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Noble Names Richard McCracken, Gerard Picard, and James Thomas to Its Board of Directors

TROY, Mich., -- Noble International, Ltd., ("Noble" or the "Company") announced that Richard McCracken, Gerard Picard and James Thomas have been elected to the Company's Board of Directors, effective May 5, 2008. Concurrent with their appointment the Board set the authorized number of directors at seven.

Mr. McCracken, who has been appointed our new Chairman as well as a member of the audit committee, is a senior financial executive with over 33 years of experience, including 21 years at Alcoa. From 2000 until 2004 Mr. McCracken served as Alcoa's Vice President of Finance in the packaging, consumer and distribution group. During his tenure as Vice President of Finance, Mr. McCracken provided financial, IT and strategic leadership and direction to seven business units with an excess of 100 operating locations, average revenues over $4 billion and cash flow in excess of $300 million. Mr. McCracken is currently a consultant providing operational and financial expertise to a variety of firms.

Mr. Picard is a senior financial and operations executive, with over 36 years of experience, with 26 of those years at companies that now form the ArcelorMittal Group. He retired in 2007 as head of ArcelorMittal's financial department in the stainless division. Prior to this role, he held a variety of positions within the ArcelorMittal Group, including head of group finance and treasury activities, and head of mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Picard has been deemed by the Board to be a financial expert and is now the Chairman of the audit committee and a member of compensation committee.

Mr. Thomas, who has been appointed a member of the Company's nominating and compensation committees, is the Chief Operating Officer for Micro Lamps, Inc., a privately held opto-electronics company providing lighting solutions to the aerospace, automotive and military markets. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Thomas has led negotiations and established international joint ventures with leading opto-electronics companies in Japan, Germany and Switzerland. From 1998 to 2001 Mr. Thomas was President of TEC II, a start-up formed to develop and market innovative solid state lighting devices. As President of TEC II Mr. Thomas established product manufacturing operations in China.

Noble's Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Saeli, commented on the election of the new Board members, "We welcome Messrs. McCracken, Picard and Thomas to the board of directors. Each director brings a vast wealth of knowledge and experience to Noble and we look forward to working with each of them."