1.   Delco designs and builds automotive electronics including stereos, collision warning systems, electronic engine controls, navigation systems and air bag and anti-lock brake modules.

2.   Holders of Class H stock have dividend claims but no equity interest in the company, which makes missiles and defense electronics, communications satellites and automotive electronics.

3.   Hughes Aircraft is a division of Hughes Electronics Corp., which also makes telecommunications satellites and automotive electronics.

4.   In particular, Solectron, best known for its printed circuit board assembly business, will gain access to the automotive electronics market.

5.   Sheldahl Inc., a maker of circuits for automotive electronics, forecast a wider loss than analysts expected.

6.   Some automotive electronics do not take kindly to jumps.

7.   The merger with Delco would offer Delphi more in-house expertise in the expanding area of automotive electronics.

8.   Federal requirements for lower emissions and higher fuel efficiency also have helped push automotive electronics forward.

9.   Ford has set up three joint ventures in Shanghai to produce automotive electronics, plastic components and auto safety glass.

10.   Gartner predicts that the semiconductor industry will start to recover in four to six months, and says consumer digital electronics and automotive electronics are hot, growing markets.