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ArvinMeritor Receives Corporate Good Scout Award From Boy Scouts of America's Clinton Valley Council

17 October 2000

ArvinMeritor Receives Corporate Good Scout Award From Boy Scouts of America's Clinton Valley Council

    TROY, Mich., Oct. 17 ArvinMeritor, Inc. today
received the Corporate Good Scout Award from Boy Scouts of America's Clinton
Valley Council during the group's annual "Rally for the Scouts" in Sterling
Heights, Mich.
    The Corporate Good Scout Award is given to companies in recognition of
outstanding commitment of funding and volunteered hours to the Boy Scouts
organization and other charitable causes in the community.
    "Rally for the Scouts" is a fundraiser to help support Boy Scout programs,
some of longest standing programs for young people in Oakland and Macomb
Counties.  It is through the support of corporations and individuals at this
event that the Clinton Valley Council is able to maintain its programs and
activities throughout the year including Cub and Boy Scouts, "Learning for
Life" and various mentoring initiatives for young people.
    "We are proud to receive this honor from a group like the Clinton Valley
Council," said Larry Yost, chairman and CEO, ArvinMeritor.  "The Boy Scouts
and the Clinton Valley Council have a long history of serving the youth in our
communities and we are pleased to be recognized as a valued contributor to
their efforts."
    In the communities that are home to ArvinMeritor facilities, ArvinMeritor
seeks to utilize its human and financial resources in partnership with local,
private and public agencies to achieve measurable improvements in the quality
of life.  This is accomplished through a focus on education, cultural
programs, civic responsibility, and health and human services.  In 1999, more
than 300 grants to non-profit organizations, totaling close to $2.5 million,
were made in ArvinMeritor communities worldwide, with more than half of those
funds going to support education.
    ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a $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 on ArvinMeritor,
visit the company's Web site at:  http://www.arvinmeritor.com