The Materials Group Selects IDES for Displaying
and Managing Their Plastics Materials Information

LARAMIE, Wyo. – December 21, 2004 – IDES, the market leader in plastics data display and search engine technologies, today announced that The Materials Group has selected IDES to help standardize its plastics data management operations. By using IDES solutions, The Materials Group website allows its customers to quickly retrieve product data for the materials TMG compounds and distributes.

“The resin selector from IDES now available on our website is a great tool to help our organization respond quickly to customers,” said Scott Barnard, sales manager at The Materials Group. “We feel that having data sheets online for the materials we produce and distribute provides a valuable service for our customers and allows us to focus on selling plastics, rather than managing our plastics data.”

TMG’s resin selector connects customers to their linecard of materials from LG Chem, Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics Corporation, Mitsubishi Rayon America Inc., Rhodia Engineering Plastics, and Vi-Chem Corporation. Since the data is drawn directly from IDES’s database of more than 55,000 globally available resins, TMG’s site is supplied with fresh data every two weeks. Furthermore, once customers locate specific resins, they can submit Requests for Resin Quotes directly from each material’s data sheet.

“The plastics industry is really moving towards providing and accessing information online. We’re pleased to have The Materials Group choose our services and anticipate helping them save costs over time by providing a valuable tool for both their customers and employees to make informed polymer selection decisions,” said Josh Dorrell, director of new business development at IDES.

More information about The Materials Group Resin Selector powered by IDES can be found at: www.thematerialsgroup.com

About The Materials Group

The Materials Group is a distributor and manufacturer’s representative of plastic resin, focusing on engineered thermoplastics. The Materials Group also offers a proprietary line of TMG custom compounded and recycled material. With more than 100 years of combined experience in the plastics industry, the staff at TMG provides expert technical and consultative support to our customers to meet their resin needs. For more information, visit www.thematerialsgroup.com

About IDES - The Plastics Web®

IDES's innovative plastics search engine technology connects 233,764 companies around the world with plastic materials data. Founded in 1986, IDES is the industry standard for finding plastics and data sheets. IDES’s flagship search engine, Prospector, contains 77823 materials from 698 global resin suppliers. IDES also develops custom data management solutions for resin suppliers, distributors and OEMs. IDES is headquartered in Laramie, Wyoming and has a sales office in Oyonnax, France.

800-788-4668, 307-742-9227, www.ides.com

Media Contacts:
Nathan Potter
IDES Inc.
1-307-742-9227 x246
pottern@ides.com

Scott Barnard
The Materials Group
1-616-560-4142
scott.barnard@thematerialsgroup.com

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