Collabria Inc. Signs Strategic Business and Technology Alliance Agreement With Mitsui &Co., Ltd.; Mitsui Also Invests in Collabria.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000

Collabria, Inc., and Mitsui &Co, Ltd, Tokyo, Japan have reached a general agreement to form a strategic business and technology alliance and jointly market Collabria's Internet-based printing workflow solution to the $90B printing industry in Japan, the second largest printing market in the world. The strategic alliance also includes a major investment in Collabria by Mitsui Comtek(TM), Saratoga CA based high-tech subsidiary of Mitsui.

Collabria provides the Print Commerce(TM) solution, a powerful Internet-based printing workflow solution that automates the process of buying, managing, and producing printed materials. Mitsui will provide sales and marketing for the Print Commerce solution in Japan, using their extensive printing industry network, and will also provide system localization and technical support.

&uot;We are pleased to form this important strategic alliance with Mitsui and jointly market Collabria's innovative B2B eBusiness printing workflow solution in Japan. We believe that Mitsui's print industry leadership and expertise, and their extensive industry network as the world's largest general trading company will significantly accelerate Collabria's expansion into this important market. We currently have the most widely used e-commerce solution in the Print and Publish industry in the US; with Mitsui's help, the same can be done in Japan&uot; states Alan Hu, President and CEO of Collabria.

&uot;Mitsui believes that Collabria's innovative Print Commerce solution is the B2B eCommerce technology the Japanese printing industry needs to help the industry grow. Collabria's solution is truly revolutionary and we are delighted to be a partner with Collabria in this venture,&uot; states Masahiko Hoshiai, Marketing Manager, Electronics &Information Business Group, Mitsui.

About Collabria, Inc.

Founded in 1997, Collabria is the creator of the Intelligent Print Workplace(TM), a comprehensive set of Internet-based solutions for the Print industry. From job creation to job production, Collabria offers the only complete solution for handling enterprise-wide printing and addressing its inherent inefficiencies. Focused on relationship-centric solutions, Collabria provides a no-conflict system designed to enhance existing relationships between corporate customers, their printers, and their print resellers. Marketing and Purchasing Managers realize significant savings from on-line project management, print ordering and distribution efficiencies. Printers and Resellers take advantage of these solutions to expand and strengthen their customer relationships while realizing hard dollar savings from simplified and automated business processes. Founded by marketing and printing industry veterans with an insider's clarity of the pains and challenges, Collabria is funded by premier venture capital firms including Bessemer Venture Partners, Weiss, Peck &Greer, the Internet Capital Group and ABS Ventures.

About Mitsui &Co., Ltd.

Mitsui &Co., Ltd.ranked fifth, in Fortune magazine's global 500 listing in fiscal year 1998. The company is the world's oldest general trading company. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, it has a global network of 226 Mitsui offices in 93 countries, with about 11,000 employees worldwide. Extensively diversifying its operations in Japan and globally, Mitsui holds 561 subsidiaries and 344 associated companies as of March 31, 1998. With total trade transactions of (Yen) 17,515.5 billion, or US$109 billion, for fiscal year ending March 31, 1998, Mitsui &Co. is Japan's largest sogo shosha, or general trading company. Mitsui today boasts operations that are global in scope, and the company is continually adapting its services to meet client needs and remain ahead of technological changes.

About Mitsui Comtek Corp....

Mitsui Comtek Corp. is a high-tech subsidiary of Mitsui &Co. Ltd. of Japan and Mitsui &Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Working in tandem with the Electronics &Information Business Groups of its parent companies, Mitsui Comtek specializes in creating synergies in high-tech/electronics, communications &multimedia industries. In recent years, Mitsui Comtek has been very active in the Internet market where it works as an investor, operator and localizer.