TI Group Automotive Executive Named to VITEC Board

2 December 1999
TI Group Automotive Executive Named to VITEC Board
    DETROIT, Dec. 2 -- D. James Davis, president of TI Group
Automotive Systems-n elected to the board of directors
of Detroit-based VITEC, according to VITEC President Robert A. Huebner.
    Located in the Clark Street Technology Park in Detroit's Empowerment Zone,
VITEC is a minority-owned, tier-one supplier of fuel tanks and related systems
to the automotive industry.  Major customers include General Motors and
DaimlerChrysler.
    Production of blow-molded plastic fuel tanks and other fuel-system
products at VITEC's Clark Street facility began earlier in 1999.  The company
is a partnership between Greenwood Industries Inc. and TI Group plc.
    Davis joined the UK-based TI Group in 1997 as president of Bundy North
America in Warren, MI.  He was named to his current position in August, 1999.
TI Group Automotive Systems was formed after TI Group's $570-million
acquisition of Walbro Corporation earlier this year and combines the Walbro
and Bundy organizations under a single banner.
    "Jim Davis brings a considerable amount of manufacturing and production
expertise to our board,"  Huebner said.  "TI Group is a $2.2-billion global
supplier of automotive fluid handling systems with technology and financial
resources that will help spark further growth for VITEC as well."
    Other members of the VITEC board include VITEC principals Dr. William F.
Pickard and Dr. Lawrence D. Crawford.  Drs. Crawford and Pickard each bring
plastics manufacturing backgrounds, entrepreneurial spirit and business
leadership capabilities to the VITEC partnership.
    Davis began his automotive career as a metallurgical engineer for Dayton
Malleable in Ohio.  He went on to hold senior management positions with
Glacier-Vandervell, Inc., and Federal-Mogul prior to joining TI Group.  A
native of Ironton, Ohio, he has a bachelor's degree in metallurgy and
materials science engineering from the University of Cincinnati.