Ficosa increases its turnover to 824 million euros in 2005

Press Release
  Barcelona, 11th July 2006

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  Ficosa increases its turnover to 824 million euros in 2005



  Barcelona, 11 July 2006.- Multinational automotive systems and components

  company,  Ficosa  International,  reported a new increase in its business

  activity  for  2005,  reaching  sales  of 824 million euro, which is a 6%

  increase  over  the  turnover reached in 2004, despite the zero growth in

  such important markets as Western Europe and NAFTA. This emerges from the

  results  presented  last week at the General Shareholders Meeting held in

  Barcelona (Spain).

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For more information:

Xavier Gispert
Corporate External Relations Director
FICOSA INTERNATIONAL
Tel +34 93 216 34 00
E-mail: corporate@ficosa.com
Web: www.ficosa.com


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euros in 2005_eng.doc)