Advanced Manufacturing Online Now Covers US Coast to Coast with New East Coast Office.

Business Editors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1999

AMO has established a Boston office to provide marketing, sales, and

technical support for the Eastern region's high tech manufacturing

community

Advanced Manufacturing Online (AMO), the recognized leader of mission critical services that enable Business-to-Business (B2B) electronic commerce in the high technology manufacturing industry today announced that it has opened an East Coast office. To lead sales and marketing efforts within the region, AMO signed veteran marketing manager Brian Toomey as Director of Sales Eastern Region.

Prior to joining AMO in November, Brian spent the last 16 years dedicated to supporting the demands of the supply chain in the electronics distribution industry. As part of North America's premier components market, Brian worked at Arrow Electronics for 14 years. During his career at Arrow he has was intimately involved with Arrow's strategic customers covering both sales and management scope.

Most recently, Brian was a General Manager in Arrow's Alliance Group; their in-house organization that calls on the large complex market leaders. As general manager, he performed and provided Program Management services to 3Com, a recognized leader in the networking and communication industry. His responsibilities included the staffing of Arrow's 3Com North American team, the North American 3Com P&L, and the 3Com global strategy, which included solutions to 3Com's internal manufacturing sites and to their Contract Manufacturing partners.

Because the Alliance Group team successfully implemented Brian's 3Com supply chain solution, 3Com decided to select Arrow as an international supply chain solution partner. This proved to be one of the largest wins in the history of Arrow. During the past five years, Brian was also responsible for managing Arrow's EMC and Benchmark programs.

Before joining Arrow's Alliance Group, Brian was the Field Sales Manager and Acting Vice President for Arrow's Capstone (Interconnect & Passive Components) Division. By positioning Capstone more effectively with the contract manufacturing community, he was successful in the execution of his market share strategy. Previous positions included various Area and Field Sales Management positions while he worked at Anthem Electronics (an Arrow Company), and as a Field Sales Rep at Marshall Industries.

Brian will combine his customer centric point of view, supply chain management knowledge, and management skills to AMO's Eastern Region. He is responsible for staffing the region and for the development and execution of AMO's East Coast strategy. Part of that strategy will be to leverage AMO's existing global customer and supplier relationships, and bring these strengths closer to home - to America's high tech electronics community. His solid foundation and understanding of critical demand chain requirements, coupled with his knowledge and relationships in the customer and supplier community will prove to be influential in building AMO's East Coast image and expanding its presence in North America.

Feel free to contact the new AMO Inc. East Coast Office directly: 35 Corporate Drive, 4th Floor, Burlington, MA 01803 Tel: [phone] DID: 781-685-4666 Fax: [phone] Mobile Phone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

About AMO

Advanced Manufacturing Online (AMO) is the acknowledged leader in Internet-based demand chain management solutions. AMO delivers a suite of mission critical services that enable and streamline Business-to-Business (B2B) electronic commerce communications. AMO pioneered the delivery of functional ECommerce services with the launch of ECnet(TM) as the first active Internet-based Secure Messaging (EDI over the Internet) system in Asia-Pacific. AMO's ECnet(TM) - The Global Supply Web(SM) provides a neutral platform that delivers Internet-based supply chain solutions for the high tech manufacturing community, while ECpart(TM) - The Dynamic Digital Marketplace for High Tech Manufacturers(SM) is a secure, 24/7, and anonymous Internet-based trading platform.

AMO's community includes the world's top high tech brand name and contract manufacturers and their suppliers. These manufacturers are involved in the production of consumer electronics, computers and PC peripherals, communications products, components and semiconductors.

To date, our client list includes 48 top manufacturing hubs and nearly 800 supplier spokes such as Alps Electric, AMD, Amphenol, Cherry Semiconductor, Cirrus, Epson, Fox Electronics, Fujitsu, Harris Semiconductor, JVC, Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, IBM Microelectronics, Litton Components, Lotus Development, Mattel, Matsushita, Motorola, Murata, National Semiconductor, NatSteel Electronics, NEC Home Electronics, Philips, Rohm, Samsung, Seagate, Sharp, Siemens, Solectron, Sumitomo, SONY, TDK, Toshiba, TSMC among others.

AMO is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. AMO is privately held and backed by such premier investors as Asia Technology, 3i Group Plc., Doll Capital, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. For further information, visit http://www.amoweb.com.