ADVISORY/First Report on Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Survey on the Business Outlook to Be Posted on IndustryWeek.com This Afternoon

    --April 11, 2001--

WHO:    Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI and IndustryWeek magazine

WHAT:   Exclusive first report on the results of the Manufacturers 
        Alliance/MAPI Survey on the Business Outlook

        Published quarterly since 1991, the highly respected
        Survey on the Business Outlook presents indexes 
        on new orders, shipments, backlogs, capacity
        utilization, inventory levels, profit margins, R&D,
        and capital investment based on survey data from
        senior financial executives in the manufacturing
        sector. It contains indexes for the first quarter of
        2001, many of which are leading indicators of future
        economic activity.

WHERE:  
  www.industryweek.com/CurrentArticles/asp/articles.asp?ArticleId=1023
        (Exclusive posting for 24 hours)

WHEN:   Wednesday, April 11 after 12 noon EDT
        (NOTE:  This information will NOT be released by the 
        Manufacturers Alliance to other outlets until after 
        12 p.m. on Thursday, April 12)

    The Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI is a policy research organization with approximately 450 member companies, including leading producers in heavy industry, automotive, electronics, precision instruments, telecommunications, computers, chemicals, oil and gas, aerospace, and other high technology industries (www.mapi.net).
    IndustryWeek (IW) and its interactive Web site at www.IndustryWeek.com provide insight to senior manufacturing executives on the strategies, trends, and technologies that can drive continuous improvement enterprise-wide.