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An Affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Acquires Industrial Group from TI Automotive



    Sun Capital Partners, Inc.:

    Industrial Group consists of three businesses:

    -- Bundy Refrigeration's products include evaporators,
    condensers, door warmers, compressor components, defrosting
    coils, and heat exchangers.

    -- Walbro Engine Management's portfolio includes ignition
    modules, air filter assemblies, diaphragm carburetors, fuel
    tank assemblies, flywheels, fuel filters, and impulse fuel
    pumps for lawn and garden and recreational-vehicle engine
    applications.

    -- Vari-Form produces hydro-formed automotive components,
    including engine cradles, radiator closures, instrument panel
    beams, and roof rails.

    Sun Capital Partners, Inc. ("Sun Capital"), a leading private
    investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in
    market-leading companies, today announced that one of its affiliates
    has acquired the Industrial Group from TI Automotive, a leading Tier 1
    supplier to major automotive manufacturers and other Tier 1 suppliers.
    Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

    Bundy Refrigeration is the European and Latin American market
    leader in the manufacturing of condensers, evaporators and other
    cooling system components used in household and commercial
    refrigeration appliances.

    Established over fifty years ago, Walbro Engine Management is a
    technology leader providing a wide range of components and systems to
    the outdoor power equipment, industrial, marine, recreational and
    two-wheel vehicle markets, with engineering facilities in the United
    States, Mexico, Italy, China, Thailand, and Japan.

    Vari-Form's patented tube hydroforming technology is used to
    create complex shapes in tubular components - that provide an exciting
    alternative to closed section stamped assemblies or existing tubular
    applications. Using this highly precise procedure, Vari-Form currently
    hydroforms over four million automotive structural parts annually for
    its partners worldwide.

    Michael H. Kalb, Managing Director, Sun Capital Partners, Inc.,
    added, "Each of the three business units, Bundy Refrigeration, Walbro
    Engine Management, and Vari-Form, enjoy competitive advantages in
    their respective industries, which have not been fully realized due to
    the non-core nature of their operations under their former corporate
    umbrella. Each of the three businesses have market leading positions,
    established trade names and are suppliers to major global OEM
    manufacturers. As independent operating entities, we believe that each
    business will be better positioned to leverage its market position and
    enhance its franchise value."

    About TI Automotive

    TI Automotive is the world's leading supplier of fluid storage,
    transfer and delivery systems, including brake, fuel and air
    conditioning applications. With headquarter locations in Warren,
    Michigan and Oxford, England, the company employs more than 16,000
    people at more than 110 facilities in 28 countries on six continents.
    Further information is available on the Internet at
    www.tiautomotive.com.

    About Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

    Sun Capital Partners, Inc. is a leading private investment firm
    focused on leveraged buyouts, equity, debt, and other investments in
    market-leading companies that can benefit from its in-house operating
    professionals and experience. Sun Capital affiliates have invested in
    and managed more than 145 companies worldwide with combined sales in
    excess of $33.0 billion since Sun Capital's inception in 1995. Sun
    Capital has offices in Boca Raton, Los Angeles, and New York, as well
    as affiliates with offices in London, Tokyo, and Shenzhen. For more
    information, please visit www.SunCapPart.com.