KENT COUNTY, Ont., Canada (Sept. 15, 2000) — ArvinMeritor today announced that its plants in Chatham and Tilbury, located in Chatham-Kent County, are teaming up to make a donation of $32,000 to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation.

The ArvinMeritor contribution will help expand health care services in the Chatham-Kent area by supporting the partnership between Public General Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Sydenham District Hospital. The funds will provide support for a full array of acute care services. In addition, the funds will help build a new St. Joseph’s Campus, retrofit over half of the Public General campus and upgrade Sydenham District Hospital.

“By supporting the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation, ArvinMeritor is able to help enhance the quality of health care to the 110,000 people in our community,” said Wayne Watson, director of operations, Braking Systems, for ArvinMeritor.

“Improving health care is vital to our community,” said Peter Brennan, plant manager of ArvinMeritor’s Chatham facility. “Through our support and the support of many others, we are confident that the Foundation will help ensure the best health care possible for the people of Chatham-Kent.”

The donation to the Health Alliance Foundation is only part of a broad initiative of community support that each plant undertakes annually. In the past year, the two plants have made numerous contributions to Chatham-Kent causes – more than half of which to local and regional education. Other beneficiaries include the United Way of Chatham-Kent, Junior Achievement, the Chatham-Kent Fire Department and various other local civic, cultural and health and human services organizations.

ArvinMeritor is a major employer in both Chatham and Tilbury. Its facility in Tilbury produces brakes, brake shoes and camshafts. The Chatham plant produces stabilizer bars and torsion bars.

The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation was established in 1998, shortly after the announcement of an alliance that created a partnership between the three area hospitals: Public General, St. Joseph’s and Sydenham. The Foundation is charged with overseeing fundraising efforts for Chatham-Kent Health Alliance projects. The amalgamation of these hospitals into one entity is a major health initiative for the area.

In the communities that are home to ArvinMeritor facilities, ArvinMeritor seeks to utilize its human and financial resources in partnership with local, private and public agencies to achieve measurable improvements in the quality of life. This is accomplished through a focus on education, cultural programs, civic responsibility, and health and human services. In 1999, more than 300 grants to non-profit organizations, totaling close to $2.5 million, were made in ArvinMeritor communities worldwide, with more than half of those funds going to support education.

ArvinMeritor, Inc., is a premier $7.5-billion global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the transportation industry. The company serves light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and related aftermarkets. In addition, ArvinMeritor is a leader in coil coating applications, including those for the transportation, appliance, construction and furniture industries. The company is headquartered in Troy, Mich., and employs 36,500 people at more than 120 facilities in 25 countries. ArvinMeritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM. For more information, visit the company’s Web site: www.arvinmeritor.com.

Contact: Jerry Rush
248-435-7907
jerry.rush@arvinmeritor.com