CCITRIAD Teams With Solenium Group, Inc. to Deliver Expanded Services For Manufacturers

Exclusive Agreement Provides Advanced Catalog Services and Support Services

AUSTIN, Texas, April 30 -- CCITRIAD, the industry leader in data services, management and information systems for the automotive aftermarket, today announced an agreement with Solenium Group, Inc. that gives CCITRIAD exclusive rights to sell Solenium's Talking Pictures(TM) product and their Digital Image Capturing and Catalog Data Mapping services for the automotive aftermarket. The arrangement will expand the offerings CCITRIAD provides to its manufacturer customers and enable timelier, accurate and complete product intelligence.

"Catalog production has traditionally been a costly and difficult operation for manufacturers," said Scott Tompkins, marketing manager at CCITRIAD. "Now, CCITRIAD is streamlining that process by providing tools such as product line coverage analysis, competitive coverage comparisons and missing applications reports. The addition of Solenium products enhances our capabilities and enables us to provide a complete tool set to our manufacturer customers. The combination of Solenium's best-in-breed technology for the manufacturer with CCITRIAD's resources and customer network will deliver a breakthrough advantage for our customers, improving catalog operations for manufacturers while driving enhanced catalog data to our catalog users in a shorter amount of time."

Solenium's Talking Pictures catalog management system is a specialized software package designed to aid in the production of automotive part catalogs. The Microsoft(R) Windows-based software package expertly manages information on automotive parts -- including applications, interchanges, specifications, bill of materials, graphics and diagrams.

Customers use Talking Pictures as their one-stop publishing source as it publishes to print format, major electronic formats and CD-ROM. Solenium also provides digital image procurement services and catalog data mapping to all electronic formats, including CCITRIAD, AAIA and NAPA.

Solenium's products help round out CCITRIAD's Manufacturing Services product line. CCITRIAD's Manufacturer Services assist automotive manufacturers with all aspects of their business-from catalog management to supply chain intelligence. The company's PartExpert(R) Reporting Services provides high-level product summaries as well as detailed, custom, application-specific information. PartExpert defines application coverage at a high level as well as a detailed level; identifies application holes; compares competitive coverage, strengths and weakness; and identifies product consolidation opportunities to result in more efficient cataloging. Providing manufacturers early visibility into their reverse supply chain will enable them to better manage production inventories, process returns and set pricing.

CCITRIAD will soon provide real-time feedback on production scheduling, tracking, and release dates for catalogs and data in production. Manufacturers will be able to provide advance notice of catalog and data releases directly to CCITRIAD via an online tool.

Powerful Market Presence

In North America, CCITRIAD and Solenium will jointly market and sell Solenium's industry leading catalog management system, digital imaging services, catalog data mapping services, PartExpert catalog analysis reports, and customized, Web-based PartExpert catalogs.

"We are confident that our exclusive relationship with CCITRIAD is a win- win situation," said Inayat N. Pirani, C.E.O. of Solenium Group, Inc. "We are excited to expand our market presence and enable CCITRIAD to offer an even more complete suite of services to help manufacturers improve their operating efficiency. In addition, our existing customers will benefit by taking advantage of the combined companies' expanded product offering."

"We are excited about the opportunities that our technology, services and large customer base provide to manufacturers," added Tompkins. "We will continue to invest and provide innovative products and services, both through internal development and strategic partnerships, to strengthen our collaborative solutions for all sectors of the aftermarket."

About Solenium

Solenium Group, Inc. (www.soleniuminc.com ), is an industry leading developer of technology based solutions and provider of specialized services for automotive aftermarket manufacturers and distributors, as well as the construction industry. The company offers powerful enterprise systems and industry leading catalog/content aggregation, management, and deployment systems. Solenium Group's primary focus and extensive knowledge base within the automotive aftermarket empowers their clients to create high quality application and parts information, produce timely and accurate electronic and paper based publications, while reducing overall cost and resource requirements. Solenium Group, Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Vancouver, and has implemented solutions around the globe, and provides customer support services to a vast customer base throughout the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia.

About CCITRIAD

CCITRIAD (www.ccitriad.com ) is the industry leader in data services and enterprise systems for the automotive aftermarket, and hardlines and lumber industries. The company offers the most comprehensive set of solutions, including content-rich database products, turnkey computer systems, highly specialized customer support and maintenance service options, and business consulting. CCITRIAD's domain expertise helps its customers improve service levels, reduce inventory costs and increase profitability. Internet solutions support real-time access, centralized data warehousing and inventory optimization. Headquartered in Austin, TX, the company has operations in Livermore, CA, Denver, CO, Canada, France, Ireland, and the UK.

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