IMCO Impco Technologies (MM)

IMPCO Elects Board Member CERRITOS, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IMPCO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMCO), announced today that Mr. John R. Jacobs has been elected to IMPCO's Board of Directors. Mr. Jacobs is a managing partner of Capital Run, an investment bank headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Jacobs was previously the co-founder and Managing Partner of Pacific Capital Partners LLC, a boutique M&A investment bank, which merged with Capital Run in September 2003. Prior to Pacific Capital Partners, Mr. Jacobs was the managing member and co-founder of US Bancorp Piper Jaffray's Venture Capital Partner Funds. While at Piper Jaffray, Mr. Jacobs founded and headed the Technology Investment Banking Practice, served on the Piper Jaffray Investment Banking Group Head Management Committee, and ran Piper Jaffray's Seattle, Washington Investment Banking office. Mr. Jacobs started his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City in the Technology and Private Placement Groups. Mr. Jacobs graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with honors and received a master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Business. Robert M. Stemmler, IMPCO's Chairman and CEO said, "We are very pleased and privileged to have Mr. Jacobs as part of our corporate guidance group. The company is looking forward to utilizing his investment banking expertise and business acumen." Regarding IMPCO: IMPCO and BRC design, manufacture, market and supply advanced alternative fuel systems and related products to original equipment manufacturers and to the aftermarket for the mobile, industrial, power generation, and stationary engines market place. 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/. Except for historical information, the statements, expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing press release are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the company's expectations regarding revenues in future periods. Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those discussed in any forward-looking statement. Readers should consider the risk contained in the section entitled "Management's Discussion & Analysis of Financial Conditions on Results of Operations -- Risk Factors" in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2003. The company does not undertake to update or revise any of its forward-looking statements even if experience or future changes show that the indicated results or events will not be realized. For further information contact Mr. Dale Rasmussen, Investor Relations: Email: Phone: +1-206-315-8242 Fax: +1-206-315-8301 DATASOURCE: IMPCO CONTACT: Investor Relations, Mr. Dale Rasmussen, +1-206-315-8242, or fax, +1-206-315-8301, Web site: http://www.brc.it/ Web site: http://www.impco.ws/

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