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Hi-Line Continues to Expand the Scope of its Product Offerings

Dallas, TexasApril 1, 2005 — Hi-Line, Inc. a leading provider and distributor of quality electrical and mechanical maintenance products, today announced the release of its new, expanded product catalogue. Featuring over 2600 new products, this new catalogue not only increases the depth of coverage that the company offers in MRO areas such as electrical terminals, fluid power products, and fasteners but also includes a variety of products targeted at new applications such as welding.

�Our customers continue to demand more from us and our new slate of product offerings has been developed to address these requirements,� said Mike Sheaffer, President of Hi-Line, Inc. �Our customers believe in the value of our mobile store concept and look to us to be able to support all of their product needs,� said Sheaffer, �we are constantly evaluating their feedback to determine what new items we need to offer to enable them to keep their MRO operations running smoothly. For example, many of our customers have been asking us for more chemical products and we’ve responded by increasing the number of chemicals that we carry by over 100%�.

Hi-Line’s new catalogue is available in both bound and CD versions and may be ordered via the company’s web site www.hi-line.com or by contacting the company at 1-800-944-5463 (9HI-LINE). A downloadable version of the catalogue is also available from the company’s website.

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Hi-Line products are used by the mechanics and technicians of Monster Garage.