Chemidex Expands Cybrary to Latin America


Chemical & Life Science Industry's Most Powerful Search Engine Now Available in Spanish and Portuguese for Latin American Formulators

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS (May 21, 2007) - Chemidex, a leader in providing specialized search engine services for the global chemical and food industries, announced today that it had released a Latin America site for its core industry service, the Chemidex Cybrary. Offered along with region-specific product search and associated services will be optional site translations in Spanish and Portuguese. The Company had previously offered versions of its service to meet the special needs of formulators in three global regions, North America, Europe/Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific. It now has comprehensive translations of its service in seven languages across six major segments of the chemical and food industries.

"Providing our global members with the information, tools, and resources they want and need in a manner that is easy to understand is critical to our success. With these new features, our formulator members in Latin America will have more streamlined access to the region-specific sales, sample, and technical support solutions of our supplier members," said Bruce Ianni, Chief Executive Officer, Chemidex. "This allows suppliers to be more responsive and efficient in servicing their local audience of buyers."

"Getting better information faster to both formulator and supplier benefits both parties and will be a strong catalyst to greater innovation," added Ianni.

The Chemidex Cybrary is the chemical and food industries' most powerful search engine, designed specifically to accelerate the formulation process. Founded in 1997 to serve the Paint & Coatings Industry, Cybrary members now include almost 40,000 formulators representing over 18,000 manufacturers. The Cybrary allows Chemists, Food Scientists and Product Developers to search for detailed technical data, examine material safety data sheets (MSDSs), find answers for specific formulation questions, order chemical samples, and receive technical assistance from the experts that created the products listed in the Cybrary.

About Chemidex

Chemidex LLC is the pioneer and world leader in providing specialized search engine services for the global chemical industry. The Chemidex Cybrary® at www.chemidex.com is a member-based service that accelerates the exchange of technical information between chemical suppliers and formulated-product manufacturers. The service now offers focused Cybrary segments serving the Adhesives & Sealants, Graphic Arts & Inks, Food & Beverage, Household, Institutional and Industrial Cleaners, Paint & Coatings, and Personal Care sectors of the industry. Chemidex's proprietary search engines enable formulators to locate ingredients and raw materials based on end-use application, physical property criteria and starting point formulation performance criteria. As a result, Chemidex speeds formulators' product development while simultaneously enhancing chemical suppliers' sales efforts by providing unprecedented market reach, service and product interest tracking. The Cybrary's network of registered users come from thousands of the world's leading chemical and life science companies.

Membership in the Chemidex Cybrary is free to all qualified formulators.

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