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BorgWarner Honors 38 Employees for Innovation

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) 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. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com.

- List of Award Winners Follows -

                   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

SOURCE BorgWarner Inc.