ALSTOM Power Service Germany Selects ARI's EMPART Suite; ARI Software to Provide Foundation for German Configuration Management System.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003

ARI (OTCBB:ARIS), a leading provider of electronic catalog-enabled business solutions that connect equipment manufacturers with their service and distribution networks, announced that ALSTOM Power Service of Mannheim, Germany has selected ARI's EMPARTweb(TM) , EMPARTpublisher(TM) and EMPARTviewer(TM) software to support their Unit Configuration Management (illustrated parts catalog) process in Germany.

Under the agreement, ALSTOM Power Service Germany licensed ARI's EMPARTpublisher to produce illustrated parts catalogs for viewing via EMPARTweb for selected Power Plants. Prior to this agreement, ALSTOM Power Inc., Richmond, VA had successfully deployed a Unit Configuration Management process for the U.S. group by creating a Customer Service Web Portal utilizing ARI's EMPART suite.

"After a careful review of the process that the Richmond service group deployed, the decision to select ARI's EMPART suite was easy to make," said Adolf Roesch, head of Parts Logistics for ALSTOM Power Service Germany. "Using EMPARTpublisher will allow us to begin to standardize service information created by our documentation teams," added Roesch. "ALSTOM's goal has always been to provide its customers with exceptional service. EMPARTpublisher played an essential role in helping us to meet the commitment we made to our customers," concluded Roesch.

"We are very excited to have the opportunity to provide ALSTOM Power Service with the same powerful parts catalog solution that we provided their U.S. counterpart," said Brian E. Dearing, chairman and chief executive officer of ARI. "We are confident that Mannheim will experience the same results that Richmond had -- for example faster response to price quotation requests. A key reason for the quality of our offering is our many years of experience in electronic parts management and our relationships with approximately 60 manufacturers," added Dearing. According to Dearing, ARI's strategy is to provide a single, integrated family of electronic catalog products and services that allow manufacturers to publish their data once and then use the resulting data for both the web and CD.

ALSTOM is a global specialist in energy and transport infrastructure. The Company serves the energy market through its activities in the fields of power generation and power transmission and distribution, and the transport market through its activities in rail and marine. In fiscal year 2001/02, ALSTOM had annual sales in excess of EUR23 billion and employed 112,000 people in over 70 countries. ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock exchanges.

ARI is a leading provider of electronic catalog-enabled business solutions for sales, service and life-cycle product support in the manufactured equipment market. ARI currently provides approximately 80 parts catalogs (many of which contain multiple lines of equipment) for approximately 60 equipment manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe. More than 75,000 catalog subscriptions are provided through ARI to over 20,000 dealers and distributors in more than 100 countries in a dozen segments of the worldwide manufactured equipment market including outdoor power, recreation vehicle, floor maintenance, auto and truck parts aftermarket, power sports, marine and construction. The Company builds and supports a full suite of multi-media electronic catalog publishing and viewing software for the Web or CD and provides expert catalog publishing and consulting services. ARI e-Catalog systems support a variety of electronic pathways for parts orders, warranty claims and other transactions between manufacturers and their networks of sales and service points. In addition, ARI also provides a template-based dealer website service that makes it quick and easy for an equipment dealer to have a professional and attractive website. ARI currently operates three offices in the United States and one in Europe and has sales and service agents in Australia, England and France providing marketing and support of its products and services.