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    JAGUAR CARS NORTH AMERICA - Simon Sproule to vice president of public affairs for Jaguar North America. He was public affairs media manager for Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn, Mich., Truck Vehicle Center.

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    DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CORP. - James Bertrand, 42, to president of Delphi Interior Systems and corporate vice president. He was vice president in charge of operations and GM customer champion.

    Kevin Butler, 44, to Delphi vice president of human resources. He was general director of human resources for Delphi Delco Electronics Systems.

    Guy Hachey, 44, to president of Delphi Energy and Chassis Systems. He remains a corporate vice president. He was president of Delphi Chassis Systems.

    Karen Healy, 45, to vice president of corporate affairs and facilities. She was vice president of corporate affairs.

    Mark Lorenz, 49, to vice president of operations, with responsibility for manufacturing, production control and logistics and engineering coordination. He was vice president for production control and logistics.

    James Spencer, 46, to president of Delphi Asia-Pacific and corporate vice president, effective Feb. 1. He was director of sales, marketing, ventures and planning for Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems.

    Kevin Clancey to general director of human resources for Delphi Delco Electronics Systems. He was director of human resources for Delphi Chassis Division in Dayton, Ohio.

    Delphi Automotive Systems is an automotive components and systems supplier in Troy, Mich.

    HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL INC. - William Aamoth to treasurer. He was assistant treasurer-international for TRW Inc.

    Hayes Lemmerz International of Northville, Mich., supplies wheels, brakes, suspension, structural and other lightweight automotive components.

    THOMSON INDUSTRIES INC. - Alex Beavers Jr. to CEO. He was the managing partner of the manufacturing and supply chain management consulting practice-Americas for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Beavers succeeds John Thomson Jr., who will continue to serve as chairman.

    Thomson Industries of Port Washington, N.Y., supplies linear motion and control components, including ball bearings, ball screws, shafts and linear guides, systems and controls.

    BASF CORP. - Wally Adams to site manager of the Greenville, Ohio, plant. He served in various assignments, including assistant plant manager for the manufacturing operations of BASF Coatings Aktiengesellschaft in Muenster, Germany.

    Adams succeeds James Bero, who will continue as operations director for the automotive original equipment manufacturers coatings business group.

    BASF supplies automotive coating products. It is a member of the BASF Group of Ludwigshafen, Germany.

    SIKA AUTOMOTIVE - Jerry Fitzgerald to vice president of application engineering. He was director of engineering.

    Greg Hopton to vice president of automotive marketing. He was director of marketing.

    Shohei Yoneda to director of new domestic sales. He was an account manager.

    Sika Automotive of Madison Heights, Mich., supplies acoustic, bonding and sealing systems to the automotive industry. It is a unit of Sika Corp. of Zurich, Switzerland.

    OSRAM SYLVANIA - Larry Brennan to halogen global product manager for the Automotive Lighting business. He was director of original equipment manufacturers lightsource sales and Automotive Lighting.

    Osram Sylvania of Danvers, Mass., supplies automotive lighting. It is a unit of Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany.

    PILOT INDUSTRIES INC. - James Murphy to vice president and general manager of the automotive group. He was manager of worldwide market and business development for the Fluid Power Division of Eaton Corp.

    Pilot Industries of Ann Arbor, Mich., supplies automotive fuel and brake delivery systems.

    Other

    METROAUTOMALL.COM - Danny Lisenby to president. He was Internet sales and marketing director for Reliable Chevrolet of Dallas.

    MetroAutoMall.com of Dallas is an automotive dealership Internet portal.

    ALLIED AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC. - Hugh Sawyer to president. He was president and CEO of the National Linen Service subsidiary of National Services Industries Inc. of Atlanta.

    Allied Automotive Group of Decatur, Ga., is a motor carrier that provides delivery services for automobiles and light trucks.

    INTERVAL INC. - Rick Lantz to director of product development. He will oversee Interval's MyCarPage.com, a personalized automotive Web page designed to improve dealer-customer communi- cations.

    Lantz was vice president of marketing for Alldata Corp., a publisher of electronic automotive repair information in Sacramento, Calif.

    Interval of Santa Monica, Calif., provides Internet services aimed at building long-term customer relations between consumers and dealerships.

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