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Sandia Awards IMPCO Contract for Fuel Cell Storage Technology    

27 January 2000

Sandia Awards IMPCO Contract for Fuel Cell Storage Technology    

    IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 27 -- IMPCO Technologies, Inc.
announced today that its Advanced Technology Center in Irvine,
California, has been awarded a Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA)
contract to supply hydrogen fuel cell on-board vehicle storage cylinders for
test and evaluation.  Under the terms of the contract, IMPCO will ship
hydrogen cylinders for Sandia's program scheduled to commence next month.
    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990921/IMPCOLOGO )
    Recently, IMPCO announced that it shipped several prototype hydrogen
storage modules to major automobile manufacturers in the US and Europe for
fuel cell vehicles.  IMPCO's technology would enable fuel cell vehicles to
travel further (extending vehicle range) between refueling stops, essentially
providing for energy density approaching that of liquid hydrogen storage
without the safety or cost disadvantages.
    Syed Hussain, Vice President and General Manager of IMPCO's Technology and
Automotive OEM Division said: "This is an important step towards
commercialization of fuel cell vehicles as it bridges a missing link in
technology.  There are a number of prominent companies all working on the
development of a fuel cell engine but those vehicles need fuel tanks and fuel
metering equipment.  This is where IMPCO can play a major role.  To have a
Department of Energy national laboratory such as Sandia participating in
technology development and evolution is clear recognition that we are moving
closer to a hydrogen-based economy.  IMPCO's patented technologies will be a
driving force toward the use of Hydrogen as a fuel, including Fuel Cell
applications."
    For more information on IMPCO's advanced fuel systems technology, please
contact: Alan Niedzwiecki, Director, Business Development @ Tel:
(949) 399-4552.

    IMPCO is the world leader in supply of clean emission alternative fuel
systems to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) market and aftermarket.
IMPCO develops and manufactures environmentally clean emission fuel systems
for gaseous fuel management (carburetion & injector based technology) and
storage systems (advanced composite Hydrogen & CNG storage) as well as various
components that allow internal combustion engines and other propulsion systems
to operate on clean emission alternative fuels such as natural gas, propane,
ethanol, methanol and hydrogen used in fuel cells.
    Headquartered in Cerritos, California, the company orchestrates more than
400 dealers/ distributors and 14 corporate offices/facilities worldwide
including: United States, Australia, Japan and Mexico. It operates in the
Netherlands, France, Germany and the United Kingdom as IMPCO-BERU
Technologies, B.V.
    IMPCO's common shares are listed on the Nasdaq under the trading symbol
"IMCO".

    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, OEM automotive product sales, competition, the
company's ability to design and market new fuel management products, the
company's ability to meet OEM specifications, and other such risks as cited in
the company's 1999 annual report on Form 10-K and other documents filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.