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IMPCO Receives Major Order From Briggs and Stratton

7 December 1999

IMPCO Receives Major Order From Briggs and Stratton IMPCO TECHNOLOGIES LOGO IMPCO Technologies logo. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] CERRITOS, CA USA 09/21/1999    

    CERRITOS, Calif., Dec. 7 -- IMPCO Technologies, Inc.
announced today it has received an order from Briggs and
Stratton for a proprietary small engine LPG fuel regulator.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990921/IMPCOLOGO )
    The components will be used in Briggs and Stratton's alternative fuel
Vanguard Twin cylinder engine.
    Dennis Hartman, Vice President and General Manager said, "We're very
pleased to receive this order, which demonstrates our continued commitment to
Briggs and Stratton and their development of clean burning small engine
products.  Increasing consumer self-reliance trends have driven the market for
small, portable generators and the need for spoil resistant fuels such as LPG
and natural gas."
    For more information on IMPCO's small engine fuel systems technology,
please contact: IMPCO, at (562) 860-6666.
    IMPCO is the world leader to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
market and aftermarket in supplying gaseous 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.
    The market for alternative fuel products and systems is presently
estimated to be in excess of $300 million annually and is forecasted to grow
to $1.5 billion annually by the year 2003.  IMPCO's investment in technology
and partnering positions it to be uniquely situated for this anticipated
market growth.
    IMPCO produces OEM systems for motor vehicles, buses, trucks, forklifts,
and other material handling equipment and small portable to large stationary
engines.

    IMPCO is a company dedicated to a better world through cleaner air.
IMPCO's promise to the environment is demonstrated by the company's continued
expansion of services, products and technologies in locations around the
globe.  IMPCO has more than 400 dealers/distributors and 14 corporate offices
worldwide with a worldwide market share of 30%.  Headquartered in Cerritos,
California, the company has additional facilities in: the United Sates,
Australia, Japan and Mexico.  It operates in the Netherlands, France, Germany
and the United Kingdom as IMPCO-BERU Technologies, B.V.