GlobalAutoIndustry.com Partner Global Synergies Expands Global Coaching Expertise to Include China and Asian Cultures

TROY, Mich.--July 21, 2005--GlobalAutoIndustry.com, the leading worldwide portal and intelligence source for the automotive industry, announced that its partner Global Synergies has teamed up with Troy, Mich.-based The Elias Group to expand its global coaching competence to include China and Asian cultures.

"As companies globalize their workforces, they need executives capable of working effectively with other cultures," states Ruth Fernandes, Director of GlobalAutoIndustry.com, adding "With partner Global Synergies, we offer executives the kind of one-on-one international coaching they need to succeed in a global environment. The alliance between Global Synergies and The Elias Group will benefit our automotive supplier community that is seeking to succeed in the China and Asian marketplaces as well as internationally."

"The increasing need to be present in or working with China, or the desire to target Asian auto manufacturers to compensate for declining sales with U.S. manufacturers creates a big need for developing truly international leadership and management skills," states Franz Neumeyer, President of Global Synergies, adding "Automotive suppliers need to acquire additional skill sets when doing business with partners from Asian cultures which put far more emphasis on relationship building and long term commitments than the typical MBA trained US professional. We already see a fast growing need for this additional insight and leadership competence."

About Global Synergies and The Elias Group

Global Synergies LLC offers personal development programs and global executive coaching. It focuses on the integration of multicultural organizations in the global automotive industry to increase their effectiveness across borders. It considers Cross-Cultural Leadership and Teambuilding competence a strategic success factor for every company or individual in this marketplace. This results-oriented approach helps corporations build global leaders and teams, assists cultural integration during acquisitions, and helps develop a global vision and culture.

The Elias Group provides coaching to both individuals and businesses, helping multiple cultures within an organization (or between organizations) better communicate and understand each other, thus helping them interact better. As a member of the International Coach Federation, The Elias Group adheres to their guidelines for coaching as well as their code of ethics. The Elias Group specifically works with the executives and teams of international companies that fall into the following categories: American companies wishing to set up businesses in Asia; American companies currently working in Asia, which consider a higher effectiveness across cultures as a strategic advantage; Asian companies working in America, which consider a higher effectiveness across the American and Asian workforces as a strategic advantage.

In an effort to expand their work with China and Asian cultures, Global Synergies LLC and The Elias Group have teamed up to focus on maximizing the performance of executives and their teams in the global marketplace.

About GlobalAutoIndustry.com

GlobalAutoIndustry.com connects the worldwide auto supplier industry with the resources to effectively do business globally. Through the web site, www.GlobalAutoIndustry.com, auto supplier executives can find insight, solutions and strategies focused on doing business in the world's top automotive markets.

Monthly eJournals provide targeted information and insight on doing business in foreign automotive markets and GlobalAutoIndustry.com Solutions provide effective international answers to suppliers' global business and operational needs. The Company's eJournals, including CHINAtalk, ASIAtalk, EUROtalk, AMERItalk, LATINtalk and GLOBALtalk HR, now reach over 23,000 automotive supplier subscribers worldwide.

Parent company, HCI Group Ltd., is based in Troy, Mich., with European headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

For more information contact Director of GlobalAutoUniversity Ruth Fernandes at (248) 526-3312 or RFernandes@GlobalAutoIndustry.com.