BorgWarner Honors 67 Employees for Innovation in Product Development, Operational Excellence, Customer Excellence and Collaboration

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BorgWarner has recognized 67 employees from its operations around the world with the 2007 BorgWarner Product Leadership Innovation Awards. The awards were given for exceptional contributions in the areas of product development, operational excellence, customer excellence and collaboration. The award winners were honored at a dinner ceremony hosted by BorgWarner executives.

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"Innovation is the driving force behind BorgWarner's success and our passionate commitment to powertrain technology leadership," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner Chairman and CEO. "I'm proud of the dedication, collaborative nature, and creativity of this year's Innovation Award winners. Their contributions deliver environmentally friendly technologies that improve fuel economy, air quality, vehicle stability and performance - they help drivers around the world feel good about driving."

Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The FORTUNE 500 company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 64 locations in 17 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA, and MAN. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com/ .

RECIPIENTS OF THE 2007 BORGWARNER INNOVATION AWARDS Product Development Robert Hartmann Steve Reau Kai Henning Brune BERU AG BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & Ludwigsburg, Germany TorqTransfer Systems Emissions Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Darmstadt, Germany Markus Mohl Paul Clover Brian Handlon BERU AG BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & Ludwigsburg, Germany TorqTransfer Systems Emissions Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Arden, North Carolina Helmut Buck Byron Shea Matt Junker BERU AG BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & Ludwigsburg, Germany TorqTransfer Systems Emissions Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Auburn Hills, Michigan Till Ebner Alex Day Peter Weissinger BorgWarner BorgWarner Thermal BorgWarner Turbo & Transmission Systems Systems Emissions Systems Ketsch, Germany Ningbo, China Auburn Hills, Michigan Rainer Gerathewohl Christiane Roemuss Robert Telep BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner Turbo & Transmission Systems Emissions Systems Emissions Systems Ketsch, Germany Kirchheimbolanden, Auburn Hills, Michigan Germany Christian Nenninger Peter Schmidt Chuck Winkler BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & BorgWarner World Transmission Systems Emissions Systems Headquarters Ketsch, Germany Kirchheimbolanden, Auburn Hills, Michigan Germany Huanan Cui Feng Chen BorgWarner Thermal BorgWarner Thermal Systems Systems Ningbo, China Ningbo, China Customer Excellence Christian Dragoni Tom Tan Volker Weng BorgWarner BorgWarner China BorgWarner Turbo & Transmission Systems Beijing, China Emissions Systems Monaco, Principality Kirchheimbolanden, of Monaco Germany Emilio Lodali Denis Wills Edeltraud Wahl BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Turbo & Transmission Systems Auburn Hills, Emissions Systems Monaco, Principality Michigan Kirchheimbolanden, of Monaco Germany Dave Mills Jeff Basila Michael Stauder BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Turbo & Transmission Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Emissions Systems Auburn Hills, Michigan Kirchheimbolanden, Germany John Barlage Brian Ramel Scott Ardelean BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner World TorqTransfer Systems Kirchheimbolanden, Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan Germany Auburn Hills, Michigan Scott Johnson Oliver Merz Jeanne Bungart BorgWarner BorgWarner Thermal BorgWarner World TorqTransfer Systems Systems Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan Markdorf, Germany Auburn Hills, Michigan Operational Excellence Xaver Boesl Joseph Liu Alfred Grzonkowski BERU AG BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & Ludwigsburg, Germany TorqTransfer Systems Emissions Systems Beijing, China Kirchheimbolanden, Germany Dirk von Hacht Billy Zhao Pat Lachat BERU AG BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & Ludwigsburg, Germany TorqTransfer Systems Emissions Systems Beijing, China Dixon, Illinois Titus Konold SangHak Choi Lynn Koenen BERU AG BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & Ludwigsburg, Germany TorqTransfer Systems Emissions Systems Beijing, China Dixon, Illinois Giacomo Mancini Joe Schledorn Tom Babineau BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Transmission Systems Ithaca, New York TorqTransfer Systems Frankfort, Illinois Auburn Hills, Michigan Mike Welch Mike Kubarek Kurt Heberling BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Transmission Systems Ithaca, New York Transmission Systems Bellwood, Illinois Auburn Hills, Michigan Mike Roman Philip Schuster Dennis Rusiewski BorgWarner BorgWarner Thermal BorgWarner Turbo & Transmission Systems Systems Emissions Systems Juarez, Mexico Markdorf, Germany Auburn Hills, Michigan Wei Hu BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems Beijing, China Collaboration Robert Denes Jeff Blake Stephano Banfi BorgWarner BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC Transmission Systems TorqTransfer Systems Arcore, Italy Bellwood, Illinois Auburn Hills, Michigan Lee McCordx Jeff Adair Koji Momose BorgWarner BorgWarner BorgWarner Turbo & TorqTransfer Systems TorqTransfer Systems Emissions Systems Longview, Texas Longview, Texas Tokyo, Japan Feng Dong DS Suh Mike Ausbrook BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Turbo & Transmission Systems Pyongtaek, Korea Emissions Systems Auburn Hills, Pyongtaek, Korea Michigan Paul Prickett Eric May Hildwin Kuzi BorgWarner BorgWarner Morse TEC BorgWarner Turbo & TorqTransfer Systems Ithaca, New York Emissions Systems Port Talbot, Wales, Kirchheimbolanden, UK Germany Robert Line BorgWarner World Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan