Infomedia and General Motors Sign Long Term Asia Pacific Data Licence

    SYDNEY, Australia, May 15 Automotive industry I.T.
developer Infomedia Ltd today announced the signing of a 4 year exclusive data
license agreement with General Motors' Asia Pacific to supply its Microcat
electronic parts catalogue system to General Motors dealers in the region.
    Microcat is an electronic parts selling system for the automotive
industry.  It is designed to make the selection and sale of replacement parts
quicker, easier and more accurate.
    Speaking from Japan, Richard Graham, Chairman and CEO of Infomedia Ltd.
said, "The signing of this agreement represents a milestone for Microcat.  It
recognises Infomedia's international depth and global expansion in the field
of electronic parts catalogues."
    Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Datateck Publishing Pty Limited,
Infomedia and General Motors' Holden subsidiary have enjoyed a long and
fruitful association in Australia and New Zealand.  Initially, Datateck
supplied microfiche parts catalogues for Holden vehicles in the 1970's,
followed by the supply of the Partfinder(R) EPC system in the 1990's.
    Infomedia and General Motors are now working together throughout Asia
Pacific to enhance the sales of genuine parts in the region.  General Motors'
dealers in Indonesia will be the first to benefit from the Microcat system,
followed by eleven other Asia Pacific countries including China, Malaysia,
Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
    This agreement further extends the companies' business association.
Microcat will improve the ability of Asian dealers to sell genuine GM parts
more easily and even more accurately.
    "This is the first time in Asia Pacific that multiple General Motors
sources have been brought together in one system.  Microcat replaces the
individual CD's supplied by different manufacturing centres and rationalises
the data into one system.  We expect this contract to add several hundred
dealers to our user base over time," said Graham.

    Infomedia Ltd is a publicly listed company, which specialises in the
development and licensing of information technology solutions for automotive
dealerships around the world.  Its flagship electronic parts catalogue (EPC)
product, Microcat, is used in 97 countries and 22 languages.  Its On-line
Business Systems division provides sophisticated accounting and customer
process systems for large and multi-franchised dealers in Australia.
    Datateck Publishing Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infomedia,
provides specialised OEM analytical work for parts catalogues and service
documentation.  The company is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and its
trading code is IFM.