ATLANTA, March 31, 2003 – IntelliTrans LLC, a predominant supplier of logistics and supply chain optimization solutions, and ForestExpress, a leader in business-to-business integration and catalog content services for the forest products and allied industries, today announced an agreement to link their respective networks. As a result, both IntelliTrans and ForestExpress customers will reach additional business partners on an extended network, rather than establishing unique connections to both service providers. 

IntelliTrans provides solutions that enable process manufacturers and commodity companies to manage and monitor their assets and inventory on a global basis, including load optimization, vendor managed inventory, fleet management services, and more. Connectivity between IntelliTrans and ForestExpress will facilitate electronic, system-to-system communications across the two networks and enables ForestExpress customers to leverage their single ForestExpress connection for all of their logistics needs.

“Our customers place high priority on automating their logistics transactions and activities,” commented Kevin Rathie, ForestExpress Vice President of Business Development. “First and foremost, we’re interoperating with partners who help us meet our customers’ most important needs, and IntelliTrans does just that.” Expected to be complete during the second quarter of 2003, ForestExpress and IntelliTrans expect live transactions over the connected networks by early summer.

Richard Gerstein, IntelliTrans CEO and Founder, added: “Connecting with ForestExpress is a good fit. We’re able to offer customers easy access to our services using electronic connections that are already established. It’s convenient for our customers and will allow them to take advantage of the efficiencies that accurate, complete, electronic supply-chain information can provide.”

About ForestExpress:

ForestExpress is an industry supported e-business solutions company providing business-to-business connectivity and catalog content services for the paper and forest products industries, and its allied industries. The company also provides transaction services for the buying and selling of timber, the industry’s most important raw material, via the ForestExpress Timber Trading Center. ForestExpress provides solutions that streamline and automate key supply chain transactions between customers and suppliers. ForestExpress was established as a neutral, independent company in 2000, with the support of leading forest products companies including Boise Cascade Corporation (NYSE: BCC), Georgia-Pacific Corp. (NYSE: GP), International Paper (NYSE: IP), MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV), and Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY). ForestExpress is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and on the Web at www.forestexpress.com.

About IntelliTrans:

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and founded in 1992, IntelliTrans enables its customers to increase the efficiency and visibility of their supply and distribution networks through a blended application of Internet-based software, wireless asset monitoring, strategic consulting, data management, customized software and systems integration services.

IntelliTrans also has offices in Chicago, Illinois; Crossett, Arkansas; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Cincinnati, Ohio; Colchester, England, and Gothenburg, Sweden. Its clients include industry leaders such as Burlington Northern, Canadian National, CSX, Georgia Pacific, International Paper, Norfolk Southern, Procter & Gamble, Stora Enso and the US Government.



Contact:

Richard Gerstein
IntelliTrans LLC
Phone: 404 523 7474 xtn. 129
Rgerstein@intellitrans.com