Transpro, Inc. to Present At RedChip Partners Investor Conference in New York On September 19, 2002; Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, to Speak

    NEW HAVEN, Conn.--Sept. 6, 2002--RedChip Partners announced today that Transpro, Inc. , a leading manufacturer and supplier of heating and cooling systems and components for a variety of aftermarket and OEM automotive, truck and industrial applications, will present at the RedChip Partners(TM) Investor Conference in New York on Thursday, September 19, 2002. The presentation, which is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. ET, will include a brief overview of the Company and its past performance and a major emphasis on its future growth prospects.
    The conference, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York, begins with on-site registration at 8 a.m. Corporate presentations are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A schedule of corporate presentation times will be available on www.redchip.com before the conference. The hotel is located on Park Avenue at Grand Central Station.
    The keynote speaker will be Steve Forbes, president and chief executive officer of Forbes and editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine. Mr. Forbes, a widely respected economic prognosticator, returned to publishing in 2000 after campaigning for the Republican nomination for the presidency and led the company's expansion into new publications and businesses. The company's flagship publication, Forbes, is the nation's leading business magazine, with a circulation of 850,000.
    There is no charge for interested investors to attend the day-long event or to listen to a live web cast, but advance registration is required at www.redchip.com or by calling 1-800-REDCHIP (1-800-733-2447).
    The conference will be web cast by CCBN and can be accessed at www.redchip.com beginning at 9 a.m. ET on September 19 and will be archived for 60 days on the site. Individual investors can also listen to company presentations through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com. Institutional investors can access the conference via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

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