FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE			 	                      Contact: Ralph Tschantz  312 573-1111
	Doug Anderson 847-405-7457

XML AND EDI PROVIDE B2B SOLUTION  

Deerfield, IL, May 31, 2000 - Kleinschmidt Inc., one of the leading providers of business-to-business (B2B) Electronic Commerce (EC) services, and Prime Advantage, the first B2B demand-aggregation e-marketplace within the industrial manufacturing industry, announced an agreement to develop XML translation services for that market.  Prime Advantage will further expand its e-marketplace by using Kleinschmidt’s ‘best in class’ translation services to automate B2B communications using both XML and EDI.

“Many leading members of the industrial manufacturing industry are using EDI today to conduct B2B data exchange,” said John Sprouse, CIO, Prime Advantage.  “Using Kleinschmidt’s XML to EDI and EDI to XML translation services allows Prime Advantage to rapidly add buyers and suppliers to its net based e-marketplace.”

“We are pleased to be a technology partner with Prime Advantage,” said Harry Gaples, President, Kleinschmidt Inc.  “Providing translation services is one of Kleinschmidt’s core competencies and we expect to see continued growth in requests for EDI to XML translations as XML usage becomes more widespread.” 
 
Founded in 1998, Prime Advantage is the premier e-marketplace within the $2.1 trillion B2B industrial manufacturing industry.  With its e-commerce solution PrimeMarketplace, Prime Advantage uses the speed and ease of the Internet to simplify buying and selling.  The PrimeMarketplace online catalog provides quick and convenient access to product information for over 500,000 items.  For its suppliers, Prime Advantage delivers the equivalent of a national customer.  This results in increased revenue and market share gains.  It allows for more efficient production and inventory management.  Prime Advantage can be found on the web at www.primeadvantage.com.

Kleinschmidt Inc. began providing EDI related services in 1979.  Offering a full range of premier e-commerce services, Kleinschmidt is the logistics industry’s EC Gateway.  Its event-driven, real-time message processing system is implemented as two diversely connected production sites, accessible via multiple Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and multiple local access phone providers.  Redundant power sources and multiple fault-tolerant computer systems ensure outstanding availability.  More detailed information is available at www.kleinschmidt.com. 

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