American Standard Announces Three More Nominees to WABCO Board of Directors

American Standard Announces Three More Nominees to WABCO Board of Directors

May 22, 2007

    PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
American Standard Companies Inc. (NYSE: ASD) today
announced three more nominees -- Juergen W. Gromer, Kenneth
J. Martin and Michael T. Smith -- to the board of directors
of WABCO as it becomes a separate, independently traded
company by early fall of this year.

    WABCO is the $2 billion vehicle control systems
business of American Standard Companies Inc.  Founded in
1869 as Westinghouse Air Brake Company, it was acquired in
1968 by American Standard, which announced plans in
February to spin it off as a separate company.

    Gromer, Martin and Smith join three previously
announced nominees to the WABCO board:  James Hardymon,
former chairman and chief executive officer of Textron, who
will become non-executive chairman; Jacques Esculier,
president of American Standard's vehicle control systems
business and who will become WABCO's chief executive
officer; and G. Peter D'Aloia, American Standard's chief
financial officer.  

    Today's nominees bring WABCO a broad range of senior
leadership experience as detailed in their biographical
profiles below:

    Juergen W. Gromer, 62, is president of Tyco
Electronics.  A 23-year veteran of Tyco Electronics and AMP
(prior to its purchase by Tyco), Gromer has served in a
variety of regional and global assignments including
president, electronic components; senior vice president of
worldwide sales and services; president of the global
automotive division; and vice president of Central and
Eastern Europe. He has also held management positions with
Procter and Gamble, ITT Components Group and Zahnradfabrik
Friedrichshafen. Gromer received both his undergraduate and
doctorate degrees in physics from the University of
Stuttgart in Germany.

    Kenneth J. Martin, 52, is chief financial officer and
vice chairman of Wyeth (formerly American Home Products). 
He joined the company in 1984 and has served in a variety
of senior leadership positions within the company's
divisions including president of American Home Food
Products; president of Whitehall-Robins Healthcare; senior
vice president and chief financial officer of Wyeth-Ayerst
Pharmaceuticals; and executive vice president and chief
financial officer of Wyeth.  Prior to joining Wyeth, Martin
was an audit manager with the accounting firm of Arthur
Andersen & Co.  He is a certified public accountant and
holds a bachelor's degree in accounting, magna cum laude,
from Hofstra University.

    Michael T. Smith, 63, retired in 2001 as chairman of
the board and chief executive officer of Hughes Electronics
Corporation.  He previously served as the company's vice
chairman and chairman of Hughes Aircraft Company; executive
vice president and chief financial officer of Hughes
Electronics Corporation; and chairman of Hughes Missile
Systems.  Smith joined Hughes Electronics in 1986 after
spending nearly 20 years with General Motors Corporation. 
He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from
Providence College, an MBA from Babson College and an
honorary doctor of laws degree from Pepperdine University. 


    WABCO is one of the world's leading producers of
electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission
control systems for heavy duty commercial vehicles.  It
employs more than 7,000 people in 34 offices and production
facilities worldwide. After the separation from American
Standard, WABCO will become a U.S. company with executive
and administrative offices in Brussels, Belgium, and
Piscataway, N.J.  It will be listed on the NYSE under the
symbol WBC.

    American Standard is an $11.2 billion global
manufacturer with market-leading positions in three
businesses: air conditioning systems and services, sold
under the Trane(R) and American Standard(R) brands for
commercial, institutional and residential buildings; bath
and kitchen products, sold under such brands as American
Standard(R) and Ideal Standard(R); and vehicle control
systems, including electronic braking and air suspension
systems, sold under the WABCO(R) name to the world's
leading manufacturers of heavy-duty trucks, buses, SUVs and
luxury cars. The company employs approximately 62,000 people
and has manufacturing operations in 28 countries. American
Standard is included in both the S&P 500 and the Dow
Jones Sustainability North America Index, which recognizes
the top 20 percent of leaders in corporate sustainability
in North America.






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