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IMPCO Technologies, Inc. Opens Latin American Headquarters in Mexico City    

7 October 1999

IMPCO Technologies, Inc. Opens Latin American Headquarters in Mexico City    

    CERRITOS, Calif., Oct. 7 -- IMPCO Technologies, Inc.
announced today the opening of its new Latin American
headquarters located in Mexico City.  The new facility will handle technical
development, distribution, sales and marketing, training and administration
for distributors throughout Mexico and Latin America.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990921/IMPCOLOGO )
    Within Mexico, the new headquarters will be responsible for providing high
quality equipment, training and services to support the needs of the rapidly
expanding market.  Through an agreement with the Mexican government signed in
May of this year, noted Mr. Vidal, General Manager of Grupo IMPCO Mexicano.
IMPCO will assist the government, and the business community in the conversion
of several thousand public transportation vehicles to clean burning propane.
    "This new facility and headquarters signifies our continued commitment to
the environment and to the State of Mexico," said Robert M. Stemmler, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of IMPCO.  "The mutual commitment between IMPCO,
the State of Mexico and the business community will significantly accelerate
the use of clean burning fuels and begin to improve the air quality within
Mexico City," Mr. Stemmler added.
    IMPCO is the global leader to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
market and aftermarket in supplying fuel management and storage systems and
components that allow internal combustion engines and other propulsion systems
to operate on alternative fuels such as natural gas, propane, ethanol,
methanol and hydrogen used in fuel cells.  IMPCO produces systems for motor
vehicles, forklifts, and other material handling equipment and small portable
to large stationary engines.

    Certain matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking
information that involves risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from current trends.  These include growth of the
alternative fuels market, competition, the company's ability to design and
market new fuel management products, the company's ability to meet Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) specifications, and other such risks as cited in
the company's 1998 annual report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.