TRW Automotive Earns Top Echelon Ford World Excellence Award

LIVONIA, Mich., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TRW Automotive Holdings
Corp. (NYSE: TRW), through its TRW Polska Sp. z o.o. manufacturing facility in
Czestochowa, Poland, has earned a prestigious Ford Motor Company Gold World
Excellence Award for exemplary performance in the supply of airbags in 2008.

"This marks three consecutive years that our airbag plant in Poland has earned
this accolade, and TRW is truly in the top echelon of Ford suppliers having
merited one of only a dozen Gold level awards," said TRW president and chief
executive officer John Plant. "TRW will continue to work diligently across all
of its plants to supply Ford with world class levels of quality, customer
satisfaction and innovation."

The World Excellence Awards recognize suppliers who not only achieve the
highest levels of cost, quality and delivery, but also acknowledge the diverse
cultures, values, and ideas of the thousands of individuals they employ. TRW
garnered one of just 36 overall World Excellence Awards presented to Ford
Motor Company suppliers for 2008 performance.

"The achievement of Ford's ONE Goal depends upon all members of the ONE Ford
team working together," said Tony Brown, group vice president of global
purchasing for Ford. "We salute the supplier winners of the 2008 World
Excellence Awards for providing products and services that reach the highest
standards for technology, quality and cost."

TRW was among representatives of Ford's top global suppliers at the recent
awards ceremony held at Ford's World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. John
Plant accepted the award on behalf of TRW.

About TRW

With 2008 sales of $15.0 billion, TRW Automotive ranks among the world's
leading automotive suppliers. Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, USA, the
Company, through its subsidiaries, operates in 26 countries and employs
approximately 61,000 people worldwide. TRW Automotive products include
integrated vehicle control and driver assist systems, braking systems,
steering systems, suspension systems, occupant safety systems (seat belts and
airbags), electronics, engine components, fastening systems and aftermarket
replacement parts and services. All references to "TRW Automotive", "TRW" or
the "Company" in this press release refer to TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. and
its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated. TRW Automotive news is
available on the internet at www.trw.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains statements that are not statements of historical fact,
but instead are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We caution readers not to place
undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
All forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and
uncertainties which can cause our actual results to differ materially from
those suggested by the forward-looking statements, including those set forth
in our Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (our
"Form 10-K"), and our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 2009, such as:
any prolonged contraction in automotive sales and production adversely
affecting our results, liquidity or the viability of our supply base; the
financial condition of OEMs, particularly the Detroit Three, adversely
affecting us or the viability of our supply base; disruptions in the financial
markets adversely impacting the availability and cost of credit negatively
affecting our business; our substantial debt and resulting vulnerability to an
economic or industry downturn and to rising interest rates; escalating pricing
pressures from our customers; commodity inflationary pressures adversely
affecting our profitability or supply base; our dependence on our largest
customers; costs of product liability, warranty and recall claims and efforts
by customers to alter terms and conditions concerning warranty and recall
participation; strengthening of the U.S. dollar and other foreign currency
exchange rate fluctuations impacting our results; risks associated with
non-U.S. operations, including economic uncertainty in some regions; work
stoppages or other labor issues at our facilities or at the facilities of our
customers or suppliers; assertions by or against us relating to intellectual
property rights; the possibility that our largest shareholder's interests will
conflict with ours; and other risks and uncertainties set forth in our Form
10-K and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revision to any of
these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.

John Wilkerson/TRW Automotive/North America, +1-734-855-3864, or Lynette
Jackson/TRW Automotive/Europe/Asia, +44-121-506-5315