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BorgWarner Honors 26 Employees for Excellence and Innovation: Local Employee, Brock Fraser, Recognized


BorgWarner Inc. has recognized 26 employees with the 2003 BorgWarner Innovation Award for contributions and creativity in the areas of product development, operations excellence and customer excellence. Each of the company's operating units selected employees from various departments to receive the awards. The honorees represent BorgWarner operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Korea, Hungary and Japan. The groups were honored at a dinner ceremony at the Conference Center and Inn at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, the site of the 2003 BorgWarner Worldwide Leadership Meeting. Brock Fraser, employed at the local BorgWarner plant was honored for excellence in product development.

"This year's recipients of the BorgWarner Innovation Award embody the BorgWarner tradition of innovation and leadership in solving problems and meeting the many challenges of our rapidly changing industry," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "These individuals have demonstrated the kind of exceptional creativity and focused innovation that will enable us to attain our growth goals and continue to exceed our customers' expectations."

BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 43 locations in 14 countries. Customers include Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai/Kia, Caterpillar, Navistar International, Renault/Nissan, Peugeot and VW/Audi. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: www.bwauto.com. For further information contact BorgWarner Corporate Communications at 312-322-8500.

Recipients of the 2003 Borgwarner Innovation Awards Product Development

Brock Fraser
BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Asheville, NC)

Mathias Kessler
BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems
(Markdorf, Germany)

Neil Robb
BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems
(Marshall, MI)

John Duddles
BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems
(Auburn Hills, MI)

Marty Gardner
BorgWarner Morse TEC
(Ithaca, NY)

Mike Marsh
BorgWarner Morse TEC
(Ithaca, NY)

Mark Wigsten
BorgWarner Morse TEC
(Ithaca, NY)

John Peterson
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Auburn Hills, MI)

Brian Ginther
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Auburn Hills, MI)

Gary Skipper
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Margam, UK)

Robert Lam
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Auburn Hills, MI)

Emilio Fabricius
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Heidelberg, Germany)

Robert Denes
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Bellwood, IL)

Holger Gabriel
BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Kibo, Germany)

Operations Excellence

John Haddox
BorgWarner Morse Tec
(Sallisaw, OK)

Todd Perttola
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Auburn Hills, MI)

Ray Hamilton
BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems
(Auburn Hills, MI)

Paul Elsesser
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Bellwood, IL)

Faisal Nawaz
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Bellwood, IL)

Robert Denes
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Bellwood, IL)

Pete McDonald
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Auburn Hills, MI)

Kornel Schmidt
BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Oroszlany, Hungary)

Manfred Velde
BorgWarner Turbo Systems
(Oroszlany, Hungary)

Customer Excellence

Erika Nielsen
BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems
(Auburn Hills, Michigan)

Yukio Yoshida
BorgWarner Morse TEC
(Nabari City, Japan)

Hiroyuki Yamazaki
BorgWarner Morse TEC
(Nabari City, Japan)

InBae Kim
BorgWarner Transmission Systems
(Emsung, Korea)

The board of directors of BorgWarner Inc. recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share on all of the company's issued and outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable November 17, 2003, to shareholders of record on November 3, 2003.



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