LIMEIRA, SP Brazil (May 21, 2008) — ArvinMeritor’s (NYSE: ARM) Light Vehicle Systems (LVS) business group announces the opening of a new Global Center of Excellence located in Limeira, SP, Brazil. The state-of-the-art 37,000 square foot facility houses research and development for Fumagalli™ brand steel wheels, with expanded engineering and program management capabilities to support the LVS growth strategy for body and chassis systems in South America. “The Global Center of Excellence provides superior engineering support which is a competitive advantage to our regional customers in growing markets like the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China,” said Phil Martens, president, LVS, ArvinMeritor. “The center gives our South American customer base access to LVS’ full spectrum of advanced smart systems™ technologies for improved vehicle safety, comfort and performance.” As the primary regional resource for LVS South America, the Global Center of Excellence includes engineering, program management, sales, testing, validation, quality, sourcing, logistics and finance. The facility joins the company’s existing network of technology centers located in China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States. It supports local design applications of chassis systems and components, roof systems, door modules, window regulators and motors. "ArvinMeritor is an industry leader with a 60-year history of providing innovative, quality Fumagalli steel wheels in Brazil and Mercosur," said Don Polk, vice-president and general manager, Wheels and LVS South America, ArvinMeritor. “The Center of Excellence leverages our wheels innovation and expertise to support our customers with our entire product portfolio of systems solutions.”

Light Vehicle Systems
ArvinMeritor’s LVS business is a leading global provider of dynamic motion and control automotive systems and components, with sales of $2.2 billion in 2007 – $2.0 billion of value-added sales and $200 million of pass-through sales. Of the value-added sales, more than 60 percent were outside North America. ArvinMeritor’s LVS business group is a market leader in many of the product categories it serves, supplying components and integrated systems and modules to the world’s leading passenger car and light truck OEMs. LVS smart systems™ technologies combine the intelligent application of controls and electronics with traditional mechanical products, to take on new form and function at both the component and system levels. With advanced technology and systems design expertise – in body systems (roof, and door modules and systems, motors, latches, window regulators, and electronic controls); and chassis systems (chassis and suspension modules and systems, ride control products, electronic chassis control systems, global aftermarket chassis products and wheels) – LVS produces integrated, high-quality, cost-effective performance-based solutions for practically all car and light truck market segments.

About ArvinMeritor
Today, ArvinMeritor, Inc. is a premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components to the motor vehicle industry. The company serves commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and certain aftermarkets, and light vehicle manufacturers. Headquartered in Troy, Mich., ArvinMeritor employs approximately 19,000 people in 24 countries. ArvinMeritor common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARM. For more information, and high resolution photography, visit the company's Web site at: http://www.arvinmeritor.com/.

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