INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DESIGN AG HAS APPOINTED THOMASLLOYD CAPITAL LLC AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

ThomasLloyd will provide corporate finance advice, and assist the
company as it seeks to raise fresh capital for new business on
electric mobility.

INDUSTRIAL PDD is an industrial design consultancy company located in
Stuttgart, Germany and is one of the largest agencies for product
design and engineering in Germany. The company creates customized
solutions for product design and engineering to improve their
customers' brand and corporate design strategy. The Company's service
modules include: workshops, design ideas, design detailing, design
modelling, prototyping, design CAD data, tooling CAD data and support
of series production. The company additionally provides consultancy
in brand design and strategic business.

INDUSTRIAL PDD has established expertise in the following areas:
mobility and medicine products, sport devices and accessories,
lifestyle articles, toys, office products and writing materials,
power tools and capital equipment. The company's success in these
areas lies in the company's core competences and in our long term,
sustained relationship with our clients.

The company was founded by Stefan Lippert 14 years ago. In 2007,
after a three-year expansion, INDUSTRIAL PDD recorded a gross income
of over 3 million Euro and over 30 permanent employees. INDUSTRIAL
PDD is one of the largest service provider for product design and
engineering in Germany.

ThomasLloyd Capital LLC is the investment banking subsidiary of
ThomasLloyd Group plc.

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Enquiries:

ThomasLloyd Group plc +41
44 213 6767
Tony Coveney, Executive Director

ThomasLloyd Capital LLC +1
212 331 7829
Anna Brescia, Vice President

INDUSTRIAL PDD
Stefan Lippert, Managing Director
+49 711 326 54 23

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About ThomasLloyd Group plc
ThomasLloyd is a full-service global investment banking, securities
and investment management firm that provides a diverse range of
financial products and services worldwide to a select client base
that includes corporations, financial intermediaries, institutional
clients and high-net-worth individuals.

Founded as an alternative asset management company in Germany 2003,
ThomasLloyd expanded through a combination of organic growth and
strategic acquisitions and today comprises of two business divisions:
Investment Banking, and Investment Management where it manages USD
1.9 billion of fee generating assets. The company employs more than
70 professionals internationally, offering all its core activities in
Americas and Europe and select activities in the Middle East and
Asia.

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