Noble International, Ltd. (Noble) is a provider of 21st Century Auto Body Solutions primarily to the automotive industry. Noble utilizes laser-welding, roll-forming and other technologies to produce flat, tubular, shaped and enclosed formed structures used by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or their suppliers in automobile applications, including doors, fenders, body side panels, pillars, bumpers, door beams, load floors, windshield headers, door tracks, door frames and glass channels. The Company operates 24 production facilities worldwide, including two joint ventures in China and one in India. Thirteen of its facilities are located in North America and the remaining 11 facilities are located primarily in Western Europe. In April 2009, the Company and certain of its United States subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan seeking relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of the United States Code.