HCI Group Opens European Headquarters

            Names key executive to head global e-commerce efforts

    TROY, Mich., and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 22 HCI Group today announced the opening of its European headquarters in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the appointment of Bert Bulder, Ph.D., as
senior vice president, Information Technology and director, European
Operations.
    "Today the HCI Group takes a significant step towards globalizing its own
operations," said Ron Hesse, chairman and chief executive officer of HCI
Group.  "Our European office will significantly increase our international
reach and allow us to better serve our customers.  This, combined with
Dr. Bulder's broad experience in global e-commerce and international business
development, allows us to expand our global e-commerce initiatives and further
achieve our strategic goals."  Bulder will work from the new Amsterdam office.
    The HCI Group, Ltd., is a Troy, Mich., based supplier of globalization
products, services and programs to the worldwide automotive supplier
community.  The company publishes quarterly newsletters EUROtalk, AMERItalk
and LATINtalk, and a quarterly GLOBALtools product catalog; hosts
Globalization Seminars & Conferences; is a partner in the Global Experts
network; is a partner in the European Union-funded EU-USA Interprise Program;
and markets the Global Engineer Recruitment Programs.  For more information,
visit http://www.GlobalAutoIndustry.com .