BorgWarner honors 38 employees for innovation

BorgWarner presented 2008 Product Leadership Innovation Awards to 38 employees from its operations around the world. The awards recognize exceptional contributions in product development, operational excellence, customer excellence and collaboration.

"At BorgWarner, our employees are passionate about creating and delivering technologies that improve fuel economy, reduce emissions and increase performance," said Tim Manganello, BorgWarner chairman and CEO. "I'm proud of the dedication, collaboration, and creativity of our Innovation Award winners."

Auburn Hills, Mich.-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 60 locations in 18 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA and MAN.

                 RECIPIENTS OF THE 2008 BORGWARNER INNOVATION AWARDS

                                   Product Development

  Daniel Bader            Nicholas Mayernick        Michael Schaefer
  BorgWarner Transmission BorgWarner Turbo &        BorgWarner Transmission
   Systems                 Emissions Systems         Systems
  Arnstadt, Germany       Asheville,                Ketsch, Germany
                           North Carolina

  Guenther Vogt           Harald Merkel             Frank Smith
  BorgWarner BERU         BorgWarner Transmission   BorgWarner Morse TEC
   Systems                 Systems                  Ithaca, New York
  Ludwigsburg, Germany    Heidelberg, Germany

  Thomas Buchholz         Steve Myers               Joerg Weigold
  BorgWarner Thermal      BorgWarner Turbo &        BorgWarner BERU Systems
   Systems                 Emissions Systems        Bretten, Germany
  Markdorf, Germany       Asheville, North Carolina

  Avinash Kurdekar        Werner Niessner
  BorgWarner TorqTransfer BorgWarner BERU Systems
   Systems                Ludwigsburg, Germany
  Pune, India



                            Customer Excellence

  Paul Diemer               Tom Hardies              David Ray
  BorgWarner Turbo &        BorgWarner Transmission  BorgWarner
   Emissions Systems         Systems                  TorqTransfer Systems
  Asheville,                Addison, Illinois        Auburn Hills, Michigan
   North Carolina

  Matt Goethe               Allan Kelly              Jack Scollard
  BorgWarner Transmission   BorgWarner Turbo &       BorgWarner
   Systems                   Emissions Systems        TorqTransfer
  Addison, Illinois         Asheville,                Systems
                             North Carolina          Auburn Hills, Michigan

  Rob Green                 Craig Larson
  BorgWarner TorqTransfer   BorgWarner Transmission
   Systems                   Systems
  Auburn Hills, Michigan    Bellwood, Illinois



                              Operational Excellence

  Bernd Bienroth           Paddy Lange             Matt Thompson
  BorgWarner Turbo &       BorgWarner BERU         BorgWarner TorqTransfer
   Emissions Systems        Systems                 Systems
  Kirchheimbolanden,       Tralee, Ireland         Auburn Hills, Michigan
   Germany

  Scott Biggers            Diane Pitre             Chris Winchester
  BorgWarner TorqTransfer  BorgWarner World        BorgWarner TorqTransfer
   Systems                  Headquarters            Systems
  Seneca, South Carolina   Auburn Hills, Michigan  Auburn Hills, Michigan

  Stefan Klein             Niclas Schenkenberger
  BorgWarner Turbo &       BorgWarner Turbo &
   Emissions Systems        Emissions Systems
  Kirchheimbolanden,       Kirchheimbolanden,
   Germany                  Germany


                                    Collaboration

  Harald Engelhardt        R Murali                 Tom Tan
  BorgWarner Transmission  BorgWarner Morse TEC     BorgWarner China
   Systems                 Tiruvallur, India        Shanghai, China
  Ketsch, Germany

  Fara Karam               Donn Niffenegger         Patrick Tissier
  BorgWarner World         BorgWarner TorqTransfer  BorgWarner Transmission
   Headquarters             Systems                  Systems
  Auburn Hills, Michigan   Auburn Hills, Michigan   Shanghai, China

  PS KrishnaKumar          K Saraswathi             VD Umashanker
  BorgWarner Morse TEC     BorgWarner Morse TEC     BorgWarner Morse TEC
  Tiruvallur, India        Tiruvallur, India        Tiruvallur, India

  Quinn McCarthy           Stepan Sotnichenko
  BorgWarner TorqTransfer  BorgWarner TorqTransfer
   Systems                  Systems
  Auburn Hills, Michigan   Auburn Hills, Michigan