ASA Tire Systems Announces Parts & Labor Integration

Scottsdale, AZ, September 10, 2001—ASA Tire Systems today announced the release of “VisionPro”, a complete point-of-sale integration with Wrenchead’s “Vision Estimator” with parts and labor catalog.

The announcement was made at its National Client Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. In partnering with Wrenchead Inc., users of ASA’s TireMax and TirePro products will be able to quickly and accurately estimate the labor of all components and the necessary parts for a particular automotive service job utilizing the Wrenchead catalog database, then pull that directly into the ASA point-of-sale application.

According to Wayne Croswell, president of ASA Tire Systems, “In conversations with our clients, they stated the importance of a fully integrated parts and labor database at the point-of-sale. By eliminating the need to quote a job, then re-enter that job into the point-of-sale application, we are providing a tool that should significantly enhance the efficiency on the store level.”

According to Kyle Johnson, V.P. of the Catalog Division for Wrenchead Inc., “Partnering with ASA Tire Systems is a terrific win for all involved. Vision Estimator makes it easy to gather the parts and labor information to create accurate job estimates. When you couple that with ASA’s point-of-sale tools, tire dealers have a complete estimate-to-invoice solution that just hasn’t been available until now.”

ASA Tire Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of ASA International Ltd. (NASDAQ: ASAA). Headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, ASA Tire Systems develops and builds enterprise-wide software solutions, delivers support and services, and enables leading Independent Tire Dealers to achieve a maximum return on their information technology investment. They can be found on the Internet at: http://www.asatire.com.

Wrenchead, a leading provider of software solutions for the automotive aftermarket, produces the industry’s only AAIA-compatible Electronic Parts Catalog with over 56,000 installations nationwide. Wrenchead offers a complete range of products that connect warehouse distributors and installers through a neutral and open environment, which enhances the flow of parts purchasing information. See http://www.wrenchead.com for more info.

CONTACT:
David Duchesne
ASA Tire Systems
(603) 889-8700
dduchesne@asatire.com