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General Components Joins POFTO and Presents at Optical Fiber Conference -OFC- Press Conference

Posted on: Friday, 4 March 2005, 09:00 CST

General Components Inc. (GCI) (OTCBB: GCPO) has joined the Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization (POFTO), a leading non-profit organization in the Plastic Fiber industry. POFTO's main focus is the promotion of the POF industry through studies, product research, trade show sponsorship and conference organization. "We are excited about this opportunity of becoming a member of POFTO and working closely with all other members to promote and realize the full potential of POF globally." said Bruce Cole, President and Vice Chairman of GCI. POFTO will be presenting at the OFC conference held March 8th through 10th in Anaheim, California. GCI will attend the POFTO presentation as a member company in Room 203A at 11AM on March 9th at the Anaheim Convention Center. The OFC conference is a leading event in the optical communication industry. For more information, please go to www.ofcconference.org

About POFTO

The POFTO is an organization that has been established to promote the common business interests of its members and the POF industry. POF is an alternative to glass optical fiber that has been specifically designed to be a practical, low cost solution for high bandwidth data communications.

POFTO is managed by Information Gatekeepers Group (IGI). IGI, founded in 1977, is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. IGI is an internationally recognized publisher, trade show organizer, consultancy and information service provider in the fields of fiber optics, optical networks, WDM, ADSL, ATM, Internet, high-speed Local Area Networks (LANs), wireless, and the emerging telecom markets, such as China, Brazil, India, South America, Mexico, Asia-Pacific and Russia. IGI publishes over 30 newsletters in the telecommunications field and over 20 market studies a year. Supporting IGI outside the United States are 10 offices and/or agents in key telecommunications markets that perform both sales and data collection functions. For more information, please go to www.pofto.com

About General Components

General Components Inc. (GCI) through its subsidiaries in China, manufactures a complete line of broadband networking products, including VOIP and systems that connect end users to the Internet Backbone Network, enabling them to send and receive high-speed data communications for the "Last Mile" area. GCI is developing plastic optical fiber ("POF") cable technology and related networking equipment for installation in Local Area Networks, home entertainment systems and automobiles to ensure a higher transmission speed at 1 Gigabit per second. For more information, please go to www.gciworld.com

Forward-looking Statements:

Certain statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements contained herein that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements deal with GCI's current plans, intentions, beliefs and expectations and statements of future economic performance. Statements containing terms like "believes,""does not believe,""plans,""expects,""intends,""estimates,""anticipates" and other phrases of similar meaning are considered to imply uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause GCI's actual results in future periods to differ materially from what is currently anticipated.

Source: Business Wire

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