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                        FORM 144                        --------------------------
                                                        DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
     NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT
      TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933      --------------------------
                                                        CUSIP NUMBER
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this       --------------------------
             form concurrently with either placing      WORK LOCATION
             an order with a broker to execute
             sale or executing a sale directly          --------------------------
             with a market maker.
  
  <Table>
  <S><C>
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   1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.       (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
   Trans-Industries, Inc.                                      13-2598139                     0-4539
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   1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                   STREET           CITY           STATE           ZIP CODE             (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                                                                                              ------------------------
                                                                                                                 AREA CODE      NUMBER
                                         1780 Opdyke Ct.  Auburn Hills        MI              48326                 248       364-0400
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   2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT   (b) IRS IDENT.     (c) RELATIONSHIP      (d) ADDRESS STREET    CITY    STATE    ZIP CODE
        THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD          NO.                TO ISSUER
  
  Trans-Industries, Inc. Employees
  401 (K) Profit Sharing Plan              38-2098609              Affiliate       1780 Opdyke Ct.    Auburn Hills  MI      48326
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  </Table>
  
   INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
                      the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  <Table>
  <Caption>
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         3(a)                            (b)                                                    (c)                  (d)
     TITLE OF THE          NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH BROKER           SEC USE ONLY        NUMBER OF SHARES         AGGREGATE
       CLASS OF         THROUGH WHOM THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE        ---------------      OR OTHER UNITS           MARKET
      SECURITIES         OFFERED OR EACH MARKET MAKER WHO IS          BROKER-DEALER         TO BE SOLD              VALUE
      TO BE SOLD               ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES                FILE NUMBER       (See instr. 3(c))    (See instr. 3(d))
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                   <C>                                          <C>                 <C>                  <C>
  Common Stock          AG Edwards, 6100 Lake Forest Dr., Ste
                        100, Atlanta, GA 30358                                                     50,000                 37,000
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  <Caption>
  
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       (e)                      (f)                    (g)
  NUMBER OF SHARES            APPROXIMATE            NAME OF EACH
   OR OTHER UNITS             DATE OF SALE            SECURITIES
     OUTSTANDING           (See instr. 3(f))           EXCHANGE
  (See instr. 3(e))         (MO. DAY  YR.)        (See instr. 3(g))
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                   <C>                      <C>
          5,190,155             08/30/2005       NASDAQ
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  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
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  </Table>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
     1.  (a) Name of issuer
         (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
         (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
         (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
         (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
     2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are
             to be sold
         (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such
             person is an entity
         (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
             officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member
             of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
         (d) Such person's address, including zip code
     3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
         (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
             securities are intended to be sold
         (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
             securities, give the aggregate face amount)
         (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
             as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
             filing of this notice
         (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
             outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount
             thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
             report or statement published by the issuer
         (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
         (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
             the securities are intended to be sold
  
  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
  IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
  VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  
                                                                  SEC 1147 (01-04)
  <PAGE>
  
  
  
                           TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
      Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
    securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of
                the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  <Table>
  <Caption>
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Title of    Date you    Nature of Acquisition    Name of Person from         Amount of        Date of      Nature of Payment
      the Class    Acquired       Transaction            Whom Acquired             Securities        Payment
                                                        (If gift, also give         Acquired
                                                        date donor acquired)
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  <S>             <C>         <C>                      <C>                        <C>                <C>         <C>
  Common          10/26/1995  For Investment Purposes  Trans-Industries, Inc.         150,000        10/25/95          Cash
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  </Table>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
      If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
      cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
      nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
      note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
      the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
      in full or the last installment paid.
  
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                 TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
     Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
      during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities
                                  are to be sold.
  
  <Table>
  <Caption>
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     Name and Address of Seller             Title of Securities Sold         Date of Sale         Amount of        Gross Proceeds
                                                                                                 Securities
                                                                                                    Sold
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  <S>                                      <C>                              <C>                  <C>               <C>
                                                                                                    None
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  </Table>
  
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.
  
                                  August 29, 2005
                      ----------------------------------------
                                  (DATE OF NOTICE)
  
                                    Kai Kosanke
                      ----------------------------------------
                                    (SIGNATURE)
  
   The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies
            not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
   ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
                     CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  
                                                                  SEC 1147 (01-04)
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                  WASHINGTON, DC 20549                  --------------------------
                                                               SEC USE ONLY
                        FORM 144                        --------------------------
                                                        DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
     NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT
      TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933      --------------------------
                                                        CUSIP NUMBER
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this       --------------------------
             form concurrently with either placing      WORK LOCATION
             an order with a broker to execute
             sale or executing a sale directly          --------------------------
             with a market maker.
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.       (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
   Trans-Industries, Inc.                                      13-2598139                     0-4539
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                   STREET           CITY           STATE           ZIP CODE             (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                                                                                              ------------------------
                                                                                                                 AREA CODE      NUMBER
                                         1780 Opdyke Ct.  Auburn Hills        MI              48326                 248       364-0400
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT   (b) IRS IDENT.     (c) RELATIONSHIP      (d) ADDRESS STREET    CITY    STATE    ZIP CODE
        THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD          NO.                TO ISSUER
  
  Trans-Industries, Inc. Employees
  401 (K) Profit Sharing Plan              38-2098609              Affiliate       1780 Opdyke Ct.    Auburn Hills  MI      48326
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
                      the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         3(a)                            (b)                                                    (c)                  (d)
     TITLE OF THE          NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH BROKER           SEC USE ONLY        NUMBER OF SHARES         AGGREGATE
       CLASS OF         THROUGH WHOM THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE        ---------------      OR OTHER UNITS           MARKET
      SECURITIES         OFFERED OR EACH MARKET MAKER WHO IS          BROKER-DEALER         TO BE SOLD              VALUE
      TO BE SOLD               ACQUIRING THE SECURITIES                FILE NUMBER       (See instr. 3(c))    (See instr. 3(d))
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock          AG Edwards, 6100 Lake Forest Dr., Ste
                        100, Atlanta, GA 30358                                                     50,000                 37,000
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
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       (e)                      (f)                    (g)
  NUMBER OF SHARES            APPROXIMATE            NAME OF EACH
   OR OTHER UNITS             DATE OF SALE            SECURITIES
     OUTSTANDING           (See instr. 3(f))           EXCHANGE
  (See instr. 3(e))         (MO. DAY  YR.)        (See instr. 3(g))
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  5,190,155             08/30/2005       NASDAQ
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  INSTRUCTIONS:
     1.  (a) Name of issuer
         (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
         (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
         (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
         (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
     2.  (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are
             to be sold
         (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such
             person is an entity
         (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
             officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member
             of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
         (d) Such person's address, including zip code
     3.  (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
         (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
             securities are intended to be sold
         (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
             securities, give the aggregate face amount)
         (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
             as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
             filing of this notice
         (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
             outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount
             thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
             report or statement published by the issuer
         (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
         (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
             the securities are intended to be sold
  
  POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
  IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
  VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
  
                                                                  SEC 1147 (01-04)
  TABLE I--SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
      Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
    securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of
                the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Title of    Date you    Nature of Acquisition    Name of Person from         Amount of        Date of      Nature of Payment
      the Class    Acquired       Transaction            Whom Acquired             Securities        Payment
                                                        (If gift, also give         Acquired
                                                        date donor acquired)
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common          10/26/1995  For Investment Purposes  Trans-Industries, Inc.         150,000        10/25/95          Cash
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  INSTRUCTIONS:
      If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
      cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
      nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
      note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
      the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
      in full or the last installment paid.
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
                 TABLE II--SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
     Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
      during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities
                                  are to be sold.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Name and Address of Seller             Title of Securities Sold         Date of Sale         Amount of        Gross Proceeds
                                                                                                 Securities
                                                                                                    Sold
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  None
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.
  
                                  August 29, 2005
                      ----------------------------------------
                                  (DATE OF NOTICE)
  
                                    Kai Kosanke
                      ----------------------------------------
                                    (SIGNATURE)
  
   The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies
            not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
   ATTENTION: INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSION OF FACTS CONSTITUTE FEDERAL
                     CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  
                                                                  SEC 1147 (01-04)