11 October 2007
TubeMart to Exhibit at SEMA Show 2007

TubeMart™, part of the AddisonMckee group of companies, and single-source tube processing machinery specialists, announces that it will exhibit at Booth 24649 at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 30 – November 2, 2007.

Working demonstrations will be provided at the SEMA Show of large and small 1- and 2-axes tube bending machines, metal cutting machines, as well as deburring, end facing, expanding, notching, polishing, and louvring machines. The machines selected for exhibition will also illustrate TubeMart’s global access, through its extensive network, to high-value, tube processing machine manufacturers. Already well established in Spain, Australia, Germany, UK, Finland, South Africa, Canada, as well as in the Midwest and Southeast United States, TubeMart will be accepting regional Dealership & Agency applications at the SEMA Show to further expand its US presence.

TubeMart has been specifically created to provide users of mid-range tube processing equipment with a highly convenient single-source way of selecting high quality machinery and consumables at exceptionally competitive prices.

Bringing together the widest choice of hand-picked solutions from many of the world's premier manufacturers into a highly comprehensive catalog and website, TubeMart™ offers a range of over 120 machines for tube bending, cutting, end-forming, notching and polishing.

Built to the highest standards, every product featured in the TubeMart catalog carries an uncompromising quality assurance guarantee - certifying that it has been manufactured to exacting industry standards.

Commented AddisonMckee Director of Global Marketing, Christian Rogiers, "It has long been our objective to create a global tube processing technologies supply facility - a single resource offering high-quality, affordable equipment from a range of respected manufacturers."

"Via the introduction of TubeMart, he continued, "we have revolutionized the way purchases of all manner of machines, tooling and consumables are implemented across the tube processing sector. Already, we have established dealers and service facilities across the world."

The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world. It draws the industry’s brightest minds and hottest products to one place, the Las Vegas Convention Center. As part of the AAIW, the SEMA Show attracts more than 100,000 industry leaders from over 100 countries for unlimited profit opportunities in the automotive, truck and SUV, marine and RV markets. For more information, visit www.semashow.com .

About AddisonMckee

2007 winners of The Manufacturer magazine’s World-Class Manufacturing Award – a prestigious award based on an organization’s ability to benchmark, examine and make continuous improvements in all aspects of its operations – AddisonMckee is globally renowned for the design, manufacture and supply of some of the world’s finest tube bending and end forming technologies – for increasingly complex automotive, aviation, truck and shipbuilding requirements.

In addition, AddisonMckee also offers highly innovative tube measuring solutions, tube perforation, piercing and louvring technologies, hydraulic press machinery, muffler assembly solutions, plant automation and complete workcell integration.

In addition to these capabilities, a whole range of tooling and accessory options are also provided, as are comprehensive maintenance and service contracts, training and education programs and financial services. Where applicable, AddisonMckee is also able to offer customers the opportunity of machine rebuilds, refurbishment, upgrades and trade-ins.

From its state-of-the-art manufacturing centers in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada and China, AddisonMckee is committed to providing rapid solutions to market and also regularly assists clients in product prototyping, parts development, small production runs and pre-production sample development.

AddisonMckee is principally owned by WHI Capital Partners (WHICP), a Chicago-based private equity group that invests in middle market, industry-leading companies with solid financial fundamentals and proven management teams. WHICP is an affiliate of William Harris Investors, Inc., a family-based asset management firm founded by Irving B. Harris in 1987.

For further information please contact:

Christian Rogiers, Global Marketing Director – AddisonMckee
E-mail: crogiers@addisonmckee.com
Tel:  +1 513 228 7076
Fax: +1 513 228 7226