Covisint Selects Ox International as a Catalog Content Management Service Partner Ox International Introduces OxLinx, a New Online Marketplace for Electrical, Lighting, and Power Transmission Products Ox International Reinforces Catalog Management Services with New Web Based Sourcing Service Oxfind Ox International Targets Small and Medium Distributors with New Product Offering Ox International Reaches Major Industrial Product Catalog Milestone ItemField and Ox International Align to Provide Powerful Content Management Solutions for the B2B E-Commerce Market Kevin Jones, Co-Founder of Net Market Makers and Jupiter Media Metrix Senior Analyst, Joins Ox International Advisory Board Ox International Announces Series A Preferred Funding >From Selected Advisory Board Members, Breco Holdings and LB Capital Covisint Selects Ox International as a Catalog Content Management Service Partner HOUSTON, TX - October 21, 2002- Ox International today announced that Covisint has selected Ox International as a provider of catalog content management services and has added Ox International as a best-of-breed technology service provider. Covisint will utilize Ox's outsourced services to enhance efficiencies and expand its business of facilitating electronic transactions and streamlining procurement processes for their founding members, such as DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Nissan, and Renault, and their suppliers. "We selected Ox International as a technology service partner because of their flexibility to rapidly adapt to ever changing business requirements and provide high quality data services," said Mark Duhaime, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, Covisint. "Covisint is committed to providing its customers with the highest level of customized services, and our selection of Ox International as a service partner demonstrates that Covisint is deeply committed to responding and meeting the needs of our customers." Ox will enable Covisint to quickly expand its transactional capabilities, offer a more comprehensive solution to its customers, and shorten the implementation cycle for the content-driven solutions it provides that connect the global automotive supply chain. "Our engagement with Covisint creates a win-win situation where our strength in developing and managing structured product content will assist Covisint in their continuing effort to implement its comprehensive e-business strategy for the automotive industry, as well as generate opportunities for Ox to expand its service offerings to industry-sponsored solution providers," said Andrew R. Tang, CEO of Ox International. "We are pleased to have the opportunity of contributing to the recent successes of Covisint and look forward to helping their customers implement their purchasing initiatives." About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers and sellers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured, searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York, California, Indiana, and China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. Ox International Introduces OxLinx, a New Online Marketplace for Electrical, Lighting, and Power Transmission Products Offering represents a new solution for a complex market HOUSTON, TX - May 13, 2002 - Ox International, Inc. today announced the launch of OxLinx (www.oxlinx.com), a new online marketplace that services buyers of electrical, power transmission, and lighting products. OxLinx allows buyers and sellers to find each other easily as it merges Oxfind, a web-based sourcing service, and Ox Supplier Solutions, a comprehensive sell-side solution for suppliers, in a growing set of innovating technology solutions to help streamline transactions and to link buyers and sellers of industrial products together. "OxLinx allows distributors to conveniently and profitably showcase their inventory and product information to industrial and commercial buyers who source and purchase these items," Andrew R. Tang, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ox International said. "Buyers use OxLinx to find new products and transact more efficiently. Suppliers can upload complete product catalogs and receive orders and RFPs. The product offers companies a new way to build brand awareness and maintain on-going communications that allow online purchases at the customer's convenience. It's like having a store-front on you PC." In addition to serving as an online marketplace servicing commercial and industrial buyers, OxLinx provides participating distributors with their own electronic catalog, sales and marketing assistance, online ordering capabilities and transaction processing capabilities. "Buyers can search attributed catalog content on multiple parameters and distributors can, for the first time, service electronic commerce customers profitably," Mark J. Warnken, co-founder and Vice President of Ox said. "OxLinx is a new solution for a complex market and serves as the invisible glue that automatically ties thousands of catalogs into one seamless virtual network." By presenting their inventory and product information in a marketplace attracting thousands of online buyers, distributors are able to reach new customers and receive orders without incremental sales and marketing expense. About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers and sellers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured, searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York, California, Indiana, and China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. Ox International Reinforces Catalog Management Services with New Web Based Sourcing Service Oxfind New offering seeks to aid buyers in procurement of industrial products from network of suppliers HOUSTON, TX - February 28, 2002 - Ox International, Inc. (www.oxinternational.com), a leading provider of B2B catalog content management solutions, today announced the launch of a new offering targeted at improving industrial distributors’ ability to manage customer demand. Oxfind (www.oxfind.com) is a web-based sourcing service targeted towards helping buyers and distributors procure industrial products. As a business solution that aggregates the supply chain, Oxfind connects buyers to a fragmented network of suppliers. Buyers and distributors can submit product request forms and receive price and availability information for MRO products. Buyers and marketplaces can use Oxfind as an outsourced procurement tool and distributors can leverage Oxfind as a tool to help them source non-stock items. Since launching in January, eighty companies have utilized Oxfind to improve customer service, lower operating costs, decrease spending on internal sourcing, extend their customer base, and improve sales. “Oxfind adds another dimension to our services that will further aid our clients in providing personalized, customer-oriented service,” Andrew R. Tang, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ox International, said. “Adding Oxfind to the other services we provide, such as Ox Supplier Solutions and Content Transformation Services, will assist in addressing the need of middle market industrial distributors to develop an online presence and improve their ability to compete with larger national distribution chains.” Ox will append Oxfind to its robust set of sell-side solutions, which focus upon the creation of structured and searchable databases of product information in large online industry catalogs. By offering distributors a method of locating non-stock products and receiving price and availability information, Oxfind allows distributors to fulfill customer orders without incurring the cost and time for carrying out manual searches. Moreover, Oxfind enables distributors to do business with a larger customer base searching for a broader range of products. “Oxfind was able to provide quick and accurate price and availability information for our customers, saving us a tremendous amount of time and cost,” said Blake Fisher, inside sales representative at American Light (www.americanlight.com). “We will continue to use Oxfind in the future to make our business more efficient and to generate satisfied customers.” About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers and sellers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured, searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York, California, Indiana, and China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. Ox International Targets Small and Medium Distributors with New Product Offering Ox electronic branch solutions combined with Human Assisted Search provide cost effective expansion capabilities for small to medium distributors HOUSTON, TX - June 7, 2001 - Ox International, Inc., (www.oxinternational.com), a leader in electronic catalog content management solutions, today announced that it has launched a new offering, Ox Supplier Solutions (“OSS”) targeted for small and medium-sized distributors. Ox Supplier Solutions (“OSS”) is a comprehensive e-business solution aimed at enabling distributors to seamlessly transact and interact with their customers online. Suppliers can leverage OSS to improve their customer service, streamline their current business practices, build their brand, gain new customers, and increase sales, all while lowering their operating expenses. “OSS, combined with our new Human Assisted Search (“HAS”) offering, provides our clients a personalized way of using the Internet to deliver superior, value-add service to their customers. We very are excited to announce the launch of OSS,” said Mark J. Warnken, co-founder and Vice President of Ox, “there is a tremendous need from small and mid-sized distributorships to offer customers electronic commerce and customer relationship applications. Ox is ideally positioned to service this mainstream market.” Ox offers distributors a robust set of sell-side solutions which are customized to meet their unique needs. By delivering distributors a solution which provides them with an electronic catalog of products across multiple manufacturers that they represent, as well as a custom branded electronic storefront, Ox will not only allow them to transact and interact with their customers more effectively, but will also significantly improve their internal operational efficiencies. About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers and sellers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured, searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York, California, Indiana, and China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. Ox International Reaches Major Industrial Product Catalog Milestone Ox exceeds projections in catalog content management capabilities HOUSTON, TX - June 1, 2001 - Ox International, Inc., (www.oxinternational.com), a leader in B2B electronic catalog content management solutions, today announced that it has aggregated a reference database of three million products representing offerings from over 15,000 industrial suppliers and manufacturers. “I am pleased to announce our progress, which exceeded our internal projections, said Andrew R. Tang, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ox International. “This is yet another significant milestone which demonstrates that both our execution capabilities and production platform are unsurpassed in our space.” This database of structured and searchable product content will be utilized to accelerate the implementation for the Ox branded HAS sourcing services which complement the Ox Supplier Solution, a comprehensive e-business offering which will be rolled out to small and medium-sized industrial distributors later this month. About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers and sellers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured, searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York, California, Indiana, and China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. ItemField and Ox International Align to Provide Powerful Content Management Solutions for the B2B E-Commerce Market Leading B2B experts affirm in an information-driven economy information must be organized to make it effective in the expanding global market NEW YORK and HOUSTON, TX - February 26, 2001 - ItemField Inc., (www.itemfield.com), an innovative e-content aggregation and management company and Ox International, Inc., (www.oxinternational.com), the leader in B2B electronic catalog content services and solutions, today announced their strategic partnership to provide powerful content development and management solutions for the $1.2 trillion global B2B market. Under the terms of the agreement, Ox International and Itemfield will integrate ItemField ContentMaster, ItemField's patent-pending content aggregation software that automates the content collection process with Ox International's professional catalog content services and solutions to provide an end-to-end catalog management solution. Combining the ItemField ContentMaster with Ox CoFlex™ and TEAL™ content solutions, which reduce the time and cost to build and maintain electronic catalogs, the companies will provide simplified, cost-saving solutions for Global 2000 companies building online catalogs. Ox International has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. "Itemfield brings next-generation Internet infrastructure software to this unique partnership, said Andrew R. Tang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ox International. "We look forward to working closely with Itemfield to deliver measurable returns on investment to our customers." "Partnering with Ox International, a leader in content management services, allows us to provide the most innovative and comprehensive catalog management solutions. We are excited about the opportunity to help our clients excel during the next phase of electronic commerce, "said Shai Ben-Yehuda, Founder and President of ItemField. According to a 2000 Goldman Sachs report, content management is exploding with the report projecting that content management will grow to $4.5 billion in 2005 - a 755 percent growth rate. The alliance will allow Itemfield and Ox International to combine their respective strengths - ItemField in aggregating content and Ox International in managing it - to provide additional benefits and value to their respective customers. About ItemField, Inc. ItemField, (www.itemfield.com), provides the next-generation Internet infrastructure software tools that drastically improve the way in which e-businesses source, aggregate, normalize and merge their digital content from the content creation stage through day-to-day content management. Leveraging this new infrastructure and rich set of tools, e-businesses, B2B marketplaces, and enterprises can build and maintain Internet-based customer, partner, and supplier-facing solutions that are consistently relevant and accurate and do so at a significant productivity gain. ItemField's software provides decision makers with the knowledge management and decision support information to make smarter and more informed decisions. Headquartered in New York, company R&D is run out of a subsidiary in Tel Aviv, Israel. More information about ItemField can be found on its website, www.itemfield.com. About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers, sellers, and net market makers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured and searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York and Nanjing, China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. Kevin Jones, Founder of Net Market Makers and Jupiter Media Metrix Senior Analyst, Joins Ox International Advisory Board Leading B2B research analyst and electronic commerce expert affirms catalog management solutions as critical to moving business transactions online HOUSTON, TX - January 22, 2001 - Ox International, Inc., the leader in electronic catalog content services and solutions for the $1.2 trillion global B2B electronic commerce market, announced that Kevin Jones, founder of Net Market Makers and Jupiter Media Metrix senior analyst joined the Ox International advisory board. Ox International creates structured and searchable databases of product information for use in large online industry catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox International addresses the challenge of aggregating high-quality product catalog content for business-to-business electronic commerce. As the pace of B2B electronic commerce accelerates, Ox International is strongly positioned to leverage a significant technology base to deliver content services and solutions to Global 2000 customers. "Ox International delivers critical solutions to enterprises that are conducting and looking to conduct business transactions online," said Kevin Jones, senior analyst at Jupiter Media Metrix and advisory board member of Ox International. "The mantra, 'if you can't find it, you can't buy it' rings true in B2B electronic commerce. Ox provides catalog content management services and solutions that are critical to providing liquidity and improving e-commerce user experiences." Mr. Jones has tracked B2B Net markets since their inception and is widely considered one of the leading experts in this field. His vision of how Net markets are changing the way companies do business propelled the founding of Net Market Makers (NMM), an events, publishing and consulting company that was acquired by Jupiter Communications in March of 2000. "Ox International is thrilled to announce Kevin as an advisory board member and benefit from his tremendous expertise," said Mark J. Warnken, Vice President, Strategic Alliances of Ox International. "Kevin is a vanguard in the electronic commerce industry and an important figure as B2B moves into its next phase of development." Mr. Jones' decision to join the Ox International advisory board follows the announcement that the company secured Series A Preferred funding of an undisclosed amount, led by existing members of the advisory board. Ox International's other investors include Breco Holdings, LB Capital, Templar Capital Group and executives at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and Goldman Sachs Group. About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers and sellers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured, searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York, California, Indiana, and China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. Ox International Announces Series A Preferred Funding From Selected Advisory Board Members, Breco Holdings and LB Capital Leading B2B infrastructure firm builds out catalog content management capabilities HOUSTON, TX - January 22, 2001 - Ox International, Inc., the leader in electronic catalog content services and solutions for the $1.2 trillion global B2B electronic commerce market, announced Series A Preferred funding of an undisclosed amount led by selected advisory board members. Additional investors in the financing round are Breco Holdings, LB Capital, Templar Capital Group and executives at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (NYSE: MWD) and Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS). Ox International creates structured and searchable databases of product information for use in large online industry catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox International addresses the challenge of aggregating high-quality product catalog content for business-to-business electronic commerce. As the pace of B2B electronic commerce accelerates, Ox International is strongly positioned to leverage a significant technology base to create the "fuel of B2B", as catalog content has been called by leading industry analyst firms. "Ox International is focused on delivering best-in-class services and solutions that will drive the adoption of B2B electronic commerce," said Dick Chang, general manager at Agilent Technologies and advisory board member of Ox International. "Ox International is committed to delivering high returns on investment to its customers and is poised to capitalize on the dramatic growth of electronic commerce." With uncompromising support from an advisory board that includes executives from Agilent Technologies, Clarion Capital Partners, Citadon, i2 Technologies, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and. Silver Oak Partners, Ox International brings to bear significant experience with leading technology, procurement and financial partners. "Ox International content management solutions leverage the lowest cost platform in the industry. Our operational experience in delivering scalable content services generated dramatic interest in this financing round and is a key aspect of our value proposition to customers," said Andrew R. Tang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ox International. "This experience along with an undiluted focus on developing highly structured product content will be invaluable as electronic commerce moves beyond the early adopter phase." Ox International currently has 85 employees and is rapidly expanding. About Ox International, Inc. Ox International is a leading provider of catalog content management solutions that enable buyers and sellers to transact electronically. Ox creates structured, searchable databases of product information for use in online catalogs and has developed flexible, scalable solutions to maximize the quality and usability of electronic catalog content. Ox provides customized, industry-specific solutions to create rich content that allows buyers to find the products quickly and sellers to retain the exposure and branding of their products in a global marketplace. Ox International is based in Houston with additional offices in New York, California, Indiana, and China. Ox International can be reached by phone at (713) 895-6610 or via the Internet at www.oxinternational.com. about | solutions | partners | news & events | careers | contact © 2002, Ox International, Inc.