ALPNET announces advanced multi-lingual translation "factory" in Belgium.

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 1996--ALPNET Inc. (NASDAQ: AILP), the largest dedicated commercial provider of language translation, product localization, and language-related services to international businesses, today announced the opening of an advanced multi-lingual translation production facility in Belgium.

According to an ALPNET spokesperson, the new facility is located in the town of Ypres, in the Belgian countryside, near the border with France.

In making the announcement, Thomas F. Seal, ALPNET president and chief executive officer, stated, "For many years, ALPNET has been the leader in the development and use of computer technology in the field of language translation. Our TSS translation technology is known as the `grandfather' of translation technology designed to assist human translators. Many other translation systems are patterned after the TSS system. ALPNET has worked closely with translators to enhance, optimize and extend its TSS system to allow translators to achieve the highest in quality and efficiency. In addition, we recently announced the Windows version of TSS, designed to further enhance the ease of use of the TSS system."

Seal continued by stating, "With the opening of ALPNET-Ypres, we have created a unique facility where translators can work together in a networked computer system, to take the use of TSS to an additional level in an optimal setting. Our facility in Ypres will effectively be a super high-tech translation factory, where we have the best technology, a carefully selected group of translators, and a controlled working environment. Furthermore, we will use this office only on long-term, strategic clients, where a guaranteed flow of work will allow us to bring all of these factors together to produce the highest in quality, on an aggressive schedule, with improved margins. The first clients to use this advanced facility will be NETG, the U.S.-based training and education company, and Dun & Bradstreet Software, the financial software publisher. In addition, we are talking with other large clients and prospective clients about producing their projects in this facility. We will be making further announcements concerning additional clients using this facility before the end of the year."

Seal concluded by saying, "Ypres has been selected as the site for the `Flanders Language Valley' project, which is intended to become the `Silicon Valley' of the language industry. The geographical proximity gives good access to French, German, Dutch, and English translators as well as a good communication and transportation infrastructure. ALPNET believes that the area around Ypres will rapidly become the premier site in Europe for the language industry, and ALPNET intends to be on the ground floor of this development."

ALPNET is the largest publicly-owned dedicated supplier of worldwide translation and product localization services, with 33 wholly-owned offices in 15 countries throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. ALPNET supplies its clients with language translation, product localization, language interpreting, language training, and multilingual desktop publishing and printing services. Additional information about ALPNET is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.alpnet.com.

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D. Kerry Stubbs, VP-finance, 801/273-6600

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