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Wrenchead Partners With Bay-Master

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 17 -- Wrenchead, Inc. the leader in Ecommerce Enabling Software and Electronic Catalog solutions to the Automotive Aftermarket industry, today announced a partnership with Applied Computer Resources, Inc. developer of Bay-masteR, a service management software package, to include the Wrenchead Catalog and Wrenchead Central E-Ordering capabilities in all Bay-masteR Service dealer software solutions.

"This is very exciting for us," said Kyle Johnson, VP of Electronic Catalog for Wrenchead Inc. "Bay-masteR has an incredibly powerful solution that has already been purchased by over 5,000 shops across the country. Nearly every Wholesaler in the country today has customers using a Bay-masteR system." The Next Generation Solution from Bay-masteR will give Service Dealers the capability of placing orders electronically with them. With Wrenchead E-Ordering, Bay-masteR customers are able to choose their registered supplier, perform price and stock checks and send electronic orders real-time using just a dial-up Internet connection.

"Wrenchead has the fastest growing electronic application catalog and E-Ordering products in the Industry and Bay-masteR is leading the charge in Next Generation Shop Management Products. We are proud to have earned their business," said Bryan Murphy, President of Wrenchead Inc.

"Wrenchead catalog and ordering capabilities are a major addition to our software package," said Art Rezac, President of Applied Computer Resources. "Now we can offer a unique Bay-masteR package to be distributed by parts distributors that includes a complete shop management program, parts cataloging and various forms of electronic ordering to fit the individual installers environment. By providing cataloging based specifically on the Jobbers' line card and single click ordering, the Jobber will see increased sales and customer retention."

About Wrenchead, Inc.

Wrenchead, Inc. ( www.wrenchead.com ) is a leader in innovative Technology solutions for the Automotive Industry. Wrenchead produces Electronic Catalog, Point of Sale Software and Web services. Wrenchead's business solutions reduce returns, increase revenue, and improve customer service at a lower cost. Wrenchead customers include 7 of the top 15 parts distributors in North America, 17 Fortune 500 Companies, over 850 Manufacturers and 75 software integrators. Investors include Polaris Venture Partners, The Canopy Group and Goldman Sachs.

About Bay-Master, Inc.

Applied Computer Resources (ACR) has been serving the automotive industry for over twenty years. It offers Bay-masteR for automotive repair shops and Crash-writeR for collision estimating. ACR has also been instrumental in iSHOP development, which allows various pieces of equipment such as a Hunter alignment machine, SPX diagnostic machine, ALLDATA, various components for Mitchell/Snap-On, and many others; to all communicate to the host shop management program, Bay-masteR. Wrenchead and ACR continue to work closely together in developing the standards for iSHOP ordering. For more information contact Art Rezac @ 800 922-2378. To learn more about the product visit their web site at http://www.bay-master.com/jobber .