TI Automotive Tanks to Fuel Popular Japanese Compact

WARREN, Mich., Feb. 28, 2005 -- TI Automotive, a leading global supplier of fluid storage and delivery systems, will provide fuel tanks for an upcoming compact vehicle being built in Europe by a major Japanese automaker.

The tanks will be produced from co-extruded plastic under the multi-year contract at TI Automotive's Deeside plant in the U.K. and at its new satellite facility in Turkey. The multi-million-dollar contract will produce nearly 900,000 fuel tanks over the life of the contract.

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, Michigan, 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 at http://www.tiautomotive.com/ .