Clarion Technologies Announces Appointment Of Anthony Wauterlek to Board Position

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 27 -- Clarion Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CLAR.OB) has announced the
appointment of Anthony Wauterlek to the company's board of directors effective
January 1, 2003.
    Mr. Wauterlek comes to Clarion with significant prior experience,
including management of Ritchie Wauterlek Asset Management, a private venture
capital group located in Chicago, Illinois and service as an Advisor/Director
of the Prince Corporation, Holland, Michigan.  Prince was, and Johnson
Controls, Inc., its successor, is an original equipment manufacturer supplying
the automotive industry.  Mr. Wauterlek was a principal liaison with Wall
Street in the direct sale of Prince to Johnson Controls in 1996.  In addition,
Mr. Wauterlek has had vast experience in regional securities trading.  He was
co-founder of Wauterlek & Brown, Inc, Chicago, Illinois.  His firm became a
nationally recognized underwriter, originator and distributor of multi-line
products to institutional and commercial bank markets.  Additionally, Mr.
Wauterlek served as an Advisor/Executive Vice President of the world's largest
options trading organizations, Chicago Research and Trading Group LTD., (CRT),
Chicago, Illinois.
    "Mr. Wauterlek is a proven executive with extensive experience and
knowledge of the banking, securities and Wall Street arenas," said Craig
Wierda, Board Chairman of Clarion.  "His background in strategic planning,
business development and investments gives him the broad understanding of both
the business and technical opportunities faced by our organization.  We are
excited and privileged to have such a dynamic individual joining our board."
    Clarion Technologies, Inc. operates four manufacturing facilities in
Michigan and South Carolina with approximately 145 injection molding machines
ranging in size from 55 to 1500 tons of clamping force.  The Company's
headquarters are located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Further information about
Clarion Technologies can be obtained on the web at http://www.clariontechnologies.com
or by contacting Terri Streelman at (616) 233-6680.
    With the exception of historical factual information, the statements made
in this press release include forward-looking statements.  These statements
are based upon current expectations and are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking
statements involve certain known and unknown assumptions, risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual result to differ materially from those
included in or contemplated by the statements.  These assumptions, risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to our expectations regarding
future performance, our ability to execute our long-term strategy and those
discussed or indicated in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 29, 2001 and in all documents filed by the Company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company disclaims any obligation
to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring
after the date of this press release.