PROVIDATA Automotive Announces Major Expansion and Relocation

3 June 1999
PROVIDATA Automotive Announces Major Expansion And Corporate Headquarters Relocation
    ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 2 -- PROVIDATA Automotive, the
automotive industry's leading market research, competitive intelligence and
management consulting firm, announced that it has relocated its corporate
headquarters to Ann Arbor, Michigan from Southgate, Michigan.
    PROVIDATA Automotive's president, Scott D. Upham said "The City of Ann
Arbor is an excellent environment for automotive research and is centrally
located for our customers in suburban Detroit, Toledo, Flint, Lansing and
Northern Ohio and Indiana."
    PROVIDATA Automotive specializes in providing vehicle manufacturers and
automotive suppliers with strategic recommendations on mergers &
acquisitions, market sizing, competitive intelligence, technology migration
analysis, competitive benchmarking, component pricing trends, vehicle
manufacturer platform sourcing and regulatory analyses for all automotive
industry segments.
    Upham added "The automotive industry is changing faster than ever before
and decision making is now the most critical role of an automotive executive.
In order to make important decisions in today's competitive environment, you
need solid strategic recommendations based upon reliable data and the latest
industry competitive intelligence.  PROVIDATA Automotive helps companies make
those decisions."

    PROVIDATA Automotive's new address is:

    PROVIDATA Automotive
    The Concord Center
    455 East Eisenhower Parkway
    Suite #30
    Ann Arbor, Michigan U.S.A.  48108

    Phone:      734-213-0400
    Fax:        734-213-0600
    Email:      info@providata.com
    Web-site:   http://www.providata.com

    Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, PROVIDATA Automotive is a leading
automotive industry provider of decision support-based competitive
intelligence and market research projects to vehicle manufacturers and
system/component suppliers.  PROVIDATA Automotive has built a solid
reputation with automotive executives around the world as an intelligent
alternative to high-priced, multi-industry management consulting firms.
    PROVIDATA Automotive's web-site includes over 2,500+ free links to
automotive supplier web-sites and is located at http://www.providata.com.