Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


    Terex to Join SDC International in Restructuring of Tatra; New Operating
                      Board of Directors Appointed at Tatra

KOPRIVNICE, Czech Republic & PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan 21, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
SDC International (OTC:SDCN) today announced its program for significant changes
related to its Tatra heavy-duty truck operations in the Czech Republic. Tatra,
with revenues of almost US$150 million per year, was purchased by SDC in
December 2001. Among the changes are an equity purchase of Tatra shares by
Tatra's largest customer and joint venture partner in India, the engagement of
Fil Filipov, restructuring expert of Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX) to assist in
the second phase of Tatra's restructuring, and the appointment of a new
operating Board of Directors at Tatra. Vectra Limited, a closely held affiliate
of Tatra's manufacturing joint venture in India, Tatra Udyog, has purchased
21.1% of the outstanding shares of Tatra. Vectra, along with the joint venture,
is the largest purchaser of Tatra trucks worldwide. Over 1,000 Tatra trucks were
assembled this year for the Indian market. According to Mr. Jojo Alexander, of
Vectra: "We are very excited to finally succeed in gaining a significant equity
interest in Tatra. We have worked with Tatra for many years, and we recognize
the great future Tatra has in its grip." After the Vectra transaction, SDC
continues to own 51% of Tatra, and Terex owns 19.5%.

The new management consulting arrangement between SDC, Tatra, and Terex provides
that Terex personnel will assist in the restructuring of day-to-day operations
of Tatra. The objective to improve Tatra's operations will include reorganizing
and consolidating manufacturing facilities, outsourcing some of Tatra parts and
components and reducing overhead. Ronald Adams, Chairman and CEO of SDC and
Chairman of Tatra's Supervisory Board, states: "Through the first year of our
ownership of Tatra, we learned what is needed to make Tatra a great truck
company. This joint focus among Tatra, SDC and Terex is a major step toward
reaching that goal."

SDC believes this arrangement will greatly enhance Tatra's performance due to
Terex's proven abilities to restructure manufacturing concerns worldwide and its
experience in industrial manufacturing. Terex, with over $3 billion in revenue
expected this year, is also a partner with Tatra in a military tactical vehicle
joint venture which provides for Tatra's unique swing half-axle chassis systems
to be used as the base for the manufacture of military trucks at one of Terex's
United States facilities. Terex is a shareholder in both SDC and Tatra.

Ron DeFeo, Chairman and CEO of Terex, was quoted as saying, "Fil Filipov,
President of Terex Crane, will be the leader of Terex's restructuring team at
Tatra." Mr. DeFeo went on to say: "Fil has tremendous operating experience and
is results driven. I could not be more confident in his ability to help Tatra
achieve great success." Filipov has directed the successful restructuring of
Terex-owned manufacturing companies with combined revenues totaling over US$1
billion.



As part of the restructuring, a new Board of Directors was appointed at Tatra,
consisting of Zbynek Keisler, who will serve as Chairman, and newly elected
members Frantisek Turzik and Igor Vlcek. Keisler has been Tatra's Commercial
Director in charge of all sales. Turzik is head of production for Tatra and
Vlcek has been General Manager and a Board Member of Tatra's forging subsidiary,
Taforge, a.s. Tatra's Supervisory Board did not change and includes Ronald
Adams, Chairman, representing Tatra owner SDC International, with members Fil
Filipov of Terex and Antonin Valasek, Chairman of Tatra's trade union. Under
Czech law, the Supervisory Board represents the shareholders and appoints a
Board of Directors who manage the day-to-day operations.

Mike Srkal, who will return to his duties as President and Chief Operating
Officer of SDC, stepped aside from his one-year position as Chairman and CEO of
Tatra in order for the second year of the restructuring to be completed by
Tatra's new Board of Directors, who are part of Tatra's operating management.
Mr. Srkal, along with Mr. Adams, was responsible for SDC's success in the
acquisition of Tatra, completed after a four-year effort. Mr. Srkal took the
reins of the 150 year old company in January 2002 and navigated Tatra through
its first post-acquisition year. Mr. Srkal said: "Tatra is continuing its effort
to reduce costs, reduce inventories, improve productivity and generate cash. Its
current backlog is excellent; however, very small profit margins require
continuing reductions in material costs and overhead."

Philip Huber, SDC Vice President of Investor Relations, said that the new
restructuring team, led by Terex's Fil Filipov, should greatly enhance SDC in
regard to its fulfilling the goals established and set forth in the SDC
post-acquisition business plan. He went on to say that 2002 was a difficult year
for SDC due to the length of time it took to finalize the SDC/Tatra consolidated
audit in US GAAP and the untimely strengthening of the Czech Crown against the
US Dollar, which caused a $14 million loss to manufacturing operations. In 2002,
most of Tatra's sales were in US Dollars and most of its costs were in Czech
currency. According to Huber, the plan of SDC has been and remains to expense
all first year acquisition, currency, and restructuring costs as are allowed and
appropriate in 2002. The Czech crown has since stabilized. He added that with
the SDC 2001 annual report having been completed, once the S.E.C. completes a
random review of the filed form 10KSB, SDC will file its Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the first three quarters of 2002 and will immediately thereafter
apply for listing on an NASD-operated exchange.

    About SDC International

SDC International is a publicly traded U.S.-based company focused on acquiring
well-established industrial manufacturers with substantial revenues within
Central and Eastern Europe. Tatra was the first acquisition in SDC's plan. Visit
the SDC website at http://www.sdcn.com.

Certain information in this announcement includes forward-looking statements.