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IMPCO Receives Positive Response To New Fuel Systems Technology

5 April 2000

IMPCO Receives Positive Response To New Fuel Systems Technology And Partnerships IMPCO TECHNOLOGIES LOGO IMPCO Technologies logo. (PRNewsFoto)[DM] CERRITOS, CA USA 09/21/1999    

    CERRITOS, Calif., April 5 IMPCO Technologies, Inc.
established a new industry position for advanced technology
fuel systems with the company's Spectrum program and OMNI product line at the
Hannover fair in Hannover, Germany.
    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990921/IMPCOLOGO )
    The world's largest material handling fair held every other year in
Hannover, Germany was the opportunity for IMPCO to release several new fuel
systems technologies and working programs for equipment OEM's.
    Dennis Hartman, Vice President and General Manager of the Gaseous Fuel
Products Division said, "The Hannover fair was the perfect forum to launch
many of our new products and programs, and display our technological
leadership.  The response from global OEMs was gratifying and further
reinforced the fact that industry is fast moving to integrated power and fuel
systems at the OEM supplier level.  Successful OEM suppliers must have the
expertise to design, develop and control fuel systems and catalyst technology.
Additionally, an OEM supplier must also have global position to deliver to a
worldwide market and decentralize points of manufacturing."
    Mr. Hartman continued, "Our Working Together program aligned many of the
largest OEMs with our Spectrum product team.  By forming such a coalition the
OEMs gain valuable product and system development knowledge and help shape the
fuel system itself in order to satisfy specific markets."
    Brad Garner, IES Managing Director said, "Our goal of introducing to the
industry new higher technology and services for industrial applications has
been achieved.  This forum assisted in positioning IMPCO as a leading supplier
of integrated powertrain systems."

    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.
    IMPCO produces OEM systems for motor vehicles, buses, trucks, forklifts,
and other material handling equipment and small portable to large stationary
engines.  Headquartered in Cerritos, California, the company has additional
facilities in: the United States, Australia, Japan and Mexico.  It operates in
the Netherlands, France, Germany and the United Kingdom as IMPCO-BERU
Technologies, B.V. (impcotechnologies.com)