NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: January 1, 2004

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David Lippincott, Chassis Plans
(858) 571-4330
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Jack Davis, Chassis Plans
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Chassis Plans Announces Mark Lovett Joins Team

Mark Lovett joins Chassis Plans as Interim CEO

San Diego, CA - January 1, 2004 - Chassis Plans today announced that Mark Lovett has joined the Company as President and CEO. Mr. Lovett will provide leadership to assist the company through its recent significant growth and expansion.

"I've been talking to Mark for a long time and tapping into his experience to help Chassis Plans through some recent exceptional growth. The time seemed right to Mark to step into a full time position enabling him to use his skills and contacts to manage this growth." said David Lippincott, Founder of Chassis Plans. "Mark and I worked together at Action Instruments and Mark was on the early executive team at Industrial Computer Source through their growth to over $100 million. I'm trusting Mark to bring his exceptional talents in people management and systems to our table."

Mr. Lovett has over 25 years of experience in various management positions within the industrial computing arena. Most recently, he spent 2 1/2 years at ICS Advent (formerly Industrial Computer Source), where he held the position of Vice President & Chief Information Officer. He was instrumental in their implementation of JD Edwards OneWorld ERP system.

About Chassis Plans

A leading supplier of ruggedized and rack mount computer products, Chassis Plans, The Original Industrial Computer Source, offers unmatched custom product design and integration to provide clients with solutions exactly tailored to their application requirements. The founding members and management team of Chassis Plans had previously founded Industrial Computer Source and grew that company to over $100M in sales before the company became ICS Advent. Chassis Plans offers an off-the-shelf line of industrial computer enclosures, single board computers and keyboard/LCD displays. Custom enclosure design and manufacturing has been the company specialty since it's founding in 1997. The Company has demonstrated 100% growth per year for the last three years and is on track for 300% this year. Information on Chassis Plans can be found at www.chassis-plans.com.

For more information about Chassis Plans' products, call (858) 571-4330. You can also visit our website at www.chassis-plans.com or e-mail us at saleseng@chassisplans.com.