BRG Townsend Expands Products and Services on Paint and Coating Industries

    MOUNT OLIVE, N.J., April 18 BRG Townsend, Inc. (BRG)
announced today that it has expanded its information product offerings and
consulting services on the paint and coatings industries.  This results from
combining the offerings of three leading consulting organizations focusing on
paint and coatings into the Business Research Group of companies.
    BRG now offers all multiclient reports and databases on paints and
coatings from IAL Consultants, Information Research, Ltd. (IRL), and BRG
Townsend (BRG).  It also continues to provide a full range of consulting
services, globally, including:

    -- Marketing Research
    -- Merger and Acquisition Assistance
    -- Customer Satisfaction
    -- Cost Modeling
    -- Competitive Benchmarking
    -- Market Segmentation Studies

    The Group has published a wide range of reports over the past five years
that cover nearly every major technological and regional area of the paint and
coatings industry.  Current reports that have been published within the last
two years include the following:

    -- A Profile of the Paint Industry of North America
    -- A Profile of the Paint Industry of South America
    -- A Profile of the Paint Industries of Central America and the Caribbean
    -- Painting of Automotive Exterior Panels 2000
    -- A Profile of the Chinese Paint Industry
    -- The West European Paints Industry 2000
    -- An Overview of the West European Powder Coatings Industry 2000
    -- The West European Market for Industrial Wood Coatings
    -- The Asia-Pacific Paints Industry
    -- Opportunities for Performance Additives in the European Coatings
       Industry 1999

    For further information on any of these specific reports, please call Teri
Klemm at 973 347-5300 or access BRG's website http://www.brgtownsend.com.