IndigoB2B.com Introduces Industry's First Full-Service Specialty Chemical E-marketplace to Colorants Sector.Business Editors WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000 Company to Demonstrate Revolutionary New Model at AATCC AATCC American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists AATCC Amphibious Air Traffic Control Center International Conference and Exhibition in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. IndigoB2B.com today announced its intentions to begin providing one-stop, business-to-business e-marketplace and e-platform services to the colorants industry, during phase one of its unveiling. The company, co-founded by former Ciba specialty chemical A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. executives Chris McCormick and Chris Whiston, aims to fill the growing need for the efficient, online solutions in the $200 billion specialty chemical industry. Its Internet-based system, specifically designed to securely facilitate the real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. exchange of inventory between consumers and suppliers of specialty chemicals at a detailed lot-by-lot level, is scheduled to make its first appearance today at the International Conference and Exhibition (IC&E), "Millennium of Textiles", in North Carolina. The IC&E, organized and sponsored by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists is a professional organization of textile chemists and colorists, organized as a nonprofit corporation, founded in 1921 by Louis Olney[1]. It has both individual and corporate members. (AATCC)-the world's largest technical and scientific society devoted to the advancement of textile chemistry-is expected to attract several thousand of the Southeast's most significant players over the course of three days. "We are delighted to be demonstrating Indigo's capabilities at AATCC's IC&E this year," said Chris McCormick, President and Co-founder. "This is a particularly significant forum for us to debut our approach to tackling the complex and often neglected needs of the colorants industry and its consumers. AATCC is instrumental in the industry and we believe that our cooperation will bring us one step closer to building a community where all are represented and empowered to participate in a trust-driven e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. environment." IndigoB2B.com plans to serve as an independent third-party to qualify and quantify Quantify - A performance analysis tool from Pure Software. supplier consigned inventory at batch level, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. both standard product-performance needs and consumer-specific product-performance needs within the colorants and the specialty chemical worlds at large. The company will facilitate and establish agreed upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations" stipulatory noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy end-use standards, test methods and specifications. IndigoB2B has also voiced its intentions to install stand-alone e-platforms at supplier sites, in an effort to help suppliers of specialty chemicals to better serve their own customers. "We are delighted at the response to this year's show," said Buddy Chrietzburg, AATCC Exhibits Manager. "IndigoB2B and other dynamic new participants are proving that the textile industry is an active participant in the new technological and online revolutions." About IndigoB2B.com Founded in New Jersey in February 2000, IndigoB2B.com is an indepedent business-to-business e-marketplace and e-platform provider that applies a holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine , one-stop approach to the unique needs of the specialty chemical industry. The firm's business model guarantees security and efficiency in the real-time exchange of inventory between consumers and suppliers of specialty chemicals, while acting as an independent third-party to rigorously test, quantify and qualify supplier inventory. The company provides end-to-end support by handling shipping, tracking, regulation, billing and banking for each transaction, while supporting the of each individual customer through news, advertising, and training services. With its market knowledge and technical expertise, IndigoB2B.com provides its customers with a marketplace of unmatched diversity, size, and searchability. About AATCC Organized by Dr. Louis A. Olney in 1921, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists was the first to establish test methods within the textile wet processing industry. The organization has continued its commitment to the changing needs of the industry and remains today the world's largest technical and scientific society devoted to the advancement of textile chemistry. AATCC's test methods are globally-recognized and utilized. The AATCC's Foundation was created in 1997 as a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. whose purpose is to further Education and research in the industry and to provide scholarships to college and university students beginning their careers in textile chemistry. Additional information on the AATCC's program and services can be obtained on the World Wide Web at http://www.aatcc.org. |
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