GlobalAutoIndustry.com Celebrates Nine Year Anniversary With Grand Opening of New, Online GlobalAutoStore for Automotive Suppliers Doing Business Globally

TROY, Mich.--Oct. 7, 2005--GlobalAutoIndustry.com, the leading worldwide portal and intelligence source for the automotive industry, announced it has opened a new, automated online store for automotive suppliers doing business globally.

"Global automotive markets have become critical to automotive suppliers future growth," states Ron Hesse, president of GlobalAutoIndustry.com, "However, doing business around the world requires a true understanding of the markets, business culture, communications issues, laws, human capital, and more. Every day, we receive numerous emails and phone calls from suppliers requesting assistance with various global challenges. The GlobalAutoStore will offer a host of products to assist them with their global needs."

The GlobalAutoStore features leading products assisting automotive suppliers in succeeding internationally. Products such as international market research, directories, reports, studies, software, white papers, case studies, newsletters and training products will assist suppliers worldwide. Products cover business issues for Asia Pacific, including China and India; Europe, including Eastern Europe; Latin America; the U.S. and Canada.

To attend the grand opening of the GlobalAutoStore, please visit: http://www.globalautoindustry.com/shop/index.php

About GlobalAutoIndustry.com

GlobalAutoIndustry.com connects the worldwide auto supplier industry with the resources to effectively do business globally. Through the web site, www.GlobalAutoIndustry.com, auto supplier executives can find insight, solutions and strategies focused on doing business in the world's top automotive markets.

Monthly eJournals provide targeted information and insight on doing business in foreign automotive markets and GlobalAutoIndustry.com Solutions provide effective international answers to suppliers' global business and operational needs.

The Company's eJournals, including CHINAtalk, ASIAtalk, EUROtalk, AMERItalk, LATINtalk and GLOBALtalk HR, now reach over 23,000 automotive supplier subscribers worldwide.

Parent company, HCI Group Ltd., is based in Troy, Mich., with European headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.