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SANLUIS Rassini Inaugurates New High Stress Coil Spring Plant

10 January 2000

SANLUIS Rassini Inaugurates New High Stress Coil Spring Plant

    MEXICO CITY, Jan. 10 -- SANLUIS Rassini, a leading supplier
of highly engineered Auto Parts to original equipment manufacturers, announced
today the opening of a new US$ 5 million High Stress Coil Springs Plant.  This
plant has the technology to produce high stress coil springs that
significantly reduces the weight of the coil springs, and in turn, total
vehicle weight.  SANLUIS Rassini is a subsidiary of SANLUIS Corporacion, S.A.
de C.V. (BMV: SANLUIS).
    Located in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, the plant is already
supplying coil springs for the Nissan Tsuru, the GM Chevy and Chevy Monza, and
the DaimlerChrysler Ram and Suburban.  With 22 employees and a production
capacity of 11 coil springs per minute, the new facility will enhance the
company's ability to serve the growing demand of coil springs.
    "This new coil spring plant allows SANLUIS Rassini to grow with its
customers as they increase their manufacturing operations in Mexico," said Mr.
Enrique Villasenor, President of SANLUIS Rassini.  "This is an excellent
opportunity for the company to satisfy our customers by manufacturing the
right product with the highest quality standards.  The new light-weight coil
springs are also a valuable extension to our product line, since we already
have over sixty percent of the North American market for leaf springs," he
added.
    SANLUIS Rassini is one of the leading suppliers to original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) of highly engineered, top quality suspension and brake
components for pick-up trucks, mini vans, sport utility vehicles, passenger
cars and commercial vehicles.  With a Technical Center in Plymouth, Michigan
and 12 production facilities in Mexico and Brazil, SANLUIS Rassini has
invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new manufacturing and testing
equipment.  To build its presence in the market and to assure that each of its
products has the quality, technology and price competitiveness required by its
customers.