Contact: Brandy Cooper (423) 746-1806 brandy_cooper@denso-diam.com Bridgette LaRose (248) 372-8266 bridgette_larose@denso-diam.com Noland Mickens General Manager DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee Noland Mickens is general manager of DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, Inc., in Athens, Tenn. He oversees the facilityÕs Manufacturing and Production Engineering Fuel Injection activities. Mickens joined DENSO in 2000 as production manager and was promoted to senior manager of Production and Product Engineering in 2003. He was later promoted to general manager of Production for Total Industrial Engineering (TIE)/Manufacturing Engineering (ME) in 2006. Prior to joining DENSO, Mickens served as production manager for Toyota West Virginia Engine Facility, a Toyota Motor Corporation manufacturing facility located in Buffalo, Va. Mickens earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology from The University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. # # #