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Automotive Suppliers Retain Lambert, Edwards & Associates

1 November 1999

Automotive Suppliers Retain Lambert, Edwards & Associates As Public and Investor Relations Counsel

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 1 -- Two Michigan automotive
suppliers have retained Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Inc. (LE&A) as public
and investor relations counsel.
    Riviera Tool Co. (Amex: RTC) and Hastings Manufacturing Co. (Amex: HMF)
join the growing automotive practice at LE&A, a Grand Rapids firm that works
with publicly traded small- and mid-cap companies.  LE&A will assist both
firms in communicating their growth strategies and performance to the
investment community, customers, employees and the media.
    "We are pleased to be working with solid West Michigan manufacturers such
as Riviera Tool and Hastings Manufacturing," said Jeff Lambert, principal.
"We look forward to helping both companies tell their story to Wall Street and
the automotive industry."
    To bolster the automotive practice, LE&A recently hired Mary Ann Sabo, a
business reporter who covered automotive suppliers for The Grand Rapids Press,
as a senior associate.
    Other manufacturers in LE&A's automotive practice include:  Margate
Industries, Inc., a Yale, Mich.-based company that cleans automotive, heavy
equipment castings; Code-Alarm Inc., a Madison Heights, Mich.-based
manufacturer of vehicle security and remote keyless entry systems.  LE&A also
represents three recreational vehicle companies: Rexhall Industries, Inc.,
which makes Class A motorhomes; Spartan Motors, Inc., a Charlotte, Mich.
manufacturer that builds chassis; and Holiday RV Superstores, Inc., the
nation's only publicly traded chain of RV and boat dealerships.
    Riviera Tool (http://www.rivieratool.com ) is a Grand Rapids, Mich. firm that
designs, develops and manufactures custom large-scale stamping die systems
used in the high-speed production of sheet metal stamped parts and assemblies
for the automotive industry.  Riviera is nearing completion of a $10.6 million
expansion that will allow it to build dies for the largest car and truck parts
used by the industry.
    Based in Hastings, Mich., Hastings Manufacturing (http://www.hastingsmfg.com ) is
a leading manufacturer and marketer of piston rings and specialty tools under
the Hastings(R) brand, and additives for engines, transmissions, cooling
systems and fuel systems under the Casite(R) brand.  The Company is also
involved in a joint venture -- The Casite Company -- that will market and sell
Casite-branded products around the world.
    Lambert, Edwards and Associates, Inc. is the largest investor relations
firm in Michigan.  LE&A does both public and investor relations for publicly
traded and closely held companies.  Its clients include small and mid-sized
companies in the automotive, recreational vehicle, consumer products,
financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and technology
industries.