We have one of your seam welders in our plant and are becoming increasingly concerned for the safety of the operator during the seam welding process. The operator needs to hold the part and manouver it during the process. Robert was at our plant last year and would know the process. Other than moving to a fully automated set-up is there any development that you have seen that could minamise a potential risk?

-- Phillip Quinton (phillip.quinton@eu.tenneco-automotive.com), December 10, 1999