VITEC to Celebrate 2003 GM Supplier of the Year Award Monday, May 17

May 17, 2004 Team Celebration to Include Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano; GM Executive Director of Worldwide Purchasing SPO and GM Supplier Diversity Jimmy D. McDonald; Detroit Economic Growth Corp. President and CEO George Jackson; and City of Detroit Director of Development Activities Henry Hagood among others

WHO: VITEC, located in Detroit's Clark Street Technology Park empowerment zone, is a minority-owned automotive supplier of fuel storage and delivery systems.

VITEC has approximately 300 employees - the majority of whom are residents of the City of Detroit.

WHAT: Chairman and CEO William F. Pickard and the VITEC team will host a celebration for being selected a 2003 General Motors Supplier of the Year. Only 77 global GM suppliers were honored for their performance throughout 2003.

  WHEN:  Monday, May 17, 2004.
         11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

  WHERE:  The celebration and luncheon will be held at VITEC,
          2627 Clark St., Detroit, Mich.

PRNewswire -- May 14