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Bayer Honors Eleven at Supplier Recognition Day

    PITTSBURGH, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven suppliers won Bayer Corporation's
Milestones Award for their quality, safety and service to Bayer Corporation,
an $8.1 billion company with major businesses in health care and life sciences
and chemicals.
    "These suppliers have risen above the rest by providing quality products,
excellent customer service and on-time delivery while maintaining an excellent
safety record," said Juergen Sommer, Senior Vice President, Corporate
Materials Management.  "Our primary objective is creating a competitive
environment while establishing long-term relationships with our valued
suppliers.  When we know we can rely on a supplier, it helps ensure we can
operate efficiently and be equally responsive to our customers."
    The eleven suppliers honored today at a luncheon include:

    The Dow Chemical Company          Chemical Raw Materials
    Shell Chemical Company            Chemical Raw Materials
    Xerox Business Services           Service
    Pitt Ohio Express                 Transportation, Less-than-Truckload
    Matlack                           Transportation, Bulk
    Landstar Ranger                   Transportation, Truckload
    Xomox Corporation                 Technical Hard Goods
    Baker Environmental Inc.          Environmental Services
    Rhodia, Inc.  --  Eco Services    Environmental Services
    SunnySide Supply                  Pittsburgh Site Technical Award
    Office Pavilion / Rymaur Inc.     Pittsburgh Site Service Award

    Bayer has been recognizing its outstanding suppliers with its Milestone
Award since 1991.
    Bayer Corporation is a research-based company with major businesses in
health care and life sciences and chemicals.  The company had 1998 sales of
$8.1 billion and employs more than 23,000 people.  Bayer Corporation is
investing $15 billion in capital expenditures and research and development
from 1995 through the year 2004.  1999 capital investment and R&D expenditures
are projected to total $1.6 billion.  Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in
Pittsburgh, is a member of the worldwide Bayer Group, a $31 billion chemicals
and health care group based in Leverkusen, Germany.


SOURCE Bayer Corporation




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