VWR International Selects the Learn.com LearnCenter Platform to Power Talent Management for 6,000 Global Employees


Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that West Chester, PA based VWR International, Inc. a leading distributor of scientific equipment, supplies, chemicals and furniture, has selected the Learn.com LearnCenter® talent management suite to centralize blended learning for its global workforce.

SUNRISE, FL - February 24, 2007 -- Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that West Chester, PA based VWR International, Inc. a leading distributor of scientific equipment, supplies, chemicals and furniture, has selected the Learn.com LearnCenter® talent management suite to centralize blended learning for its global workforce.

"We needed a talent management system that could support the training needs of our 6,000 plus global employees," said Kristin Haines, Director of Talent Management at VWR. "Training will be administered across our entire organization and will include sales, finance, customer support, compliance, health, safety and desktop application training."

"We selected the LearnCenter platform because the system offers all of the key components we need to manage our employee development lifecycle. The system includes robust functionality and flexibility that will empower our associates to track their career development and learning from one central location. Reaching this goal allows our organization to support a culture that values learning and knowledge sharing," said Haines.

About the LearnCenter Platform
Originally developed as a learning management system, the LearnCenter platform has evolved into the industry's leading and most complete Talent Management suite that manages the entire pre-hire to retire lifecycle. The award-winning LearnCenter platform creates a cost effective, high quality training, development and measurement environment designed to empower users with visibility into and control of their career planning while providing management with real-time business intelligence. Learning Management, Performance Management, Content Management, Online Authoring, Succession Planning, Collaboration, e-Commerce, Portal Authoring and more are included within one solution, with one interface and one partner - Learn.com.

About VWR International
VWR International is a leader in the global research laboratory industry with worldwide sales in excess of $3 billion US dollars. VWR's business is highly diversified across products and services, geographic regions and customer segments. The company offers products from a wide range of manufacturers, to a large number of customers primarily in North America, Europe and other locations. VWR's principal customers are major pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, technology, clinical, food processing and consumer product companies, universities and research institutes, governmental agencies, environmental testing organizations, and primary and secondary schools. VWR distributes a diversified product mix, including chemicals, glassware and plasticware, equipment and instruments, furniture, protective apparel, production and safety products, and other life science and laboratory products and supplies. VWR supports its customers by providing storeroom management, product procurement, supply chain systems integration, technical services and laboratory bench top delivery. VWR maintains operations in over 20 countries and employs over 6,000 people worldwide. VWR International is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

For more information on VWR International, please contact Robin Gervasoni, 1-800-932-5000, visit www.vwr.com, or write, VWR International, Inc., 1310 Goshen Parkway, P.O. Box 2656, West Chester, PA 19380-0906.

About Learn.com
Learn.com® is the worldwide leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity with more than 50 million end users around the globe. Our broad suite of on-demand solutions can fully automate the pre-hire to retire lifecycle within any organization. Learn.com's unwavering commitment to understanding client needs, goals and objectives allows us to partner with our clients to increase business performance. The Learn.com family of solutions includes the award-winning LearnCenter® talent management suite, the WebRoom(TM) Web conferencing suite, the CourseMaker Studio® Authoring Tool, Mentor® EPSS and the 1,000 title Learn2® online course library.

For more information please visit learn.com or call 954-233-4000

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