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Superior Industries Honored With 2006 World Excellence Award By Ford Motor Company
VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA -- April 20, 2006
-- Superior Industries International, Inc. (NYSE:SUP)
announced today that it has been awarded Ford Motor Company's highest supplier honor, the World Excellence Gold Award
for 2006, at ceremonies on April 17, 2007 at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
"We appreciate the contributions Superior has made to Ford Motor Company, and applaud them for their hard work and dedication,"
said Tony (Thomas K.) Brown, senior vice president, Global Purchasing. "Superior's efforts have had a positive impact on customer
satisfaction. This Gold Award recognizes their accomplishment."
Steven Borick, President and Chief Executive Officer of Superior, said, "We are pleased to receive the World Excellence Gold Award from
Ford Motor Company, one of our most important customers for over thirty years. We are committed to continuing to meet Ford Motor
Company's quality, price and delivery requirements and helping them deliver satisfaction to their customers for years to come."
Ford Motor Company World Excellence Award
The Ford Motor Company World Excellence Award, now in its ninth year, is given to suppliers that excel in quality, cost and delivery.
There are three levels of World Excellence Awards – Gold, Silver and Recognition of Achievement. This year, there were 15 Gold Awards,
34 Silver Awards and 6 Recognition of Achievement Awards.
About Superior Industries
Superior supplies aluminum wheels to Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Audi, BMW, Isuzu, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, MG Rover,
Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, and Volkswagen. For additional information, visit www.supind.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the company's business based, in part, on assumptions made by management.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that
are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such
forward-looking statements due to numerous factors and risks discussed from time to time in the company's
Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by
general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic
conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the company
does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances
after the date of this release.
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