GlobalAutoIndustry.com Launches New Automotive Industry Global Expert Directory

TROY, Mich.--May 1, 2006--

Industry's First Global Business Directory Contains Over 1,000 Global Experts in 14 Categories and 104 Subcategories, from 25 Different Countries

GlobalAutoIndustry.com, the leading worldwide portal and intelligence source for the automotive industry, today announced the launch of the GlobalAutoExperts Directory. The GlobalAutoExperts Directory features over 1,000 Global Experts covering a host of business and operational solutions for automotive industry executives worldwide.

"As automotive suppliers continue to expand worldwide, gaining the competitive knowledge to do so successfully is not always easily available. With the GlobalAutoExperts Directory, executives have access to global business experts online in one location," states Ron Hesse, President of GlobalAutoIndustry.com. "Instant online access to these experts represents an excellent way to bring global expertise to the busy executive constantly on the go, whether they are in the U.S., Germany, Turkey, India or China."

The GlobalAutoExperts Directory gives automotive suppliers access to over 1,000 global experts in 14 categories and 104 subcategories. Global Experts are located in 25 different countries, including the United States, China, Germany, India, Poland, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Thailand and other countries.

A key feature of the Directory includes the ability to instantly email or request information from the Directory's Global Experts. Executives can also search the directory by category, subcategory or company name and easily find business experts all over the world.

Global Experts main categories include:

-- Consulting

-- Economic Development

-- Education and Training

-- Engineering and Manufacturing

-- Finance and Tax

-- Human Resources

-- I.T. and the Internet

-- Industry Associations

-- Legal

-- Publishing and Conferences

-- Purchasing and Logistics

-- Real Estate

-- Sales and Marketing

-- Travel

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 25,000 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 Ron Hesse at (248) 526-3312 or RHesse@GlobalAutoIndustry.com.