To: Laura E. who wrote (76511 ) 1/11/2001 11:08:46 AM From: Chris K. Respond to of 150070 KWIN news: (COMTEX) B: Kenwick Industries Inc. Announces That Its Language Divis B: Kenwick Industries Inc. Announces That Its Language Division Will Offer ESL Programs for Distance Education Delivery of the Service Via the Internet Using Streaming Video Will Take Effect Beginning 2001 DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Jan 11, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kenwick Industries' (OTCBB:KWIN) Language Division, American Video Language Institute Inc. (AVLI), has reached an agreement with Home Works Inc. of Indianapolis to offer its video-based English language programs to Internet users on a pay-per-view basis. The initial product to be offered is Kenwick's flagship language program Speak To Me, followed immediately by a companion program Pronounce After Me. These programs, which are sold to public libraries, schools and individual learners, consist of 13 videos. The videos are currently being converted to digital format so they may be broadcast via the Internet. Home Works, one of the nation's leading providers of educational, instructional, and how-to audio and video products, will be marketing the programs through a variety of resources. The initial offering of Speak To Me and Pronounce After Me will be through 24/7 University, an Internet site focused on employee education and training and marketed primarily to corporate customers. Kenwick's respected business tutorial, Business Express, a seven-video series, is expected to be available on the site shortly after the first of the year. The company's involvement in using the Internet for Distance Education is the culmination of several months of research and planning for the initiative. Corporate training has become one of the bright spots in Internet marketing, rapidly becoming one of the major E-commerce success stories. An example of this success is pointed out in a June 12, 2000 report by Red Herring Communications titled "Educating Wall Street on e-learning." In the article, Trace Urdan and W.R. Hambrecht stated, "In 1999, corporate America spent $63 billion on education and training of its workforce. At $3 billion, e-learning occupies the fastest-growing fraction of the market." In that same article, International Data Corp. projects that Web-based corporate training revenues will climb from a mere $550 million in 1998 to $11.4 billion by 2003. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by Kenwick) contains statements that are forward-looking. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of Kenwick. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to development and expansion activities, dependence on existing management, financing activities, and market competition factors. CONTACT: Kenwick Industries, Inc., Delray Beach Shel Glickman, 800/822-4122 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: FLORIDA NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: EDUCATION ELECTRONIC GAMES/MULTIMEDIA INTERNET E-COMMERCE PRODUCT *** end of story ***