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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 11, 2008

Hess Industries Opens New Plant in India

NILES, MI – Hess Industries, Inc., a leader in metal forming process technologies, announces the opening of its India operations in Bangalore, India.

The Indian branch specifically targets Hess-branded products and services to customers in growth markets of India and China as well as the entire Asia Oceanic Region of the world.  The facility will provide sales, engineering, manufacturing and after-sale service for Hess automotive wheel and rim metal forming, exhaust converter fabrication equipment for truck diesel engines and Demand Flow™ sheet metal fabrication systems for the appliance industry.

Hess Industries, Inc. is a global engineering firm and manufacturer of metal forming machines, cells, systems and factory automation solutions with 30 years of experience. Hess also offers Spinforming process development. prototyping and part production service.