Corporate Express Launches 2007 Business Solutions Catalogue


BIRMINGHAM, England, January 25 -- New Catalogue Focuses on Providing Solutions Corporate Express Ltd. UK, a Buhrmann company (AEX:BUHR and NYSE: BUH), announced the release of its 2007 Business Solutions Catalogue today. The Company's 2007 Catalogue features approximately 2,000 new products designed to aid customer productivity and satisfaction. Corporate Express is one of the world's largest business-to-business suppliers of essential office, facilities and business consumables.

The 2007 Corporate Express Business Solutions Catalogue features an increased number of furniture, facility supplies, personal protective equipment and office products, enabling customers to browse several different product categories all in one easy-to-use catalogue. In addition, the catalogue includes several tools to help make choosing office supplies easier - from detailed indexes for easy searching and Post-it® Strong Index for tabbing frequently used pages to 'Choosing the Right Tool' which gives helpful advice on finding the right product for each business need.

The Business Solutions Catalogue also features an enhanced Corporate Express Branded product line - high quality products, great prices, next-day availability and broad product selection on critical, high-volume items, including an increased environmental range. In addition, the Catalogue includes several new tools to help make choosing office supplies easier - including a 'Working Smarter' collection of helpful information that matches the best products to everyday business challenges like planning an effective meeting, keeping workers healthy, creating powerful presentations, accessorizing your desk for productivity and more.

"The 2007 Business Solutions Catalogue showcases our Single Source Supplier strategy," said Dylan Jones, Managing Director of Corporate Express UK. "Our new catalogue successfully highlights our broad product offering - from office products to computer supplies, office furniture, facility supplies, personal protective equipment and workwear."

Corporate Express' 2007 Business Solutions Catalogue contains:

oMore than 8,000 products

oOver 700 pages of product information

oAlmost 2,000 Corporate Express Brands products

oEasy-to-navigate index and cross references

oCategory buying guides and recommendations on choosing the right products

oPrinted on paper from a sustainable source and the catalogue is 100% recyclable

oIcons to help customers identify Corporate Express' own brand, European core range and environmentally friendly products. Icons are also used to highlight new products as well a new range of Diversity products from ethnic minority, women and disabled-owned businesses.

In addition to hard copy catalogues, items from the new Business Solutions Catalogue are available through ExpressOrder (www.expressorder.co.uk), the Company's online ordering site. Information on ExpressOrder, as well as Corporate Express' other eSolutions, is available in the Catalogue.

To view the 2007 Business Solutions Catalogue, go to www.CorporateExpress.co.uk and select 'Browse Catalogue.

About Corporate Express
Corporate Express UK Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Buhrmann, NV (AEX: BUHR; NYSE: BUH), an international business services and distribution group. Corporate Express' product offering includes office products, facility supplies, personal protective equipment and workwear, business furniture, computer consumables, print services and other similar products. Corporate Express has operations in 21 countries in Europe, North America and Australia/ New Zealand. Corporate Express' UK operations have 15 locations, including 2 distribution centres, and the Company employs more than 500 people. The Company's Web site address is www.CorporateExpress.co.uk.

Source: Corporate Express UK Ltd

Contact: Jennifer Williams, +44-(0)121-332-3197, Jennifer.Williams@cexp.co.uk

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