Released on December 7, 2007

Tecumseh Products Co., Tecumseh, Mich., announced it has sold its automotive and specialty business operations for $10 million.

The previously announced sale was completed when an affiliate of private investment firm Sun Capital Partners Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., tendered an all cash offer, earning it full ownership of Tecumseh's facilities in Eaton Rapids, Mich., Nappanee, Ind., Juarez, Mexico, and Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

The automotive and specialty business will continue to conduct business under the name Von Weise USA Inc. in the U.S., TPC Motores de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. in Mexico and Von Weise of Canada Co. in Canada.