TI Automotive Uses Innovative Process in Fluid Lines for New Vehicle

WARREN, Mich., Oct. 9, 2003 -- TI Automotive, the world's leading supplier of fluid storage, transfer and delivery systems, has received a contract to supply brake and fuel-tank lines for a "classic" new small car, being built in Britain by a Germany-based automaker.

The components will be manufactured at TI Automotive's facility in Telford, England in volumes of half a million units for the next five years.

Rich Kolpasky, president of the company's Global Fluid Carrying Systems group, noted that TI Automotive's innovative tube-bending technology will be used in the manufacture of the vehicle's brake lines.

"This flexible, high-speed process allows us to react quickly to a new customer product launch," Kolpasky said. "Also, its manufacturing costs are much lower than previous process technology."

TI Automotive is the world's leading supplier of fluid storage, transfer and delivery systems including brake, fuel and air conditioning applications. Based in Warren, MI, the company employs over 20,000 people at more than 130 facilities in 29 countries on six continents. Further information about TI Automotive is available on the company's website at www.tiautomotive.com .