jan. 1, 2001.  Before his appointment, Gosnell was senior vice president and
president Commercial Vehicle Aftermarket.  Gosnell reports to Bill Hunt, vice
chairman and president of ArvinMeritor, and to the Office of the Chairman.
    As president of ArvinMeritor's Commercial Vehicle Aftermarket, Gosnell
increased sales revenues by concentrating on developing a broader aftermarket
product portfolio, delivering best-in-class service, and capitalizing and
using leading distribution technologies.  He joined ArvinMeritor's
predecessor, Rockwell, in 1979 as purchasing manager for the company's
Winchester, Ky., facility.  Prior to assuming leadership of the CVS
Aftermarket business, Gosnell held several management positions of increasing
responsibility, including materials manager at ArvinMeritor's Winchester
facility and plant manager in Florence, Ky.
    "Tom has a wealth of knowledge of the transportation industry and the kind
of talent and experience that has transformed ArvinMeritor's highly profitable
CVS Aftermarket business into a growth engine for the company," said Bill
Hunt.  "We are pleased to appoint Tom to lead CVS into the future and have
complete confidence that he and his team will support ArvinMeritor's strategy
to pursue new market opportunities, while continuing to provide high-quality
products and service to our customers."
    Gosnell holds a bachelor's degree in pre-law from Denison University and a
master's degree in business administration from Xavier University in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
    ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier $7.5-billion global transportation
industry supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and
components serving light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty
original equipment manufacturers and related aftermarkets.  In addition, the
company is a leader in coil coating applications, including those for the
transportation, appliance, construction and furniture industries.  The company
is headquartered in Troy, Mich., and employs 36,500 people at more than 120
facilities in 25 countries.  ArvinMeritor is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM.  For more information, visit the
company's Web site at: http://www.arvinmeritor.com .