ContiTech exclusive supplier to Delphi

HANOVER, Germany (June 29)—Delphi Automotive Systems Corp., the world´s largest automotive components supplier, has named ContiTech Elastomer-Beschichtungen GmbH its exclusive supplier of molded diaphragms for pressure regulators of fuel systems. The contract is worth several million dollars, ContiTech parent Continental A.G. said. ContiTech claims to be the world leader in diaphragms for this purpose, supplying approximately 50 million parts a year, for a market share of more than 50 percent. Starting in July, ContiTech will quadruple its weekly shipments of diaphragms to Delphi to 40,000, and this amount will double starting in 2001.