CEVA Logistics (Thailand) Co is now handling all automotive logistics for Tri Petch Isuzu Sales Co under a new three-year outsourcing contract.

Tri Petch is responsible for the sales and distribution of Isuzu pickup trucks and heavy-duty trucks via a network of more than 300 dealers. CEVA will use its carrier fleet and IT systems to manage the distribution of Isuzu vehicles throughout the country.

"Since we are not professionals in logistics and it is not our core business, we decided to select a specialist global logistics company to handle our logistics operations," said Panadda Chennavasin, vice-president of Tri Petch.

As well, Tri Petch wants its supply chain to operate to global best-practice levels and to significantly improve sales operations to support the dealer network.

"We hope our operating costs will improve from efficient logistics performance, which will be assessed once a year," she said.

CEVA will manage Tri Petch's vehicle supply chain from Isuzu's plants through to final delivery to dealers. This includes transport of vehicles from plants in Samut Prakan and Chachoengsao to two motor pools, where vehicles are inspected, accessories installed and the vehicles made ready for final delivery to dealers.

A CEVA executive said the company recently began an operational process improvement and re-engineering programme to increase the quality of logistics operations to world-class standards.

The programme involve the establishment of a shared-user vehicle logistics network to be used by other automotive manufacturing and sales companies. This will improve overall efficiency of the supply chain and provide a highly cost-effective operation for Tri Petch and for CEVA's new customers.

CEVA will use more than 100 car carriers for transport, along with a management and operational team of more than 400 staff.

"This is one of the largest automotive logistics contracts in the Thai market," said Winfried Kiesbueye, CEVA's managing director. "Our key aim is to improve the efficiency of Tri Petch's vehicle handling operation by implementing CEVA's best-practice lean processes and increasing overall control."

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MinuteMachine.com, one of the leading Internet marketplaces for used construction equipment, has just released it new website www.MinuteTruck.com to enlarge their previous offer.

The international market place for used construction machinery www.MinuteMachine.com, where dealers and final customers can publish second hand equipment for sale, is online since 2006 and had an astonishing pace of development during the last two years. Today the Internet Portal receives about 16.000 visitor’s every day and more than 20.000 used machines are advertised.

Because of this huge enthusiasm and demand, the company will open up their market to the transport and commercial vehicle sector.
The CEO Inga Gerstenberg said "During the last two years we put all our effort in the construction machinery. We achieved in a very short period of time being one of the leading market places worldwide. Now it is time to be concerned with a new strategy to expand our repertoire to other branches of the industry sector."

MinuteMachine and MinuteTruck would like to facilitate companies around the world to establish contacts with potential customers, a B2B concept especially for a niche markets like construction machinery business or transport business.

The company already received an important feedback of the new strategy, because yet there are advertised more than 6.000 used trucks and trailers at MinuteTruck within a few weeks.

MinuteTruck is a market place for used trucks, where dealers and final customers can publish their used trucks and contact with a worldwide audience.
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ForeignTRADEX, (http://www.ForeignTradeExchange.com) a US-European industrial trade portal and division of US-based Industrial Leaders Group (ILG), announced today it will provide open RFQs for members and users of its international industrial directories. According to Maria Santos, spokeswoman for the company, the trade leads provided through the site include offers to buy and sell all kinds of industrial tools, parts, machining services and other manufacturing solutions.

Santos said the RFQ's are mostly from engineers, manufacturing managers, technical professionals and other industrial buyers primarily based in but not limited to the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Germany, France, Finland, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia and other countries in Europe. Qualified U.S., European and Australian buyers registered on the site are able to submit RFQ's at no charge to multiple manufacturers and suppliers capable of meeting their requirements.

Suppliers of industrial products and contract manufacturing services can include their company on ForeignTRADEX at http://www.WorldwideIndustrialMarketplace.com/freelisting.html and qualify to receive instant RFQ's from buyers that contact them directly through the site. According to Santos, manufacturers can also sign up to access additional RFQ's provided by on-line partners of ForeignTRADEX serving the American and European industrial marketplaces.

The types of open RFQ's from buyers available through the site directly and indirectly, include offers to buy a broad variety of industrial products and manufacturing services such as cold forming, electronics, woodworking, textiles, fluid & gas flow control, hardware & fasteners, mechanical power transmission, molding, machining, grinding, tubing, extrusions, wire forming, casting, assembly, raw materials, metalworking, stamping, forging, die making and allied products and services.

"ForeignTRADEX offers a wide range of opportunities for qualified buyers and suppliers in the manufacturing community to connect, network and develop mutually fruitful trading partnerships with one another," says Santos. She added, "Manufacturers, engineers, plant maintenance mechanics, production managers, buying agents and other industrial suppliers and sourcing professionals all over the globe are welcome to participate."
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My company is expanding into a new market area and we have been researching the use of a unique flash drive design for a large campaign. A month ago I contacted one of the leading developers of custom flash drive premiums and flash 'widget' software operating out of California, hoping to get detailed information on their customization capability and volume minimums. Since our proposed drive design and campaign are unique, I requested an NDA. Given that this company normally dealt in custom unit designs for national campaigns, this seemed a minor request. There was no objection to this at first, but then their sales representative fell silent, ignoring all email. After a long wait, I called the company to enquire as to what happened and was passed to their president. I could immediately tell something was wrong with this individual as he seemed rather distracted. I again asked about the NDA, to which there was no objection. But then I discovered the fellow had been Googling my company name while I was on the phone with him when he demanded to know why my email had no company domain name and why I had no web site -god forbid there should be such a thing as a company that works exclusively B2B and knows its small base of customers personally... The conversation immediately reverted into something akin to a police interrogation as to the legitimacy of my company. Over the next few days this escalated to the point where I actually had to submit a scan of my articles of incorporation to prove to this man's satisfaction that my company existed. I got an NDA at last -one drafted by them because my simple boilerplate one was unacceptable to their lawyers- but then after submitting my signed copy I was never able to get their signed copy in return. Another couple weeks later I was suddenly contacted again by the original marketing representative asking if I needed more assistance. I posed some more questions about their products and asked about this NDA. Again, silence.

It's now been a month and I'm still at square one. I've been trying to be very patient with these people because they obviously have quality products made in the US and I could find no other companies with comparable software capability. I would like to avoid spending 6 months and a lot of unnecessary expense on having such software custom-developed. But it's clear I've reached a cul-de-sac.

So I would like to pose the following questions to this community;

Is this common behavior for such companies, and if so, how can I tailor my communication to better cope with it and illicit more productive responses? I admit to having limited personal experience with such firms but do have enough business experience to know there are some regions of the country and some industries where the business culture is such that politeness engenders disdain. I've never been one to respond in kind -as much as I would like to sometimes...

Second, since I'm getting nowhere with this particular company, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations of companies that do custom flash drive production with widget software supporting such features as virtual paged catalogs, ROI use metrics tracking, background content updating and RSS content push and might be able to work with Flash platform development on more specialized applications.
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Businesses familiar with the benefits of recycling (http://www.ecointernational.com/) can glean even more from ECO International, LLC's acquisition of inventory (http://auctiondrop.com/) retailer AuctionDrop™, effective June 16th 2008.

The acquisition allows AuctionDrop™ -- a leading online retailer for the liquidation of wholesale surplus and salvage inventory (http://auctiondrop.com/) and assets -- to grow and efficiently serve its customers with the necessary resources and technology. Customers receive the benefit of enhanced services, including expanded geographic coverage and additional services, including end-of-life recycling, to both the retailers and manufacturers.

ECO International, LLC, a world-wide electronics asset recovery and recycling company, will also be able to provide its clients who already recognize the benefit of recycling (http://www.ecointernational.com/) with even more innovative and expanded approaches for the disposition of e-Waste.

AuctionDrop™ is a leading online retailer for the liquidation of wholesale surplus and salvage inventory and assets. The Company's business-to-consumer model sources wholesale, surplus and excess inventory from big box national retailers, high-end luxury retailers and manufacturers selling merchandise through its own website portal (auctiondrop.com) as well as other online channels such as eBay. Operations include all aspects of the reverse supply chain from supplier pickup-up, merchandise auction listing, packing and shipping to tracking, and collections while providing superior customer service.

The AuctionDrop™ value proposition provides simplicity, consistency, and reliability for manufacturers and retailers to maximize yields on the disposition of excess inventories, customer returns, and damaged overstock goods. This is achieved by reducing the internal costs for the manufacturer or retailer while yielding the maximum value of the product by selling it directly to consumers and increasing the benefits of recycling.

Market performance: AuctionDrop™ consistently ranks among the top EBay sellers based on volume sold while maintaining a remarkable 98.2% positive buyer "feedback" rating for cumulative transactions to-date. Awards received; Є Always on Top 100 Є Silicon Valley Business Journal Fast 50 (Ranked #3) Є Deloitte & Touchй Technology Fast Rising Stars (Ranked #12).

Auction Drop was advised on this transaction by America's Growth Capital.

About ECO International: ECO services various electronics recycling market segments from local municipalities and state recycling programs to original equipment manufactures (OEM's), Business to Business (B2B), Business to Retailer (B2R) and direct to consumer (B2C) programs helping increase electronics asset utilization and assure recycling regulatory compliance during technology life cycles. ECO is a privately held company with sister companies serving high technology electronic manufacturing, research and development, international electronic component distribution, with annual revenues in excess of $700 million.

Corporate vision includes investing in new technology, organic growth, strategic acquisitions, and third party partnerships to achieve our goals and objectives as a market leader.

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During a press conference today at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition, American Express Business Travel announced plans to launch a business-to-business online networking community for the corporate travel industry. A first-of-its-kind resource, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will bring together a consortium of industry decision makers, suppliers, and experts in the industry's most extensive online, community platform. Also announced was NBTA's commitment to become the online community's first industry content partner. American Express Publishing's Executive Travel magazine will also provide content to the site. Designed as a place for members to connect, share and learn, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will draw together the combined expertise and wide variety of perspectives of American Express Business Travel, NBTA, industry publications, suppliers and editorialists. In addition to these affiliations, users will be empowered and encouraged to participate in online discussion boards, editorial reviews, hot topic polls, product development councils and provide feedback on what they want to hear about from the industry. Other features will include a resource center with white papers, surveys and other
research, RSS feed, blogs and benchmarking ability. Membership to the site will be open to the entire business travel community. "The latest online innovation from American Express,
BusinessTravelConnexion.com will grant corporations and individual travel professionals access to the wealth of information and expertise of our organization and members of the broader business travel industry, while asking them to supplement the site's value by contributing from their own experiences," said Lyell Farquharson, Vice President and General Manager,Business Travel Canada, American Express. "With the advent of new technology we're witnessing the business travel industry moving toward online resources and automated services, and our objective with this new, interactive network,is to continue to evolutionize the business travel experience." Kevin Maguire, CCTE, President and CEO, NBTA commented, "As a leading source of business travel industry information, NBTA continually seeks new opportunities to deliver valuable resources to the business travel community. We are pleased to work with American Express Business Travel on BusinessTravelConnexion.com; it's a tremendous opportunity to deliver thought leadership through a new media vehicle to reach an even greater portion of the business travel community."

Farquharson continued, "NBTA's and Executive Travel's content partnerships add tremendous value to the industry intelligence we want showcased on the site. Through their contributions and others who are interested, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will allow companies to leverage the collective intelligence of the industry to become more informed and better equipped to make the most prudent travel management decisions."

"Executive Travel is thrilled to be a part of the BusinessTravelConnexion.com community. Executive Travel's content will provide a unique dimension to the site by offering the perspective of the traveller.

It is beneficial for business travel managers and procurement officers to have insight into the minds of travellers to help define the approach for corporate travel programs. In today's fast-paced and ever-changing environment, there is a need for a place where knowledge can be shared easily and quickly, and we feel BusinessTravelConnexion.com does exactly that," said Janet M. Libert, editor of Executive Travel magazine. As a first step toward a truly collaborative community, American Express Business Travel is accepting suggestions for content and features at www.BusinessTravelConnexion.com or at the Company's booth (No. 2239) on the NBTA Expo floor in Los Angeles. Through each of these venues, individuals may register to offer thoughts and receive updates on the site's progress until its launch, currently planned for this fall.

About American Express Business Travel

American Express Business Travel(www.americanexpress.com/businesstravel),
a division of the American Express Company, is dedicated to helping its clients realize the greatest possible value from their investment in travel through increased cost savings,
outstanding customer service and greater spend control. For small businesses, medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations, American Express Business Travel provides a combination of industry-leading booking technology, travel management consulting expertise, strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation support, and customer service available online and offline, around the world.

American Express operates one of the world's largest travel agency networks with $26.4 billion in global travel sales in 2007.

American Express Company (www.americanexpress.com) is a diversified worldwide travel, financial and network services company founded in 1850. It is a world leader in charge and credit cards, Travellers Cheques, travel, and business services.

Source-cnw.ca

As businesses are getting more environmentally conscious, this phenomenon has fuelled businesses across the world to use Business to Business (B2B) portals as their international business tool for all their trading needs. However, in the early 1990's, though the concept was well accepted by the business world, traders were skeptical about the positive results. But today leading B2B portals have proved beyond doubt the world that the concept is not only fast and cost effective, but also an eco-friendly medium to do international trade.

Top trade shows still attract many companies to showcase their products and services, but a majority of small and medium enterprises (SME) have totally resorted to do the same through B2Bs. And this in fact, has reduced unnecessary movement of people and commodities to several such shows resulting in lowering cost of marketing as well as energy to every business entity involved.

Besides, instead of traveling to meet a new client to a foreign land, traders found this new rendezvous in the form of B2B portal. In business development process, after making initial interactions through emails, they sometimes even confirm their business facilities through video-conferencing before inking the deals, and this too is made possible through B2Bs.

According to studies, more than 60% of SME utilize the services of B2Bs directly or indirectly. Though there is a flurry and mushrooming of several B2Bs with claims of providing complete business solutions, leading B2Bs are still largely sought after in the e-commerce arena.

B2Bs are environmentally appealing mainly because of the non-involvement of any kind global warming material being used in the business development process.

. The complete business process except product delivery involves just electronic interaction and transaction.

. Products or services are presented to the client/clients by redirecting them to their respective websites from their B2B profile or through the same profile itself depending upon the B2B package their have opted for.

. Avoids physical presence in all stages of business, and in abstract services even delivery is made electronically.

B2Bs generated huge revenues as compared to other business models engaged in global trade without emitting any harmful green house gases or cutting trees which was otherwise used extensively in paper-based business processes of the past. Perhaps serious concern for the deteriorating health of the environment due to climate change and other related issues have prompted businesses to take a paradigm shift to opt for B2Bs.

Most B2Bs expect bringing in such awareness among traders will also help these portals to grow besides other positive aspects. In addition, these portals hope environmentally conscious traders to market B2B concept to non-users through word of mouth or other means to adopt it as part of 'save the planet slogan'. Some of the B2Bs provide even international services including transport, go-between and other services, besides the regulars, import and export to put their use into good effect.

Apart from the eco-friendly aspects of these portals there are other attractive reasons for traders to adopt this model such as, negligible cost involved in marketing operations of any given company, user-friendliness and not to mention the speed in delivering goods. Though there are any scales to measure the amount or number of benefits to the environment after the arrival of B2B portals is available, looking into the features as well as the time presence, one is made to believe, they have made a huge positive impact in the eco front. The eco-conscious traders, if they have not started utilizing these services, will certainly adopt this business tool as a medium for their global and even for their domestic trading needs very soon.

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During a press conference today at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition, American Express Business Travel announced plans to launch a business-to-business online networking community for the corporate travel industry. A first-of-its-kind resource, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will bring together a consortium of industry decision makers, suppliers, and experts in the industry’s most extensive online, community platform. Also announced was NBTA’s commitment to become the online community’s first industry content partner. American Express Publishing’s Executive Travel magazine will also provide content to the site. Designed as a place for members to connect, share and learn, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will draw together the combined expertise and wide variety of perspectives of American Express Business Travel, NBTA, industry publications, suppliers and editorialists. In addition to these affiliations, users will be empowered and encouraged to participate in online discussion boards, editorial reviews, hot topic polls, product development councils and provide feedback on what they want to hear about from the industry. Other features will include a resource center with white papers, surveys and other research, RSS feed, blogs and benchmarking ability. Membership to the site will be open to the entire business travel community. "The latest online innovation from American Express, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will grant corporations and individual travel professionals access to the wealth of information and expertise of our organization and members of the broader business travel industry, while asking them to supplement the site’s value by contributing from their own experiences,” said Charles Petruccelli, president, American Express Global Travel Services. "With the advent of new technology we’re witnessing the business travel industry moving toward online resources and automated services, and our objective with this new, interactive network, is to continue to revolutionize the business travel experience." Kevin Maguire, CCTE, President and CEO, NBTA commented, "As a leading source of business travel industry information, NBTA continually seeks new opportunities to deliver valuable resources to the business travel community. We are pleased to work with American Express Business Travel on BusinessTravelConnexion.com; it’s a tremendous opportunity to deliver thought leadership through a new media vehicle to reach an even greater portion of the business travel community.” Petruccelli continued, "NBTA’s and Executive Travel’s content partnerships add tremendous value to the industry intelligence we want showcased on the site. Through their contributions and others who are interested, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will allow companies to leverage the collective intelligence of the industry to become more informed and better equipped to make the most prudent travel management decisions.” "Executive Travel is thrilled to be a part of the BusinessTravelConnexion.com community. Executive Travel's content will provide a unique dimension to the site by offering the perspective of the traveler. It is beneficial for business travel managers and procurement officers to have insight into the minds of travelers to help define the approach for corporate travel programs. In today's fast-paced and ever-changing environment, there is a need for a place where knowledge can be shared easily and quickly, and we feel BusinessTravelConnexion.com does exactly that," said Janet M. Libert, editor of Executive Travel magazine. As a first step toward a truly collaborative community, American Express Business Travel is accepting suggestions for content and features at www.BusinessTravelConnexion.com or at the Company’s booth (#2239) on the NBTA Expo floor in Los Angeles. Through each of these venues, individuals may register to offer thoughts and receive updates on the site’s progress until its launch, currently planned for this fall. Industry participants are also invited to become a fan of the BusinessTravelConnexion Facebook page. Updates and additional information are available at http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Express-Business-Travel- ConneXion/20901582371. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About American Express Business Travel American Express Business Travel (www.americanexpress.com/businesstravel), a division of the American Express Company, is dedicated to helping its clients realize the greatest possible value from their investment in travel through increased cost savings, outstanding customer service and greater spend control. For small businesses, medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations, American Express Business Travel provides a combination of industry-leading booking technology, travel management consulting expertise, strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation support, and customer service available online and offline, around the world. American Express operates one of the world's largest travel agency networks with $26.4 billion in global travel sales in 2007. American Express Company (www.americanexpress.com) is a diversified worldwide travel, financial and network services company founded in 1850. It is a world leader in charge and credit cards, Travelers Cheques, travel, and business services.

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WAUCONDA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fidelitone Logistics, an industry leader in providing comprehensive third party logistics (3PL) services, has been selected as one of the Top 100 Third-Party Logistics Providers for 2008 by Inbound Logistics magazine.

“It’s a global world, and without the best-in-class supply chain solutions offered by Top 100 companies such as Fidelitone Logistics, business logistics professionals going global would face enormous difficulties,” said Felicia Stratton, Editor, Inbound Logistics. “For its ability to help customers explore new markets and new opportunities both domestically and around the world, Inbound Logistics is proud to recognize Fidelitone Logistics as a 2008 Top 100 3PL.”

“We are honored to have been selected by the team at Inbound Logistics as one of the top 3PL providers in the country for 2008,” said Fidelitone Logistics president Josh Johnson. “Fidelitone Logistics is committed to providing the very best in 3PL services and supply chain management, and we’re ecstatic our team’s hard work is getting recognized by such an esteemed industry publication.”

The Inbound Logistics (IL) editorial staff selected the Top 100 3PL service providers out of over 300 submissions from companies nationwide.

Each year, Inbound Logistics editors select the best logistics solutions providers by carefully evaluating submitted information, conducting personal interviews and online research, and comparing that data to readers’ burgeoning global supply chain and logistics challenges. IL editors selected this year's class of Top 100 3PLs from a pool of more than 300 companies. The service providers selected are companies that, in the opinion of IL editors, offer the diverse operational capabilities and experience to meet readers' unique supply chain and logistics needs.

The Top 100 providers will be featured in the July issue of the Inbound Logistics magazine and in the publication’s online “3PL Decision Support Tool,” where readers can enter in their outsourced logistics requirements and find solution providers best suited to meet their specific needs.

Founded in 1929, Fidelitone Logistics is a privately-owned business headquartered in Wauconda, a northwest suburb of Chicago. With nationwide facilities, access to immediate space anywhere in the country and a worldwide distribution network, Fidelitone Logistics provides vendor management support for more than 2,000 well-known consumer, industrial and MRO related brands and more than six million individual SKUs, shipping millions of packages via all carriers for our clients. Services range from forecasting, procurement and inventory management through distribution, last-mile delivery and return logistics.

To learn more about the 3PL solutions Fidelitone Logistics provides, visit http://www.fidelitone.com.

ABOUT FIDELITONE LOGISTICS

Fidelitone Logistics is a recognized 3PL leader in supply chain management solutions and execution excellence. With nationwide facilities, Fidelitone Logistics services a wide array of customers, including Best Buy, Black & Decker, DMSI and the nation's largest provider of home services. For media inquires, contact Lauren Littlefield at Dittoe PR at 317-202-2280 x.17 or laurenl@dittoepr.com. For more information on Fidelitone Logistics, visit www.fidelitone.com.

ABOUT INBOUND LOGISTICS

Inbound Logistics is the pioneering publication of demand-driven logistics practices, also known as supply chain management. IL’s educational mission is to help businesses efficiently manage logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost increases by aligning their supply to demand and adjusting enterprise functions to support that paradigm shift. More information about demand-driven logistics practices is available at www.inboundlogistics.com.

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ACCOUNTANTS in Worcestershire are being asked to ditch their pinstriped stereotype to get more businesses using new technology.

The National B2B Centre, the e-business centre for excellence for the West Midlands, believes that accountancy firms hold the key to getting more firms to adopt e-business practices that could earn more than £2bn for the regional economy.

The centre is hosting a seminar in Birmingham on Tuesday, July 15 with online accountant groups AccountingWEB and PracticeWeb to help accountants to assist small companies on how to do business in the internet age.

The training seminar will equip accountants with new skills such as how to build effective websites and will explain the mysteries of search engine optimisation to help accountants build sites that attract traffic and new business.

The web experts will also explain how accountants can protect themselves from online intruders and to ensure they comply with all the red tape associated with e-business.

The web skills workshop for accountants is the first step in the National B2B Centre’s strategy to convene a special interest group for accountants in the region that will help them to pass their e-business expertise on to their clients.

Martin King-Turner, managing director of the National B2B Centre, said: “Accountants probably hold more sway with their clients than any other sector.

“So if we can develop their skills in this field and ensure they know all of the benefits involved with using e-business – whether it’s using an online system to share data or driving more traffic to the website using search engine optimisation – they can then provide leadership to their clients.”

The event is taking place at the Burlington hotel in central Birmingham for more information contact Rachel Sparks at AccountingWEB on 0117 915 3344.

wedish business communication company Intellecta AB (OMX Stockholm: ICTA B) said on Friday (11 July) that it has agreed to acquire Hil-Anders Advertising Agency AB (Hilanders).

The purchase consideration comprises a fixed cash part of SEK20m and additional payments based on future performance.

in connection with the acquisition the sellers have also agreed to acquire Intellecta shares for a total of SEK2.4m on the OMX Nordic Exchanges.

Hilanders is Sweden's leading B2B agency and is expected to achieve revenue of SEK80m in 2008.

The acquisition will strengthen Intellecta's offering especially within market communication.

Intellecta, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, provides agency and information logistics services to companies in Sweden and Denmark. The company has some 450 employees and reported revenue of SEK471m in 2007.

One British pound (GBP) is worth approximately 11.86 Swedish kronor (SEK).

Web database system aims to reduce costs by enabling suppliers to upload their substance declarations to one location for access by all participating manufacturers.

Manufacturers of electronic equipment are facing a massive increase in the amount of data they need to gather from their suppliers on the substances used in their products The European Commission is expected to add at least 4 more substances to the RoHS Directive, and Article 33 of REACH Regulation will require all manufacturers to provide customers with information on whether their products contain more than 0.1% of any "substances of very high concern" on the REACH Candidate List of substances

The first Candidate List will contain up to 12 substances and the requirement to disclose information on these substances is likely to start in October 2008.

As the number of substances continues to increase, it will become increasingly difficult for manufacturers to maintain their own independent systems for gathering this data from each of their suppliers.

Many suppliers will simply not be able to cope with supplying such massive amounts of new data to each manufacturer on an individual basis.

Environ and COCIR believe the most cost-effective and efficient approach is for manufacturers to collaborate on a common process for gathering and sharing data from suppliers.

Now Environ and COCIR have launched the BOMcheck.net web database system, which aims to reduce business costs by enabling suppliers to upload their substances declarations to one location for access by all participating manufacturers.

"BOMcheck is the first system that allows electronics producers to reduce the industry burden of ensuring REACH and RoHS compliance by compiling a centralised master database of substance data from suppliers", says Freimut Schroder, of Siemens Healthcare and COCIR Environmental Policy Focus Group Chair.

COCIR Secretary General Nicole Denjoy adds: "This groundbreaking system will reduce costs for our members and other industries as instead of each supplier having to deal individually with each manufacturer, it will provide one central location where the supplier can share its data with multiple manufacturers".

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04.06.2008 15:40:00 The US-Asia Industrial Trade Portal Worldwide Industrial Marketplace has launched a new program focusing on connecting North American manufacturers and exporters of industrial supplies, equipment and machinery with China-based buyers

(live-PR.com) - Shanghai, China - Worldwide Industrial Marketplace, a division of the Industrial Leaders Group announced plans today to help US-based industrial suppliers develop trading partnerships with manufacturers, engineers and other industrial buyers in China utilizing its Web site at WorldwideIndustrialMarketplace. According to Michael Chin, spokesman for the company in Shanghai, Worldwide Industrial is the fastest growing B2B trade portal focusing exclusively on industrial and construction buyers and suppliers.Worldwide Industrial enables qualified manufacturers, distributors, importers and exporters of industrial and construction products in the U.S. and China to post and explore offers free of charge at www.industrialsaver.com/classifieds/. "U.S. companies looking to expand in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China or any of the country's cities such as Shenzen, Beijing or Shanghai, will find numerous opportunities to develop trading relationships with importers and exporters all over the region," says Chin.

Chin said with the assistance of its partner ForeignTRADEX, Worldwide Industrial provides several trade reports to help connect American and Chinese manufacturers of industrial supplies, equipment and machinery. Including its recently revised US-China Industrial Trade Report at www.foreigntradeexchange.com/countries/china.htm .. which was first published in 2003. The publication is updated annually and is free to download from the company's Web site.

China is well known as one of the world's major exporters but we need more American manufacturers and exporters need to realize as the country's infrastructure and industries continue to grow so does its appetite for industrial goods," says Conrad Bailey, Business Director of the Industrial Leaders Group. He added, U.S. companies involved in international trade or seeking to expand in Asia can use the resources of Worldwide Industrial and B2B international network to promote their products in China and all over Asia."

About Worldwide Industrial Marketplace

Worldwide Industrial Marketplace is a US-Asia and Middle East Industrial Directory and Marketplace dedicated in developing trading partnerships among manufacturers, exporters and importers of industrial products throughout the United States, Asia and the Middle East at www.WorldwideIndustrialMarketplace.com

Contact information: Worldwide Industrial Industrial Leaders 290 Turnpike Road Westboro, MA 01581 Contact Person: Rich Milton PR Phone: 206-333-0355 eMail: eMail Web: http://www.WorldwideIndustrialMarketplace.com Author: Richard Milton e-mail Web: http://www.industrialsaver.com Phone: 206-333-0355