Norwest Mezzanine Partners Invests in General Products Corporation

August 16, 2006

Norwest Mezzanine Partners invested $15.0 million of senior subordinated debt in General Products Corporation, a leading full-service supplier of highly engineered, complex and precision-machined components and assemblies to the North American automotive and heavy-duty truck markets.

MidMark Capital and Protostar Partners served as the private equity sponsors for this transaction. Visit www.midmarkcapital.com for more information.