TrenStar Partnership Offering Enhanced Container Management Solution to 85 Ford Motor Company Dealerships

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa--Aug. 1, 20033, 2003--TrenStar, Inc.'s South African affiliate TrenStar SA and DNA Supply Chains Limited are partnering to manage parts and accessories (P&A) distribution for 85 South Africa Ford Motor Company dealerships.

To enhance DNA's national aftermarket distribution program for Ford, TrenStar SA is supplying returnable roll cage packaging and TrenStarCM, a Web-enabled container management technology designed to effectively manage, track and link contents to containers. Additionally TrenStar SA is providing DNA an onsite depot to eliminate the need for buffer stock.

"We've reduced the number of containers in service by exactly half and still have become significantly more productive since installing TrenStarCM," said Renier Ackerman, general manager of DNA Parts Logistics Services. "In the first month of the partnership we decreased our inventory holdings and subsequently have lowered our equipment rental costs by fifty percent, a savings filtering down our supply chain."

Because TrenStarCM provides a precise level of content data on each container and is fully Web-enabled to streamline the way the user collects and accesses that data over the Internet, DNA has been able to optimize logistical execution of P&A deliveries to Ford dealerships across the country. The system registers all equipment movements by DNA couriers and dealerships and logs exceptions to pre-defined movement rules. The system gives DNA and Ford increased visibility and management ability over the parts & accessories stock, reducing equipment holding periods at dealerships.

About TrenStar

TrenStar offers mobile asset management solutions to companies invested in containers that move raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods through the supply chain. TrenStar's three-part solution that includes asset management, logistics services and RFID/container tracking technology helps clients reduce transportation and operating costs while streamlining supply chain operations. Through TrenStar's unique "pay-per-use" financing alternatives, clients enjoy capital repatriation and avoid upfront technology implementation costs. TrenStar manages asset pooling operations in several industries, offering even greater reductions in operating costs for companies that join the pool.

TrenStar and its affiliates focus on the brewing, food/beverage, chemical, air cargo, automotive, retail and other asset-intensive industries. Scottish Courage Breweries, Carlsberg-Tetley Brewing Company Limited, Kraft, Goodyear, Burberry, and Prada Stores use TrenStar's products and services. Clients of TrenStar's affiliates include ExxonMobil, Ford, Toyota, DaimlerChrysler and Dow Chemical. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, TrenStar has offices in the United Kingdom, Australia and South Africa. On the Internet: www.trenstar.com