GlobalAutoIndustry.com Partners with RWD Technologies, Inc. to Provide Global Performance Solutions for Automotive Suppliers Worldwide

TROY, Mich.--Aug. 2, 20053, 2005--GlobalAutoIndustry.com, the leading worldwide portal and intelligence source for the automotive industry, announced its partnership with RWD Technologies, Inc., a Baltimore, Maryland company that develops, implements, and supports products and services in the areas of training, consulting, and organizational performance.

"We are very excited about offering RWD Technologies' products and services to our automotive supplier customers worldwide," states Ruth Fernandes, Director of GlobalAutoIndustry.com, adding "RWD Technologies is a leader in training and documentation, and lean implementation, helping businesses succeed internationally. Together we will help automotive supplier management become more competitive globally."

RWD Technologies is a professional services organization that focuses on providing people with the knowledge and tools they need to support their learning, performance and quality of work. This unique partnership between GlobalAutoIndustry.com and RWD Technologies offers innovative, integrated learning and enterprise solutions to automotive suppliers worldwide that will help them maximize their competitive advantage.

Jim Parish, Vice President of RWD's Performance Solutions Group, based in Troy, Michigan said, "This partnership represents a powerful channel to deliver solutions that will allow suppliers to reduce their costs by eliminating waste and optimizing performance through skill enhancement."

About RWD Technologies, Inc.

RWD Technologies is a professional services organization composed of three operational divisions: Performance Solutions engages in lean consulting and vehicle launch support services to the automotive industry and reliability improvement to the railroad industry, and human performance improvement services to the petroleum and chemical industries; Enterprise Learning Solutions provides support services to organizations that utilize SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle systems and has developed software products to train end users of these systems; and Applied Technology Solutions integrates enterprise-class software systems, develops custom applications for pharmaceutical and other regulated industries, and provides global blended eLearning solutions. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland with offices in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and Australia, RWD serves major multinational corporations throughout the world.

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.

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