Stealth Acquires Division of Hy-Vac Group

     Expands Processing Capabilities and Capacity for Orthopaedic Implant
                                  Production

    HOLT, Mich., Aug. 2 Stealth Engineering & Technologies,
LLC, an ISO-9002 certified leading provider of precision forging and post-
processing services to the medical device, high-performance automotive and
aerospace industries, recently acquired Hy-Vac Medical Technologies, a
division of Hy-Vac Group. Through the acquisition, Stealth created Stealth
Medical Technologies, LLC, one of just a handful of companies able to provide
both forging and sintered coating capabilities to orthopaedic implant
manufacturers.
    "This acquisition allows Stealth to offer its customers not only the high
quality forgings upon which our medical business was built, but also expertise
in the sintering of titanium and cobalt chromium coatings for orthopaedic
implants through Hy-Vac's Sinter Stage manufacturing system," said Mike
Miller, President and Manager of Stealth. "We believe that integrating forging
and coating processes will provide significant value to our customers. This
was a strategic move for Stealth to foster partnering relationships with its
medical customers."
    Stealth Engineering & Technologies, LLC is a world leader in the design,
forging and post-processing of exotic alloys. The company's new Medical
Technologies division focuses on forging of orthopaedic implants through its
Holt, Michigan facility, while its 18,000 square foot Collierville, Tennessee
facility will provide sintered titanium and cobalt chromium porous coating
services.
    For more information, please contact

    Mike Miller, President and Manager
    Stealth Engineering & Technologies, LLC
    1489 Cedar Street
    Holt, MI  48842
    Tel.:  (517) 694 2300
    Email:  miller@stealth-engineering.com
    Web:  http://www.stealth-engineering.com

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