Leading Graphics Provider for NASCAR Racing Teams Makes Key Acquisition

November 27, 2006

Vomela Specialty Company, based in St. Paul, MN announced that its affiliated company, Motorsports Designs holding, Inc. of High Point, North Carolina acquired the assets of Corporate Image Motorsports, Inc. of Concord, North Carolina. Motorsports Designs is the leading provider of racing graphics for NASCAR teams, in particular the Nextel Series, while Corporate Image supplies racing graphics for the Busch Series and Craftsman Truck Series teams.

John McKenzie, CEO of Motorsports Designs said, "this acquisition will give us a new Concord location that is only five minutes away from several of our largest customers, as well as a new partner in Frank Bolter, who is well connected in racing circles. We will be able to provide local contact and services to our many customers and prospects in the Charlotte racing market, and the production capabilities at the Concord location will increase ten times from the added support that Motorsports Designs and its affiliated company, Vomela Specialty Company will provide. Customers will reap immediate benefits from this acquisition."

Motorsports Designs is the nation's leading provider of racing graphics. Graphics for NASCAR, Indy and other race teams account for 70% of sales, with 30% coming from fleet and commercial accounts. Vomela Specialty Company, with revenue in excess of $75 million, is one of the largest producers of screen-printed and digitally-printed vinyl graphics in the U.S. Founded in 1947, privately-held Vomela and affiliates produce graphics for the recreational vehicle, fleet, retail, and racing markets from its eight manufacturing facilities in St. Paul, Minnesota, Benton Harbor, Michigan, Southern California, Elkhart, Indiana and High Point, North Carolina. Vomela also has several sales and design offices across the U.S.

For more information, contact:
Tim Wieland, Vomela, (651) 523-9503, Tim.Wieland@vomela.com

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