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


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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.

    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.
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Contact:  SDC International, Philip Huber, SDC Vice President, at
(561) 882- 9300, or email at phuber@sdcinternational.com.
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Certain information in this announcement includes forward-looking
statements regarding future events or the future performance of SDC
International that involve certain contingencies and uncertainties.
Such statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties that


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could cause actual events or performance to differ materially from
those reflected in such forward-looking statements.  Such risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond SDC's control, include,
among others: the effects of changes in laws and regulations;
the effect of interest rates, government spending, and general
economic conditions on construction, mining and other activities in
which SDC's products are sold; national and international political
climate and military activities; and other factors, risks and
uncertainties set forth in more detail in SDC's filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual events or performance may
differ materially from any forward-looking statement due to these and
other risks, uncertainties and significant factors.






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