Instrument Panel Team in China and Michigan Wins Visteon's Highest Form of Employee Recognition

Instrument Panel Team in China and Michigan Wins Visteon's Highest Form of
Employee Recognition 


DEARBORN, Mich., March 26  /PRNewswire/ -- Cooperation across two continents
helped Visteon Corporation  meet increased demand for instrument panels for one
of China's most popular vehicles.  It also helped the team involved win
Visteon's highest form of employee recognition -- a Leading the Way Summit
Award. 

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YanFeng Visteon, a joint venture between Visteon and Shanghai Automotive
Industry Corp. in Shanghai, China, began supplying instrument panels for the
Shanghai Buick Regal in early 2003.  Due to an upswing in the market and the
popularity of the redesigned vehicle, the plant's requirements for instrument
panels doubled within the first two months.

"YanFeng Visteon was meeting original production plans, but the vehicle was
outselling projections," said Steve Meszaros, managing director, YanFeng
Visteon, who nominated the six-member team.  "The team realized it had to reduce
cycle time and obtain additional tooling as quickly as possible."

To meet the additional requirements, the team found ways to reduce the cycle
time of the instrument panel foam process used in Shanghai.  Leveraging
Visteon's global capability and technical support from the Saline (Michigan)
Plant, the Shanghai plant put into service a second foam-injection tool that
combines a hard plastic substrate, vinyl skin and polyurethane foam to produce a
finished instrument panel.  Meanwhile, the Shanghai plant added a third shift
and moved to a seven-day-a-week production schedule.

As a result of these efforts, YanFeng Visteon is now producinginstrument panels
at a rate nearly three times the original expectation.

For its efforts, the instrument panel capacity team is being recognized with a
prestigious Leading the Way Summit Award -- one of only six awarded by Visteon,
which has 72,000 employees on six continents.  The team was selected by Visteon
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pete Pestillo and President and Chief
Operating Officer Mike Johnston from among 46 individuals and teams, who
received quarterly Leading the Way awards in2003.

Members of the winning instrument panel team include Chen Yong, Su Xiaoyu, Wang
Bingshen and Ye Yingtang from YanFeng Visteon, and Blane Hansknecht and Bob
Hendricks from the Saline Plant.

"Visteon is committed to establishing a collaborative, performance-driven
culture in which we recognize and celebrate the success of individuals and teams
achieving breakthrough performance," Pestillo said.  "I am very proud of
Visteon's first Summit Award winners, and of all 289 individuals and teams who
were nominated by their leaders and peers for Leading the Way Awards throughout
the year.  It was no easy task selecting just six winners, as each of the
nominees demonstrated exemplary performance."

Johnston said achievements of the instrument panel capacity team and the other
Summit Award winners represent the "best of the best" of Visteon's
accomplishments in 2003.  "This team and all of the Summit Award winners embody
the energy, perseverance and ability to execute that will be hallmarks of
Visteon's future success," he noted.

Launched in 2003, the Leading the Way recognition program honors Visteon
employees who demonstrate exemplary performance, accomplishments or behavior
that is significantly above and beyond expectations, or results that produce
noticeable improvement in areas such as quality, value to the customer, speed
and people.  The Summit Award is granted annually and is the most prestigious
award associated with the Leading the Way program.

Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier that delivers
consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and
through multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket.  Visteon has
approximately 72,000 employees and a global delivery system of more than 200
technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25 countries.


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