MANN+HUMMEL Opens New Sales Office in Russia

PORTAGE, Mich., Sept. 7 -- MANN+HUMMEL, an original equipment supplier to the international automotive and mechanical engineering industries, has opened a sales office for its filter elements and industrial filters in Moscow.

The new office will strengthen the company's international sales network and help increase aftermarket product sales, according to Claude Mathieu, president of MANN+HUMMEL USA.

MANN+HUMMEL develops and produces oil, air, fuel and cabin filters under the MANN-FILTER brand name with original equipment quality for use in passenger cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, as well as for marine applications. The new MANN-FILTER sales office will work closely with its Russian customers -- importers and distributors.

The company's industrial filters business unit offers filtration solutions for customers from various industrial areas, including industrial engines, construction and agricultural machinery, compressed-air technology and general mechanical engineering. In Russia, particular attention will focus on building a sales network and an original-equipment business, concentrating on compressed-air technology and construction and agricultural machinery.

The MANN+HUMMEL Group is an international company. In 2003, the company achieved sales of approximately $1.3 billion. The MANN+HUMMEL Group currently employs around 9,000 people at 41 locations worldwide. The company develops, produces and sells technically complex automotive components such as air filter systems, intake manifold systems, liquid filter systems and cabin filters for the automotive industry, and filter elements for vehicle servicing and repair.

For general engineering, process engineering and industrial manufacturing sectors, the company's product range includes industrial filters, filter systems, and materials handling systems and equipment. MANN+HUMMEL's customers come from a large number of sectors, with series production for the automotive industry occupying a key position. Further information about MANN+HUMMEL can be found under http://www.mann-hummel.com/ .