ANDERSON, IN -- Remy International has been selected as a Readers' Choice Award winner for 2005 by the readers of Underhood Service magazine. Selected from the hundreds of advertisers who seek readers' attention, Remy is among the foremost communicators in the industry. Only 10 companies earned this distinction.

Underhood Service magazine serves this country's more than 40,000 repair shop owners whose business is concentrated on under-the-hood repairs.

Professional repair shop owners receiving Underhood Service magazine participated in the nationwide survey of advertising readership and advertising recall in this marketplace via Babcox AdScope research questionnaires. The nationwide announcement of the winners appeared in the December issue of Underhood Service magazine.

The Readers' Choice Award was designed by Babcox graphic designers. It is constructed of glass, steel and plastic, reflecting the materials from which motor vehicles are manufactured.

In other news, Remy and Machinery Components, Inc. (MCI) announced the settlement of a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis. Remy is the owner of two U.S. patents for automotive alternators and had sued several parties, including MCI, accusing those parties of infringing its patents.

Under the settlement, MCI has not admitted any liability for patent infringement, but the parties acknowledge that MCI has modified the design of its CS130 and 130D type alternators. Remy has agreed not to sue MCI for infringement of Remy's alternator patents by MCI's modified CS130 and CS-130D type alternators and has released MCI from claims of prior infringement of the two patents at issue. The settlement involved a payment from MCI to Remy. The lawsuit is ongoing as to defendant United Starters & Alternators Industries, Inc.

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