A LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE:
MAR 24 - ProNetLink Announces New Super Import/Export Website; The World's
Largest Import/Export Website.ProNetLink ( pronetlink.com ) has spent the
last five months creating the largest import/export website on the Internet. The
ProNetLink website represents far more than a search engine, it is the first complete
interactive business tool that brings companies together from around the world,
bridging all national and international boundaries.
MAR 27 - PNLK announced today that the international marketing firm of
Zagoren-Zozzora, Inc. has been retained to handle all marketing, advertising and
promotion for the company. Mr. Glenn Zagoren, President of Zagoren-Zozzora, Inc., will
personally be handling the account. ZZI develops and produces corporate development
projects from concept through final production and acts as a business consultant on a
wide scope of growth issues. ZZI represents high-end companies around the world and
has worked with the Principality of Monaco and the Government of Israel. Most recently
ZZI was retained to produce the Millennium Events for the Statue of Liberty by the
National Park Service and Dept. of Interior.
APR 2 - Proxicom To Deliver And Maintain PNLK Webtool. Proxicom has
distinguished itself in the Internet solutions marketplace, advancing the efforts of
Fortune 1000 leaders such as GE, MCI, Owens Corning, Cox Interactive Media, Merrill
Lynch, Mobil, Roche Labs, Inc., Corning, Inc. and more.
APR 8 - ProNetLink Retains Feldman Radin & Co., PC as Accounting Firm; Firm
Ranked in the Top 30 Audit Firms in the USA. Feldman Radin & Co. is a certified
accounting firm with offices in every principal city throughout the world. It is also a
member of the SEC Practice Section of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
APR 27 - PNLK Finalizes Site For Beta Testing And Debugging.
APR 29 - PNLK announces Dun & Bradstreet to provide the WebtoolDatabase, they
have invested over 150 years creating the world's largest and most comprehensive
source of business related information. Hundreds of millions of pieces of data, ranging
from trade styles to trade experiences to financial statements, are integrated every day
into one file.
MAY11 - Award Winning Royal Impressions Joins PNLK In Powerful Strategic Alliance ,
one of the most advanced digital printing facilities in New York, have joined forces to
offer ProNetLink members on-line digital printing services. Royal Impressions is on the
cutting edge of the ''distribute and print concept'' which allows companies from around
the world the opportunity to send their digital printing files over the Internet directly to
New York where they are then sent to digital four color presses that use lasers to make
printing plates. This system removes the need for film. This state-of-the-art technology
dramatically changes the way printing is produced. For example, a company in China
can now send a digital file to New York over the Internet using Royal Impressions' file
transfer software. The job is printed in the USA and then can be mailed to potential
clients throughout the country without the hassle of shipping, duty charges or custom
regulations. Royal Impressions is currently working on a system that will take files from
US companies and link them to a network of printers throughout the world for ''distribute
and print'' opportunities on a worldwide basis. ''The new digital printing systems that we
have installed will completely change the printing industry by allowing companies from
all over the world to efficiently distribute printed material'' said Christopher DeSantis,
President of Royal Impressions, ''We look at ProNetLink as the hub of international
trade and our global printing systems fit in perfectly with their long term plans.'' Working
with ProNetLink they have developed a service that seamlessly integrates with the
ProNetLink ''Webtool.'' By using the system, PNL members will be able to submit job
specifications and track their orders. The service will interface with ProNetLinks
member database making it easy to place orders and make payments. The Royal
Impressions system runs on an advanced Internet server hub connected to T1 service.
In total Royal Impressions can produce over 50,000 pages an hour. The Royal
Impressions client list includes; Chase, Prudential, Oppenheimer and The New York
Times. At the recent On-Demand Printing Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center,
Royal Impressions was singled out during the Keynote address as being a leader in the
world of Digital On-Demand printing.
MAY 13 - PNLK Releases Financial Figures As Promised.
MAY 14 - Unz & Co. World Import Compliance Experts Form Strategic Alliance With
PNLK. The world's leading compliance experts are the official provider of international
trade forms and compliance training programs on the ProNetLink ''Webtool.'' Unz &
Co., Inc. has been in business since 1879 and is truly the most advanced company in
the world when it comes to managing the printed material needed for conducting
international trade. By joining with ProNetLink, Unz & Co., Inc. insures that all trade
forms will be accurate and up-to-date. No other Internet venture offers the diversity of
information or the in-depth training that Unz & Co. offers. The powerful combination of
ProNetLink and Unz & Co., Inc. makes the concept of easy and accurate International
trade available to all size businesses.
05/15 - ProNetLink Launches World's Largest Import/Export Webtool, it represents far
more than a search engine, it is the first complete interactive business tool that brings
companies together from around the world, bridging all national and international
boundaries.
05/17 - First Corporate Members Sign Up At pnlk.com ,over 100
corporations signed on and became members in the first 24 hours.
MAY 18 - A special package announcing the ProNetLink launch was sent to key
governments, businesses and editors in over 60 countries across 6 continents. The
announcements were translated into French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese,
Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Malay, Thai and Vietnamese. In addition, a
special mailing was done to media that focus on high-technology and the Internet. The
U.S. media program alone covered over 2,000 newspapers, wire services, magazines
and broadcast points. All businesses are invited to update or add their company or
resource information to the ProNetLink database for free.
JUN 2 - Dow Jones News Service, The First Of Many Substantial Upgrades Is
Activated For PNLK Members. International trade news is downloaded to ProNetLink
throughout the day allowing members to have up-to-the-minute information that can
make or break a deal. Dow Jones will provide ProNetLink with late breaking news
stories that are specifically selected to meet the business needs of ProNetLink
members who are looking for up-to-the-minute news on domestic and international
trade. No sports, no gossip, just trade pertinent articles that are collected from sources
around the world and downloaded directly to the ProNetLink website. Each news article
offers the editorial insight of Dow Jones & Company, publishers of The Wall Street
Journal and providers of respected business news for more than 100 years.
JUN 11 - Swift Transfer . This international payment option is being added and should
be on line this week. This feature comes in response to a request from the European
marketplace.
JUN 24 - PNLK Management announced today that the management of the company
have signed a voluntary ''lock-up'' agreement that states that they will not sell any of their
restricted stock to the public for a period of one year from the date of the agreement.
Jean Pierre Collardeau, ProNetLink President and CEO and the other members of the
executive staff control 16,500,000 shares of restricted stock. ''We want to show to the
market and our investors that we are behind ProNetLink and we are here for the long
term,'' said Mr. Collardeau. ''Our goal is to build the most comprehensive import-export
tool on the internet. '' The stock certificates are held by the company's counsel, Leon B.
Lipkin.
JUL 27 - PNLK Announces Strategic Partnership with Rare Medium, for further Site
development ''We made the move to Rare Medium because it has tremendous
credibility and can react faster to our growing needs,'' said Jean Pierre Collardeau,
President of ProNetLink, ''Rare Medium has accelerated the development of the site.''
Dealing primarily with Global 2000 clients, Rare Medium, Inc. is a strategic Internet
services firm, helping clients develop Internet strategies, improve business processes
and develop interactive content using Internet-based technologies. To accomplish this,
Rare Medium provides clients with Internet business strategy consulting, marketing,
creative design and development, needs analysis, architecture planning, Internet,
Intranet and Extranet solutions, hosting and maintenance.
AUG 28 - PNLK Launches Version 2.0, Substantially Upgrading the Website. The new
version added a more robust search engine that allow members to easily find potential
trading partners around the world from the ProNetLink database of 2.75 million
companies. ProNetLink V2.0 included a new international forms program that was built
in conjunction with Unz & Co., one of the world's most respected compliance experts.
This program allow members to find and download the current trade forms required to
ship products around the world. It also offers a full glossary of terms and tips on how to
fill the forms out. Unz & Co. is also offering a free Source Book to ProNetLink
members.
With the growth of digital printing, ProNetLink has added an Internet Printing program
that was built by Royal Impressions, a leader in on-demand digital printing. By using this
module, ProNetLink members can send their digital printing files over the Internet from
anywhere in the world and have the jobs printed and distributed from New York.
Additional enhancements in the ProNetLink webtool have made the system run faster.
AUG 31 - PNLK Begins Marketing Program with Internet Video Conference During the
netcast, management presented an overview of ProNetLink Version 2.0 and viewers
were able to email questions regarding the product that they would like to have
answered by Jean Pierre Collardeau, President of ProNetLink and Glenn Zagoren,
President of Zagoren-Zozzora, Inc., the marketing firm for ProNetLink. This netcast,
which was one of the first ever done for this industry.
OCT 15 - PNLK puts a 1/4 page full color ad on the front cover of The Journal of
Commerce. This was published in the USA, Asian and Latin American issues and had
an audience of over 4.5 million readers. The Journal of Commerce has been the leader
in reporting International trade and transportation news since 1827.
OCT 20 - ProNetLink, announced that the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders
Association of America has entered into an Internet website alliance with ProNetLink
and will participate in the PNL webtool. The NCBFAA is recognized as the largest
association of its kind and has over 600 member companies with over 5000 offices
worldwide.
NOV 23 - Shira Trading Ltd., Tel Aviv, and The Federation of Israeli Chambers of
Commerce is pleased to announce the signing of a letter of intent with ProNetLink the
world's largest Import Export Web tool. Shira Trading intends, through an agreement
with the FICC, to market and promote ProNetLink in Israel. The Federation of Israeli
Chambers of Commerce has well over 30,000 company members in the Import Export
fields.
''We are very happy to have chosen ProNetLink. Their exclusive and well-designed
Website, as well as their vision of the future, will enable us to subscribe thousands of
Israeli Companies to the ProNetLink webtool. Our aim together with the Federation of
Israeli Chambers of Commerce is to reach 10,000 members from Israel within a short
period of time,'' said Uri Grebenau, President of Shira Trading Ltd.
Many other companies will seek new trading partners on a global market basis through
the capabilities given by ProNetLink. Mr. Grebenau is also in the process of negotiating
the same terms through the German Chamber of Commerce as well as the Egyptian
Chamber of Commerce.
DEC 4 - David J. Walker joins ProNetLink as Chief Operating Officer-Mr. Walker
comes to ProNetLink from Unz & Co., the leading provider of import/export
publications, software, and training programs to the U.S. international trade community.
He served for 15 years as Vice President of Operations and, most recently, as Vice
President of Product Development.
During his tenure at Unz & Co., Mr. Walker created and developed many unique
products and services for importers and exporters which helped the company earn both
the ''E Award'' and the ''E Star Award'' from the U.S. Department of Commerce. His
strong operational and technical background includes the development and installation
of various networked operating systems, experience and expertise in direct business to
business marketing, the development of documentation software and regulatory
CD-ROMS, and the creation and administration of the Unz & Co. website.
Mr. Walker has nearly 20 years of experience in International Trade, beginning as an
Export Manager with the Burroughs Corporation in 1980. He has held a Customs
Broker license for ten years, and has served two terms as a member of the Department
of Commerce's District Export Council in New Jersey, both on the Executive Committee
and as Chairman of the Education Committee. Mr. Walker earned a BA from Cornell
University in Ithaca, New York and his Masters Degree in International Business from
Fairleigh Dickenson University in Teaneck, New Jersey.
DEC 14 - Click! On Line Signs Agreement with ProNetLink, Click will assist Rare
Media in further enhancing PNL's site using some of their Communication technologies.
Click will provide PNL with a personalization module for its web site users. This solution
will provide PNL users with the right environment for making PNL their ''home'' on the
Internet, as well as a tool to meet and know more about each other.
Users will have their own private page with market and financial information as well as a
contact page to show their products or services. Tools for on line and off line meetings
and discussions will make this personalization module interactive. The personal portal
will include, News headlines; stock ticker; World clock; PNL's Web news; Address book
(ICQ style user list); Templates for quick personal use; Time manager for on line
activities.
The Personalized Virtual office will be the user's showcase of his company. This page
will be more than a virtual business card allowing users to show pictures, catalogs and
price lists. On Line Meeting Rooms, will be made for one-on-one meetings as well as
an on-line multi-user meeting or lecture. Users will be able to join or open rooms to start
a meeting.
JAN 25 - ProNetLink enters into Strategic Alliance with AT&T to provide advanced web
hosting, develop and implement state-of-the-art Internet commerce modules and
continue to explore new communications options for ProNetLink members.
The agreement will put ProNetLink on the main AT&T Internet backbone. This will
provide expanded bandwidth and 24/7/365 guaranteed access to the ProNetLink site.
The agreement with AT&T was developed based on the amount of additional resources
and Webtools that are being added to the ProNetLink version 3.0. Version 3.0 is
scheduled for release this March. " Our partnership with PNLK is an important step
towards realizing the vision of an Internet-connected world in international trade and
commerce. AT&T is very pleased to be partnering with ProNetLink in the deployment of
revolutionary Internet technologies which will facilitate global trade,'' said Sameer
Mepani, Senior Manager for Internet Technologies at AT&T.
''This new agreement with AT&T will aggressively propel ProNetLink into its version
3.0. By partnering with the leader in communications our members will now have
maximum bandwidth access to the Internet as well as a number of other special AT&T
programs that will benefit their businesses. We look forward to working with AT&T to
expand their participation in ProNetLink and global commerce,'' said David Walker,
COO of ProNetLink.
JAN 27 - ProNetLink announced that it will be one of the major corporate sponsors of
the 1999 International Business Expo at the Javits Center in New York set to begin April
21, 1999. ProNetLink plans on using the Expo to help in the launch of its Version 3.0,
which is scheduled for delivery at the end of March. The other major corporate sponsors
are Dun & Bradstreet and Marine Midland Bank.
The International Business Expo is the largest one-day gathering of the International
business community on the East Coast. The IBE 99 is one of the best ways to meet and
exchange information with globally minded businesses of all sizes and industries.
FEB 22 - PRONETLINK AND JOURNAL OF COMMERCE SIGN STRATEGIC
AGREEMENT, ProNetLink, the Webtool and Internet Directory specializing in global
trade, announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with the leading trade and
transportation news provider, The Journal of Commerce Inc. They will form a joint
development venture to provide current trade news, articles, trade-specific products
and their critically important Port Import-Export Reporting Service (PIERS) reports to
ProNetLink.com members.
The new venture will allow ProNetLink members to have immediate access to daily
updates of industry news generated by The Journal of Commerce and access to PIERS
online data. ProNetLink members will also be eligible for free trial subscriptions to the
Journal of Commerce Newspaper and access to its proprietary website,
joc.com. As part of the agreement, the companies will provide prominent
links to each other's sites.
''Our venture with ProNetLink is a good strategic fit,'' says Bill Lavner, Vice President of
New Media for the Journal of Commerce Publications Group. ''The international trade
market is increasingly relying on the Internet to do business. Services such as
ProNetLink make getting trade information on the Web easier and more efficient. By
offering the top daily news from the prestigious Journal of Commerce and quick,
affordable access to PIERS data, ProNetLink will be invaluable to importers and
exporters who want to get trade information and put it into a meaningful context.''
ProNetLink will also offer quick links to PIERS, the trade data unit of The Journal of
Commerce Inc., and the leading source of global trade information in the United States.
PIERS' website, www.piers.com, offers users the most comprehensive statistics on
global cargo movements transiting seaports in the Unites States and Latin America.
Each day at every leading port, PIERS collects and compiles data from bills of lading
and vessel manifests. This data is stored in the PIERS database and is used by
customers as a tool for resource/sales management, opportunity development, trending
analysis, legal/regulatory issues and other forms of research.
Through PIERS.com, any customer can search the database for trade data that enables
them to identify new markets, find sources or supply, monitor their competition and
uncover new business opportunities. PIERS data and reports are charged online and
on a pay-per-view basis, so users pay immediately and only for the information they
need.
''The Journal of Commerce has been publishing trade information since the tall ships
have been sailing the world,'' says Glenn Zagoren, President of ProNetLink's strategic
development and marketing firm. ''They have blended years of publishing experience
with today's advanced technology. ProNetLink and The Journal of Commerce together
will form a powerful relationship that will benefit all businesses in trade throughout the
world.''
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