!NEWS! - CBQI. (COMTEX) B: CBQ Announces Distributor Arrangement with Chinese Computer B: CBQ Announces Distributor Arrangement with Chinese Computer Producer BEIJING, China & HUNT VALLEY, Md., Aug 22, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CBQ, Inc. (OTCBB:CBQI) announced today that it has become a distributor in the United States for Superior Computer Corporation, the fifth-largest computer producer in China. Superior is based in Beijing, China. The distributor relationship covers the entire line of computers produced in China, including personal computers, laptop computers, and personal digital assistants. While several Chinese producers have sold computer components to the U.S. market, including motherboards and monitors, this is the first generalized Chinese distribution effort for finished computers in the United States. China exported nearly one million computers (mostly to Asia and Europe) in the first half of 2000, a significant 665% increase over 1999, indicating that it is poised for further export growth. The value of the computers exported from China in the first half of 2000 was $384.9 million. China produced an estimated 5 million computers in 2000. "We are very pleased to be working with CBQ," said Zhang Jian Jun, President, Superior Computer Corporation. "We believe the United States is a promising market and that American consumers will appreciate the quality of our products." "CBQ will do its best to develop the American computer market for Superior," said Bart S. Fisher, Chairman and CEO of CBQ. "Once again, as in software outsourcing through our ChinaSoft affiliate, CBQ has secured the first mover advantage in China." About CBQ, Inc. CBQ, Inc. is a full service, end-to-end e-Business solution provider, which provides software-outsourcing through its subsidiary CBQ EasySoft International Inc., Beijing, China and Miami, FL; provides technology and network Integration engineering services through its subsidiary CBQ Networkland, Rosslyn, Virginia; provides software programming and development though its subsidiary CBQ Technet Computer Services, Inc., India and Tyson's Corner, Virginia; and provides network integration though its subsidiary, CBQ NETSERV, Hunt Valley, MD. For more information on CBQ, Inc., visit cbq.com; a Shareholder Summary is located at marketex.net. Safe Harbor: This news release includes forward-looking statements related to CBQ, Inc. that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, quarterly fluctuations in results, the management of growth, market acceptance of certain products and other risks. These forward-looking statements are made in reliance on the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For further information about these factors that could affect CBQ's future results, see the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Prospective investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from management expectations. CONTACT: CBQ Inc., Coral Springs, Fla. Gary Swancey, 954/757-0582 URL: businesswire.com Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. Copyright (C) 2001 Business Wire. All rights reserved. -0- KEYWORD: MARYLAND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHINA INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS E-COMMERCE SOFTWARE NETWORKING HARDWARE MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: CBQ, Inc. *** end of story *** |