Visteon Team in Czech Republic Turns Innovation Into a New Front Lighting System; Wins Company's Highest Award

Visteon Team in Czech Republic Turns Innovation Into a New Front Lighting
System; Wins Company's Highest Award 


DEARBORN, Mich., March 26  /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon  knew it had a winning
product idea when its Advanced Front Lighting System (AFS) won the 2002
Innovation Award at the prestigious Automechanika show in Frankfurt, Germany.

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But the true measure of automotive innovation is whether or not customers want
it.  So when a major European auto manufacturer approached Visteon with a
development project proposal, the AFS Team at the Autopal Plant in the Czech
Republic went to work.

The result: The AFS Team delivered a new generation of technologically advanced
headlamps, which inturn led to the team being named a winner of Visteon's
highest internal honor, the 2003 Leading the Way Summit Award.

The AFS Team was one of only six individuals and teams to receive a Summit Award
from Visteon, which has 72,000 employees on six continents.

Mike Johnston, Visteon president and chief operating officer, said the
achievements of the AFS 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.

"The AFS Team's accomplishments reflect clearly and impressively what Visteon
does best," said Johnston.  "We deliver the innovative technologies that
consumers really want."

The AFS Team was chosen from among 46 individuals and teams, representing eight
countries, who received quarterly awards for outstanding performance in 2003
under the Leading the Way recognition program.

Based at the Autopal Plant in the Czech Republic, the members of the AFS Team
are Libor Strambersky, Christoph Schmidt, Jan Martoch, Pavel Kudelka, Daniel
Kletensky, Jaromir Cacala, Martin Blabla, and Pavel Horak.

Visteon's Advanced Front Lighting System incorporates innovative electronic
controls to adjust headlight output so that the beam pattern is directed for
specific driving conditions, such as speed and vehicle direction. The driver
automatically experiences the optimized light distribution according to the
individual driving situation, thus enhancing visibility for drivers at night and
in inclement weather.

What makes AFS such a breakthrough in lighting technology is that it optimizes
illumination of the road ahead, and peripherally, according to driving
conditions.  The systems are completely programmable; AFS automatically adjusts
itself according to a host of variables, including vehicle speed, weather
conditions, and the smoothness of the vehicle's ride (luxury cars, for example,
ride more smoothly than sportier cars, and thus require different kinds of
lighting).  This technology helps drivers be better drivers by reducing stress
and fatigue.

There are two types of AFS, known as static bending and dynamic bending. The
static bending system incorporates extra lights near the front of the vehicle
that illuminate as the driver turns the wheel and heads into a curve. The
dynamic bending system involves a swivel low beam unit, in which the projection
lamp actually moves in accordance with the driver's steering to provide optimum
illumination.

The AFS Team worked with PSA to develop a static bending system as well as a
combination unit that utilizes both static and dynamic bending.

Launched in 2003, the Leading the Way recognition program honors 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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