Interiors Expo Announces Increase in Advance Show Registration

5 April 2000
Automotive & Transportation Interiors Expo Announces A 61 Percent Increase in Advance Show Registration

    ATLANTA, April 4 Automotive & Transportation Interiors
Expo officials today announced that advance registrations for the 2000 Expo
are running 61 percent ahead of last year at the same time.  The Automotive &
Transportation Interiors Expo will be held from May 16-18, 2000, at Cobo
Center in Detroit and will feature:

    *  More than 250 suppliers of equipment, materials, services, components
and modules exhibiting side by side
    *  More than 70 new exhibitors displaying fresh technologies
    *  A conference program with 21 sessions and a faculty of more than 40
industry experts
    *  Five specialty conferences, seminars and workshops covering air bags,
adhesives, fogging, weathering and product design reviews

    According to Gary DeHart, publisher of Automotive & Transportation
Interiors magazine, "The dramatic increase in advance registration is
testament to the increasing importance interior design plays in building brand
identity and differentiating competitors' vehicles."
    This year the Automotive & Transportation Interiors Expo occupies more
square footage and has more exhibitors and technical conference sessions than
ever before.  In addition, the Expo will continue its tradition of holding an
industry awards banquet and a golf outing.  The banquet includes the
magazine's annual Scholarship Awards, Design & Technology Awards, and Lifetime
Achievement Award.  New this year are the magazine's first "Car and Truck
Interior of the Year" awards.
    For information on the Automotive & Transportation Expo contact Aimee
Doyne, meeting manager at 800-241-9034 ext. 379, 770-569-1540, e-mail:
adoyne@bci-atl.com or register online at http://www.autointeriorexpo.com .