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January 30, 2007 01:10 PM Eastern Standard Time

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Effective today, Air Temp North America, Inc., formerly known as Lumiere International Corp., has changed its stock symbol from LMRE (Pink Sheets:LMRE) and is now trading under “ATPN” (Pink Sheets:ATPN).

As previously announced, effective December 12, 2006, Lumiere International Corp. (“Lumiere” or the “Company”) (Pink Sheets:LMRE) completed the acquisition of almost all of the outstanding capital stock of Air Temp de Mexico (“Air Temp”). As a result of the acquisition, the former majority shareholder of Air Temp owns 75% of the outstanding common stock of Lumiere and Lumiere owns 99% of the capital stock of Air Temp.

Further, Lumiere also announced on December 12, 2006 it secured $12 million in financing for working capital for its new subsidiary, Air Temp, through a Series A Preferred Stock issuance to a group of private investors.

Air Temp is an original equipment manufacturer of air conditioning components primarily for the automotive industry. Air Temp designs and manufactures heat exchangers, radiators, condensers, evaporators, heaters and coolers. Air Temp’s customers include General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen and Nissan. Air Temp owns its manufacturing facilities in Merida, Mexico. Air Temp generated approximately $16 million in revenue for 2005.

In connection with the acquisition of Air Temp, Lumiere changed its name to “Air Temp North America, Inc.” The majority shareholder of Air Temp North America, Inc. has elected Jorge Habib, founder and President of Air Temp de Mexico, to serve as its Chairman and President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Habib commented, “We are very excited to have completed the acquisition and financing. Our company has world-class manufacturing facilities and excellent customers to grow with. Our acquisition by our public holding company and the financing will allow us to grow our revenue and profitability at a much faster rate. The automotive parts sector in Mexico, as well as in Latin America, is growing rapidly and with this new capital we believe we will be able to capture more of the market.”

Capital Investment Services acted as the private placement agent for the Series A Preferred Stock and as the transaction advisor to Air Temp. Capital Investment Services is a retail and institutional broke

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