BorgWarner Honors 38 Employees for Innovation

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 14, 2009 -- 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."

  - List of Award Winners Follows -

                 RECIPIENTS OF THE 2008 BORGWARNER INNOVATION AWARDS

                                   Product Development

Daniel Bader            Nicholas Mayernick        Michael Schaefer
Guenther Vogt           Harald Merkel             Frank Smith
Thomas Buchholz         Steve Myers               Joerg Weigold
Avinash Kurdekar        Werner Niessner

                            Customer Excellence

  Paul Diemer              Tom Hardies              David Ray
  Matt Goethe              Allan Kelly              Jack Scollard
  Rob Green                Craig Larson
  Bernd Bienroth           Paddy Lange             Matt Thompson
  Scott Biggers            Diane Pitre             Chris Winchester
  Stefan Klein             Niclas Schenkenberger

                                    Collaboration

  Harald Engelhardt        R Murali                 Tom Tan
  Fara Karam               Donn Niffenegger         Patrick Tissier
  PS KrishnaKumar          K Saraswathi             VD Umashanker
  Quinn McCarthy           Stepan Sotnichenko