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United Recyclers Group Forms a Strategic Affiance with Mitchell International

6 February 1998

United Recyclers Group Forms a Strategic Affiance with Mitchell International

    DENVER, Feb. 6 -- United Recyclers Group, LLC (URG) today
announced a strategic alliance with Mitchell International, a division of
Thomson Publishing Corporation.
    URG through its recently created joint venture with Actual Systems of
America (ASA), will provide its 360+ partners with the Mitchell collision
estimating guides, electronically, on URG's new Recyclers Information
Management System (RIMS).  Marc Brungger, Mitchell's Senior Director of
Publications, said, "This alliance provides new tools to this progressive
group of auto recyclers and shows our commitment to alliances with the
automotive recycling community.  This electronic information will allow the
URG partners to communicate more effectively with their customers, using
Mitchell collision estimating guides as a common language."
    URG's new software, Pinnacle Auto Recycling Trading System (PARTS)
integrates Mitchell's new product with modern tools for recyclers, including
digital imaging, bar code functions, and the use of the Internet.  Current
systems, utilized by most of North America's 4,000 computerized auto
recyclers, run on decade old platforms, making modern software impractical to
implement.  URG's system utilizes UNIX and FOXPRO Windows applications and can
be integrated with off the shelf software to increase its functionality.
    URG's goal is to build a premium trading group, redefine the auto
recycling industry, and prove that URG parts are the preferred brand of
recycled parts.  Ultimately, with modern technologies and strategic alliances
like that with Mitchell, URG expects to leverage its partners sales and
profits, while lowering automotive parts prices to The Automotive Aftermarket
and consumers.

SOURCE  United Recyclers Group, LLC