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For more information call (716) 626-3088 in Buffalo or (617)
241-5400 in Boston. "We
are currently analyzing a significant number of opportunities in the
automotive supply industry and look forward to creating value for our Limited
Partners by acquiring one or more platform companies through our partnership
with George.

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We are excited about having Devin head up our Upstate and
Pennsylvania region.
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New England Consulting Partners, LLC specializes in a variety of
consulting and advisory services including operational cash flow,
interim and crisis management, financial restructuring , sales and
operational analyses, loan due diligence, IT strategy, business
valuations, mergers + acquisitions, liquidations, preference analysis,
fraudulent conveyance analysis, bankruptcy and trusteeships.

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Hollands is a Certified Turnaround
Professional and a member of the Turnaround Management Association. KPS has created new
companies to purchase operating assets out of bankruptcy; established stand-
alone entities to operate divested assets; and recapitalized highly leveraged
public and private companies.

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George Thanopoulos. The KPS investment strategy targets companies
with strong franchises that are experiencing operating and financial problems.

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Thanopoulos will advise KPS in its pursuit of
potential investments in the automotive supply industry. Thanopoulos graduated from the University
of Michigan with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

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KPS Special Situations Funds Announces Formation of Strategic Relationship With Mr. George Thanopoulos in Connection With Its Pursuit of Investments in the Aut

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BOSTON----New England Consulting
Partners, LLC, (NECP) a Boston-based management consulting and
strategic advisory firm, announced today the opening of its Buffalo
area office at 300 International Drive, Suite 100, Williamsville New
York.
Tom Desmond, Managing Partner of NECP said, "Devin brings a wealth
of experience and an astute sense of cash management expertise to our
firm.

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Thanopoulos formerly held a variety of senior executive positions at
Metaldyne Corporation.

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The new office will be headed up by one of its principals, Devin
Hollands.
"We are privileged to form a partnership with George Thanopoulos .

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He was most recently President of Metaldyne's Engine
Group, a business unit operating eighteen manufacturing plants in nine
countries with 3,000 employees."

About KPS Special Situations Funds
KPS Special Situations Funds is a family of private equity funds with over
$600 million of committed capital focused on constructive investing in
restructurings, turnarounds and other special situations.

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He is
an accomplished businessman and a proven manufacturing executive .
KPS invests its capital concurrently with a turnaround plan predicated on cost
reduction, capital investment and capital availability. Typically, the KPS
turnaround plan is accompanied by a financial restructuring of the company's
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The KPS investment strategy and portfolio companies are
described in detail at http://www.

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NEW YORK, Today, KPS Special Situations Funds
("KPS ") announced it has entered into an exclusive relationship with Mr. Mr.

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Hollands has spent the past several years consulting
owners of highly leveraged and financially distressed companies for
the purpose of identifying and executing operational and financial
restructuring opportunities. Mr. His broad
range of experience, primarily focused on creating value for customers and
stockholders through manufacturing excellence, is a perfect complement to our
investment strategy ," said Michael Psaros, a Managing Principal of KPS.com .