GlobalAutoIndustry.com Teams with J.D. Power and Associates to Offer Market Insight to Global Automotive Community

    TROY, Mich.--July 10, 2003--GlobalAutoIndustry.com announced that J.D. Power and Associates has become one of its premier global experts, providing comprehensive market insight to the global automotive supplier community.
    J.D. Power and Associates is now the exclusive resource for market forecasts and analyses in GlobalAutoIndustry.com seminars, programs, quarterly business Journals, monthly eJournals and on the web site, www.GlobalAutoIndustry.com.
    "J.D. Power and Associates is a globally recognized source of unbiased marketing information and forecasts," said Ron Hesse, president and CEO of GlobalAutoIndustry.com.
    "With J.D. Power and Associates as our exclusive market forecasting partner, we will be able to offer the automotive supplier community the kind of information and insight it needs to compete in the competitive automotive markets of the world," Hesse said. "We are delighted to add J.D. Power and Associates to the growing roster of powerful companies providing international resources to the global auto supplier community."
    "J.D. Power and Associates looks forward to our interactions with GlobalAutoIndustry.com. We feel that working with GlobalAutoIndustry.com will help us further our ability to serve the automotive community," said Denton Dance, senior manager, J.D. Power and Associates.
    "GlobalAutoIndustry.com will be able to provide us the means and media to promote our services to the appropriate audiences. The tools GlobalAutoIndustry.com uses, be it the eJournals, the online services or the seminars, are all run professionally and inline with J.D. Power and Associates' standards," Dance said.

    About J.D. Power and Associates

    With headquarters in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power and Associates is an ISO 9001-registered global marketing information services firm operating in key business sectors that include market research, forecasting, consulting, training and customer satisfaction. The firm's quality and satisfaction measurements are based on responses from millions of consumers annually.
    J.D. Power-LMC Automotive Forecasting Services offers vehicle manufacturers, automotive suppliers and the financial community insightful and highly accurate forecasts of North American light vehicle production. The J.D. Power-LMC forecasting team draws upon its insightful economists, historical databases and advanced data modeling capabilities to deliver forecasts that accurately reflect the current economic environment and assess future prospects in global markets
    Media email contact: michael.greywitt@jdpa.com or john.tews@jdpa.com or visit www.jdpower.com.

    About GlobalAutoIndustry.com

    GlobalAutoIndustry.com connects the worldwide auto supplier industry with the resources to effectively do business globally. Through the web site, www.GlobalAutoIndustry.com, auto supplier executives can find insight, solutions and strategies focused on doing business in the world's top automotive markets.
    Monthly eJournals provide targeted information and insight on doing business in foreign markets and GlobalAutoIndustry.com Solutions provide effective international answers to suppliers' global business and operational needs.