Environ.Com and VerticalNet Form E-Commerce Marketing Alliance
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MESA, Ariz., June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Environ.Com (www.environ.com), a
leading Internet B2B environmental compliance solutions portal today announced
a marketing alliance with VerticalNet, Inc. (NASDAQ:VERT), the Internet's
leading portfolio of business-to-business commerce communities, that will
provide both companies with additional revenues through their mutual exchange
of premier advertising positions.
VerticalNet will provide direct access to Environ.Com with featured
positions and links in 12 of VerticalNet's online communities, including
Chemical Online, Electrical Contracting, ElectricNet, Food Online, Meat and
Poultry Online, Plant Automation, Pollution Online, Power Online, Safety
Online, Solid Waste, and Test and Measurement. Additional co-marketing
programs include joint tradeshow and database mining initiatives.
Robert Johnson, Chairman and CEO of Environ.Com added, "This agreement
with VerticalNet is part of our strategy of working with winning companies to
bring the best resources to our B2B customers. We are happy to share our
content and our customers with a leading company like VerticalNet."
"This relationship exposes VerticalNet's customers to the best regulatory
compliance services available," said Dwayne Spradlin, vice president of
Corporate Development for VerticalNet. "In turn, Environ.Com's expansive
database of B2B customers will benefit from exposure to the services of our
online communities."
About Environ.com
Environ.Com is the Web portal and delivery platform for Environmental
Support Solutions, Inc., an Internet-based business-to-business
software/internet company that provides regulatory compliance software,
training and services and creates web-enabled software, Internet-based
training, on-line consulting, and Internet-delivered information services to
help organizations with regulatory compliance requirements. Environ.Com's
products and services help these organizations meet and administer regulatory
compliance requirements imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
Organizational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA), and Department of
Transportation (DOT).
About VerticalNet, Inc.
VerticalNet, Inc. (www.verticalnet.com) owns and operates 56 industry-
specific Web sites designed as online business-to-business communities, known
as vertical trade communities. These vertical trade communities provide users
with comprehensive sources of information, interaction and e-commerce. They
are grouped into the following industry sectors: COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY,
ENVIRONMENT/UTILITIES, FINANCIAL SERVICE, FOOD/PACKAGING,
FOODSERVICE/HOSPITALITY, HEALTHCARE, HIGH TECH, INDUSTRIAL,
MANUFACTURING/DISCRETE, MANUFACTURING/PROCESS, PUBLIC SECTOR, SCIENCE and
SERVICES.
Additionally, VerticalNet provides auctions, catalogs, bookstores, career
services and other e-commerce capabilities horizontally across its communities
with sites like Industry Deals.com, IT CareerHub.com, LabX.com and
Professional Store.com. VerticalNet's NECX(R) Exchange provides an exchange
for the electronic components industry. Through Tradeum technology and
strategic alliances, VerticalNet is focused on providing comprehensive
end-to-end e-commerce solutions.
SOURCE Environ.Com
-0- 06/26/2000
/CONTACT: Robin Suzelis of Environ.Com, 480-964-5043 x24,
robin_suzelis@environ.com/
/Web site: verticalnet.com
/Web site: environ.com
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