14.05.1999, 16:54
Lear Corporation Announces Executive Appointments Southfield, Mich. (ots-PRNewswire) - Lear Corporation (NYSE:LEA)today announced the appointment of Randall Carron to Senior VicePresident and President -- International Operations and DouglasD.DelGrosso to Senior Vice President and President -- NorthAmericanOperations. Both will report to Robert E. Rossiter, LearPresidentand Chief Operating Officer.(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990510/DEM039http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990510/DEM039-b ) As President -- International Operations, Carron will overseeLear's Scandinavian Operations, Fiat Division, Premium CarInteriorsDivision and Asia Pacific Operations. He most recently wasPresident-- Asia Pacific Operations. In his new post as President -- North American Operations,DelGrosso will direct Lear's Ford Division, General MotorsDivision,Chrysler Division and Interior Systems Group. He most recentlywasPresident -- Interior Systems Group with the additionalresponsibility of overseeing Lear's recent acquisition of UnitedTechnologies Automotive. Carron joined Lear in 1992 as Program Manager for thecompany's GMDivision, where he held positions of increasing responsibility,including Director of Sales, Vice President and Vice President ofOperations. Carron earned a bachelor's degree from Wayne State Universityanda masters in business administration from Michigan StateUniversity. Carron and his family live in Oberursel, Germany. DelGrosso joined Lear in 1984 as a design engineer andadvanced topositions of increasing responsibility, including GroupEngineeringManager, Vice President of Operations for the company's GMDivision,and President of Lear's Chrysler Division, and President ofLear's GMDivision. He was appointed a Senior Vice President of the companyonJuly 1, 1998. DelGrosso earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanicalengineering from Lawrence Technological University and a mastersinbusiness administration from Michigan State University. He alsois amember of the board of trustees of Lawrence TechnologicalUniversityof Southfield, Michigan. DelGrosso and his family reside in Troy, Michigan. Lear Corporation, a Fortune 200 company headquartered inSouthfield, Michigan, is the world's largest supplier ofautomotiveinteriors, with 1998 proforma sales of more than $12 billion. Thecompany's world-class products are designed, engineered andmanufactured by more than 100,000 employees in over 300facilitieslocated in 33 countries. Information about Lear and its productsisavailable on the Internet at http://www.lear.com.ots Original Text Service: Lear CorporationInternet: http://www.newsaktuell.deContact: Karen Stewart, Director - Corporate Communications ofLear,248-447-1651Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990510/DEM039http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990510/DEM039-b or NewsCom,213-237-5431Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/518304.htmlorfax, 800-758-5804, ext. 518304Web site: http://www.lear.come-mail:
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