Triple S Plastics, Inc. Makes Fortune's Small Business Top 100 Fastest-Growing Small Company List

    PORTAGE, Mich.--Aug. 3, 2001--Triple S Plastics, Inc. announced today that it has been recognized as one of America's 100 fastest-growing small companies in the July/August 2001 issue of Fortune Small Business.
    Companies considered for ranking are publicly traded, have been in business for more than three years, and have revenue of $200 million or less for the year 2000. Further criteria included earnings per-share growth, revenue growth, and total return over the three years ended 2000.
    For it's year ended March 31, 2001, Triple S reported net sales of $155,168,000, an increase of 63.2% over the $95,102,000 in the previous year and net income of $4,860,000 for the 2001 year as compared with $2,771,000 in the prior year.
    In commenting on the recognition, Mr. A. Christian Schauer stated "...we are most pleased and honored to be identified with the companies listed in the Fortune rankings. Our employees have worked very hard during these past two years in adjusting to this rapid growth and to exceeding our customers' expectations. We are commited to being the best in our industry and are positioning ourselves to serve an ever-expanding list of growing and technologically progressive customers."
    On May 25th, 2001 Triple S announced that it had agreed to reinstate on amended terms its previously terminated merger agreement with Eimo Oyj, a Finnish manufacturer of plastic components for the mobile communications industry. Under the new merger agreement, Triple S will merge with a subsidiary of Eimo, and Triple S shareholders will receive 4.5 Eimo Series A shares (in the form of American Depositary Receipts) at the time of the merger for each of their shares of Triple S stock. Consummation of the merger is subject to various conditions, including approval of the new merger agreement by Eimo's and Triple S's shareholders.

    Triple S Plastics, Inc. is a plastics engineering services company, serving the Telecommunications, Automotive and other industries with rapid prototyping and design models, mold design and engineering services, mold manufacturing, plastic injection molding, and post molding assembly and finishing operations. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Michigan, Texas, New York and Brazil. More information about Triple S Plastics, Inc. is available at www.tsss.com.