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Stork Materials Technology Acquires Professional Metallurgical Services Inc. of Michigan

BUCHANAN, MI - July 16, 2007

Stork Materials Technology is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets and business of Professional Metallurgical Services Inc. (ProMet) and welcome their staff to the Stork Climax Research Services team in Wixom.

ProMet, located in Buchanan, Michigan, is a highly regarded, A2LA-approved metallurgical testing and consulting laboratory, providing forensic metallurgy, failure analysis, routine testing, metallurgical failure analysis, and casting technology.  ProMet President George Goodrich has been awarded the AFS/CMI Directors Award, AFS Service Citation and the AFS Award of Scientific Merit, and was the Presenter of the Charles Edgar Hoyt Memorial Lecture in 2004.

Charles Noall, Chief Executive Officer for Stork Materials Technology, said, "ProMet and Stork CRS have enjoyed a long professional relationship and Mr. Goodrich will continue to serve the businesses throughout the acquisition phase and after the integration with Stork CRS. The addition of ProMet further strengthens our ability to fully support industries in the region, particularly the automotive industries."

ProMet’s staff, resources and equipment will relocate to the Stork CRS facility in Wixom. Transfer of business from ProMet to Stork CRS is effective as of July 16. For questions, please contact Frank van den Berge at 262-782-6344 or info.crs@stork.com. For more information about Stork Materials Technology, contact info.smt@stork.com.