Click Here for Clean Air in Your Car - micronAir(R) Launches New U.S. Website

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., Aug. 3, 2005 -- Internet surfers are now only a click away from safer, fresher air inside their vehicles now that the North American Filtration Division of Freudenberg Nonwovens -- a unit of the global, diversified Freudenberg Group -- has announced the launch of a new U.S. website for its micronAir(R) line of automotive cabin filters.

With increasing traffic congestion and commuting distances adding up to more time spent in the vehicle, micronAir filters help to protect the health of passengers by improving the quality of air inside the vehicle. Regularly replacing a vehicle's cabin air filter can offer relief for asthma, allergies and hay fever sufferers and helps to protect the performance of the car's air conditioning system.

The new website, http://www.micronair.us/ , provides consumers with application information and detailed do-it-yourself installation instructions for more than 110 late-model cars, SUVs, light trucks and commercial vehicles produced by BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Daewoo, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Saab, Toyota and Volkswagen.

"Many consumers are unaware that their vehicles have air filters and that they need to be changed in order to keep them working properly," said Barry F. Kellar, vice president and general manager of the North American Filtration Division for Freudenberg Nonwovens. "We believe the new micronAir website will prove to be an important tool that will help spread the word about the benefits of automotive air filters."

The micronAir website also features frequently-asked-questions and background information on the filters. In addition, consumers have the ability to purchase replacement filters for their make and model of car by using a simple product selector on the website.

A product line of Freudenberg Nonwovens, micronAir cabin air filters reduce dust, pollutants and odors entering a vehicle's passenger compartment, enhancing the passengers' driving comfort and health. Cabin air filters by micronAir are installed on two-thirds of the vehicles manufactured worldwide equipped with cabin air filtration systems.

Freudenberg Nonwovens is a pioneer in the development and implementation of filtration systems for global automotive, industrial and commercial HVAC applications. The company's North American Filtration Division headquarters in Hopkinsville, Ky. contains a state-of-the-art research and development center and a highly automated manufacturing plant.

A division of the global Freudenberg Group -- based in Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg Nonwovens is the world's leading nonwovens manufacturer with 17 production facilities in 12 countries.

For more information, visit the micronAir cabin air filters website at http://www.micronair.us/ or the Freudenberg Nonwovens website at http://www.nonwovens-group.com/ .