Titan General Holdings Acquires Assets of Eastern Manufacturing;
                  Acquisition Expands Titan's Product Offering

Fremont, CA., February 28, 2003 (Business Wire)-- Ventures-National
Incorporated, dba Titan General Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:TTGH), a manufacturer of
time sensitive, high tech, prototype, and pre-production printed circuit boards,
announced today that it closed the acquisition of substantially all of the
assets of Eastern Manufacturing Corporation, an Amesbury, Massachusetts-based
manufacturer of rigid-flex printed circuits using the patented HVRFlex process.
Eastern has extensive expertise in the military, medical and industrial
electronics market place. Eastern holds several certifications including, UL,
MIL 55510 and is an ISO9002 registered company. Eastern generated revenues of
$8.8MM for the calendar year ended December 31, 2002, despite a severe working
capital deficiency and a depressed economic environment. The acquisition
provides intellectual property, design and prototype engineering capabilities.
Eastern maintains active relationships with over 100 customers including
Raytheon, Lockheed, BAE, Philips Medical, Parker, Analogic and Analog Devices.

Under the terms of the definitive agreements, Titan acquired substantially all
of the assets of Eastern for $500,000 in cash.

David Marks, Chairman of Titan, stated, "With the consummation of the Eastern
acquisition, we are greatly expanding our manufacturing, customer, and
technology bases. Combined with the pending move to our new Fremont facility,
Titan is now positioned to provide a complete range of products to our many
customers on a national basis."

About Eastern Manufacturing Corporation (Eastern):

o  Eastern is in the business of printed circuit board ("PCB") manufacturing
   with 27 years of solid customer relationships built on its ability to deliver
   a high-end technology product in a short delivery cycle. Located in Amesbury,
   Massachusetts, Eastern specializes in quick turn around manufacturing of
   exotic designs, including high layer count, buried and blind via technology,
   and a patented product known as HVRFlex, constructed of a variety of
   materials such as FR4, polyamides and Kaptontm. Eastern excels in customer
   service through field applications support in design and production and
   offers capacity to take new designs from prototypes through production.
   Eastern's capabilities have made it a national player in the high-end printed
   circuit board market place. Sales as reported by the company for the calendar
   year ended 12-31-02 were $8.8MM.

About Ventures National dba Titan General Holdings, Inc (Titan):

o  Titan is in the business of PCB manufacturing with capability for expansion
   to include backplane assembly. Titan is a manufacturer of time sensitive,
   high tech, prototype, and pre-production printed circuit boards. Beginning in
   the year 2001, Titan and its predecessors began acquiring cutting edge
   technology equipment and processes from competitors unable to remain in
   business due to a severe market downturn and overwhelming debt. Titan also
   obtained customer lists and orders from several of these firms, resulting in
   new business opportunities. Through the recent completion of these
   acquisitions, Titan is positioning to become a leading electronics contract
   quick-turn manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segment of time sensitive
   manufacturing in the $130 billion global electronics manufacturing services
   market. Titan has commenced the process of relocating and upgrading its
   current PCB plant into a facility formerly occupied by Tyco Electronics Inc.
   in Fremont, California.



   Through vertical integration, Titan expects to evolve its service and
   manufacturing operations while continuing to acquire assets and customers of
   struggling firms in the PCB sector.

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the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press
release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. The actual future results of the Company could differ
significantly from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences include, but are not limited to assumptions relating to the
growth in PCB market and that there will be no unanticipated material adverse
change in Titan's operations or business. Further information on Titan's risk
factors is contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 and
its annual report as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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