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3E Company Introduces Global MSDS Management for
Award-Winning 3E Online-MSDS Solution

Global MSDS Management Service extends 3E's renowned obtainment capabilities to
international MSDS management


Monday, November 06, 2006 — 3E Company®, the leading provider of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced the availability of a new Global Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Management Service for 3E Online-MSDS, the company's award-winning MSDS management system. The new solution features several internationalization enhancements, including a unique global MSDS obtainment service.

3E Company's award-winning 3E Online-MSDS solution includes a unique offering in which the company's team of HazMat Data Center Specialists obtains multiple-language MSDSs on behalf of customers. The addition of the new Global MSDS Management Service to this industry-leading solution provides customers with global reach and alleviates the burden of managing multiple-language MSDSs, while ensuring their currency and promoting global regulatory compliance. Additionally, these new features and enhancements lay the groundwork for successfully addressing upcoming international regulatory requirements, such as GHS & REACH.

3E Company's suite of global MSDS management solutions facilitates the delivery of hazard communication information to employees in facilities throughout the world, including those facilities with multilingual needs. As announced earlier this year, 3E Online-MSDS's award-winning user interface is also now available in multiple languages. 3E Company's team of HazMat Data Center Specialists are now able to leverage this existing solution to contact manufacturers worldwide and obtain new MSDSs or updated copies to existing MSDSs.

The Global MSDS Management Service features:
  • Multilingual user interfaces in supported languages, including French Canadian, Spanish, German, French and Italian
  • Basic multilingual search (product name, manufacturer name, manufacturer part number)
  • The ability to view, print, and email MSDSs in supported languages
  • Revision maintenance of multilingual, multiple-jurisdiction and multiple-format MSDSs
"Our new Global MSDS Management Service further strengthens our comprehensive suite of MSDS management solutions by making it easier and more efficient for global companies to manage their multiple-language, multiple-jurisdiction and multiple-format MSDSs," said Robert S. Christie, CEO and president, 3E Company. "We have surveyed where our customers are expanding, noted the regulatory challenges they face, and applied this information during the product development process. Listening to our customers and focusing on their global needs has allowed us to develop unparalleled services and solutions that successfully address our customers' international regulatory requirements."

The Global MSDS Management Service will be available in January 2007 for users of 3E Online-MSDS Standard and Expert Editions. Pricing is based on the geographic coverage and the number of products.

About 3E Company
3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive suite of services for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) related chemical and hazardous materials information and compliance management that addresses the entire chemical lifecycle. This suite of services includes regulatory research; MSDS authoring, distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; training; regulatory reporting; and hazardous waste management. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center, with an online platform for hazmat compliance information management, all built on a foundation of the world's premier hazardous substance database of global regulatory and compliance information. Its international, multi-lingual professional staff is composed of regulatory specialists, experienced product stewards, industrial hygienists, attorneys, chemists and chemical engineers, MSDS experts and EH&S systems consultants.

3E's services offer a cost effective program for global regulatory compliance management by alleviating the pain, managing risk, increasing the efficiency and enhancing staff productivity and enabling EH&S professionals to focus on more strategic functions. Today more than 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E including Costco Wholesale Corporation, America West, Eastman Chemical, Temple-Inland, Menasha and PacifiCorp. 3E was founded in 1988 and is the recipient of the 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 Commitment to Worker Safety Awards from Compliance Magazine, which also recognized 3E Online-MSDS in 2005 with an Award of Excellence for its Best of the Web Awards. The privately held company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with additional operations in Bethesda, MD, Kingsport, TN, and Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information on 3E Company, visit www.3ecompany.com, send e-mail to info@3ecompany.com or call 800-360-3220, 760-602-8700 or, in Europe, +45 70 22 81 70.