NUCAP Retention System (NRS Safe) Wins Automotive News PACE Award

    DETROIT, March 6 NUCAP Industries, one of North America's
premier manufacturers for brake system components, has won the prestigious
PACE 2001 Award for Innovation in Manufacturing Process, for its NRS Brake
Plate system.
    The Innovation in Manufacturing Process award is one of eight awards
presented annually by PACE -- the Premier Automotive Suppliers Contributions
to Excellence -- honoring automotive suppliers who have embraced innovation in
product, technology, process, and management practices.
    "We're very pleased with our participation in the 2001 PACE Awards," says
Ray Arbesman, Founder and President of NUCAP and inventor of NRS.  "To be
nominated tells us that our vision of growth through innovation is paying
benefits.  To win, well that's the icing on the cake.  It lets us stand back
and see what we've achieved, through the eyes of our industry."
    Peter Hajjar, VP of Global Business Development for NUCAP, added,
"Participation within the PACE nomination and review process was a defining
moment for NUCAP.  It drove us to re-examine and re-evaluate our history of
innovation.  NRS Safe represents just the most recent example of a long line
of process and product evolution, and this award just spurs us forward in our
development of the next innovation."
    NRS Safe, the breakthrough brake plate system that led to the award,
differs from competitive products by bringing the safety of mechanical lock to
the bond between brake plates and brake friction material.
    For the first time, the friction adheres directly to the plate, via the
NRS hooks that are an integral part of the plate itself, without the addition
of any other element (adhesive, welded clip, sintered metal, etc).  But, what
makes NRS truly impressive is the development of manufacturing processes and
tooling that allows NUCAP to mass-produce NRS Safe at costs equaling those for
standard brake plates.
    NUCAP Industries, formed in 1994 by Arbesman, has grown to global
prominence in the manufacture of brake system components.  NUCAP supplies
components to all major friction manufacturers in North America, South
America, Asia Pacific, and Europe.  NRS Safe has been integrated into OE, OES
and Aftermarket brake products by the majority of the major Friction
Manufacturers, and is in testing or in pilot with over 30 additional companies
worldwide.
    For more information, call Mark Sibilia at 888-NUBRAKE or visit
http://www.nucap.com