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-mu ELECTRONIC IGNITION -- Nearly all 1975 model year cars will be equipped with the new, more efficient electronic ignition system. Echlin builds this system for one make of car and has been marketing the system since late 1972. The market for these new products is expected to grow rapidly during the next five years. ANTISKID SYSTEMS - Federal regulations now specify stringent requirements for heavy truck air brake safety. Berg Manufacturing and Fiat of Italy have jointly developed this antiskid system for use on all American heavy trucks. Berg produces control valves and wheel sensor while the electronic control unit is made by Echlin's electronic facility at Independence, Kansas. AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS - The Automotive Controls Corporation plant in Independence, Kansas, produces advanced electronic components now in use in passenger cars. Here a solid state voltage regulator is shown before final assembly. The connecting wires are half the thickness of a human hair. It was 1964. Social legislation and environmental pollution were the key issues in Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. In response to scientists' warnings that fumes from autos and factories endangered the public health, Echlin worked on the development of anti-pollution products. Later, Echlin's smog-control device became the first unit accredited by the California Air Resources Board. The Echlin Device would help reduce emissions of millions of tons of automotive pollutants released by some four million cars in that state. Today, many other states are considering similar programs as a step toward a cleaner environment. National legislation devoted to improved safety and efficiency requirements of the motor vehicle was on the increase. And Echlin marketed a variety of safety products for the industry. Modern disc brake systems were added to thecom- pany's impressive manufacturing list, which already included parts for alternators, generators, starters, hydraulic brake and fuel systems, and conventional ignition. The lengthy list now included marketing of over 9,000 different parts, capable of keeping 200,000,000 vehicles and engines in top operating condition. The watchword in Echlin's fifth decade -- and the nation as a whole -- was growth. On the domestic market, the company added ten new businesses, in­ creasing its sales by more than 700 per cent, from $19 million in 1964 to more than $150 million in 1974. Overseas, the expansion and export rate accelerated even more rapidly. For the first time in history, the number of vehicles in use outside U.S. borders exceeded those in our own country. Echlin predicted the skyrocketing foreign market for replacement parts (it is now growing at twice the domestic rate) and established manufacturing operations in eight countries outside the United States. By the end of the decade, the company was ex­ porting to 51 countries. International business had grown to become a significant part of the company's sales.