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IVECO Chooses IMPCO's Eclipse Engine Management System CERRITOS, Calif., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMPCO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMCO) announced today the signing of an agreement with IVECO Motors of North America that establishes IMPCO's Eclipse Heavy Duty Engine Management System as the fueling system of choice for IVECO's industrial stationary electrical generator sets (gen-set) to meet EPA Tier III emissions certification standards for domestic use. Production is scheduled to begin in November 2005. Under the terms of the agreement, IMPCO will develop a natural gas fueling system specifically for the IVECO New Engine Family (NEF) product line. Currently IVECO offers a gaseous fuel 5.9L version of this engine and where practical, content from their product line will be incorporated into the IMPCO Eclipse system, ensuring emissions compliance and cost effectiveness. The Eclipse Heavy Duty Engine Management system comprehensively integrates full authority fuel and spark controls technology to meet domestic and international safety and emissions regulations. It offers an array of fuel metering technologies designed in a building block approach to closely match customer performance requirements and emissions standards. The system allows internal combustion engines to use clean burning gaseous fuels and meets emissions regulations including EPA Tier III. The Heavy-Duty Engine market consists of projected production of over 1.3M engines for 2004. This volume accounts for, Marine, Locomotive, Off Highway, Industrial, Agricultural, Gen-Sets and On-Highway applications. The gen-set application represents, 2% of this potential market for North America. Regarding IVECO Motors of North America: IVECO, as part of the Fiat group, recently began operations in Carol Stream, Illinois, to deliver service throughout Canada, Mexico and the United States. Their NEF Series, diesel engines are now available in North America as 3-, 4- and 6-cylinder models that can be specified to meet any application in the industrial, marine and power generation industries. Regarding IMPCO: IMPCO and BRC design, manufacture, market and supply advanced alternative fuel systems and related products for the transportation, industrial and power generation markets. Headquartered in Cerritos, California and Cherasco Italy, they have offices in Asia, Europe, Australia and South and North America. More information can be found at IMPCO's web site, http://www.impco.ws/ and at BRC's web site, http://www.brc.it/. For further information contact Mr. Dale Rasmussen, Investor Relations: Email: Phone: +1-206-315-8242 Fax: +1-206-315-8301 DATASOURCE: IMPCO CONTACT: Dale Rasmussen, Investor Relations, IMPCO, +1-206-315-8242, fax +1-206-315-8301, Web site: http://www.brc.it/ Web site: http://www.impco.ws/

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