American International Industries' Subsidiary Signs Auto Accessories License Agreement with 'Motor Trend'.

KEMAH, Texas -- American International Industries Inc. (OTCBB:AMIN) today announced that Northeastern Plastics Inc. (NPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of AMIN, signed a license agreement to market the name "MOTOR TREND" for its automotive aftermarket products.

Marc Fields, president and COO of NPI, a leading supplier of automotive accessories and retail products to the automotive after-market and DIY marketplace, is very pleased with the new licensing agreement with MOTOR TREND Magazine, a division of Primedia Inc. for the use of the MOTOR TREND name and logo on their entire NPI automotive after-market product assortment.

Mr. Fields stated, "We are thrilled with our new partnership. We have a long history of supplying quality products to the automotive after-market and traditional DIY marketplace and we see an ideal fit for our many products with the MOTOR TREND branded product lines." NPI believes it will have a very strong positive response to the new NPI/MOTOR TREND program and is expecting a substantial increase in NPI's revenues beginning in the first quarter of 2005.

American International Industries Inc. is a growing holding company, with interests in industry, finance, real estate and a growing oil & gas segment. AMIN intends to pursue potential acquisitions using its financial resources and management expertise to grow acquired businesses, improve access to capital and achieve economies of scale, in order to improve revenues, operations and profitability. Periodically as opportunities present themselves, we may sell or merge the subsidiaries in order to bring value to the holding company and our shareholders.

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