November 6, 2000

Car-Part.com Forms Relationship with CCITRIAD* to Provide Hollander®# Interchange®# for all Searches
  • Car-Part.com announces the signing of a long-term business agreement with CCITRIAD*.
  • The CCITRIAD* license gives Car-Part.com use of the Hollander®# Interchange®# for searches on the Car-Part.com Web site and all sites using Car-Part.com search capability: individual auto recyclers' Web sites, state association Web sites, and consolidated Web sites.
  • Buyers now gain the advantage of exact part matches and the interchangeability of parts using the industry-standard Hollander®# Interchange®#.
  • Car-Part.com is currently serving 3.5 million hits and 400,000 part searches per month.

CHATHAM, NEW JERSEY, November 6, 2000

New Jersey-based Car-Part.com today announced a long-term business relationship in which CCITRIAD* licenses Car-Part.com the use of the Hollander®# Interchange®# for use on the Car-Part.com Web site, individual auto recyclers' Web sites, state association Web sites, and consolidated Web sites.

Using the Hollander®# Interchange®# enables greater business functionality on recyclers' Web sites and clears the path for widespread adoption of e-commerce. Now all recyclers, state associations and consolidated sites using Car-Part.com are able to provide their customers with exact part matches as well as interchangeable parts, using the industry standard, Hollander®# Interchange®#.

"We are excited about the new business relationship with Car-Part.com because it will open up new opportunities for our shared customers to sell parts via the Internet," said Tom Piatkowski, general manager of CCITRIAD's* Automotive Recycling Division.

"The leading Internet site for locating used auto parts just got better," said Jeff Schroder, president of Car-Part.com. "The addition of the Hollander®# Interchange®# to Car-Part.com and our customers' Web sites is a giant step forward. Repair professionals, insurance adjusters and do-it-yourselfers can purchase the recycled part of their choice at their convenience. We are very fortunate to be working with CCITRIAD*, a leading supplier of automotive parts information."

Car-Part.com was the first service to offer auto recycler inventory on the Web. On-line since May 9, 1998, Car-Part.com is a leading provider of Web services for recyclers. Car-Part.com's turnkey solution provides inventory searching, Web hosting, design, promotion and email services to recyclers. Car-Part.com currently serves 10 million parts from 350 recyclers. The service generates 3.5 million hits and 400,000 part searches per month and successfully sells recyclers' parts.

Car-Part.com is uniquely positioned to provide an Internet-based solution and services to auto recyclers. Its founders include persons with more than 15 years experience in the auto recycling business, 15 years in collision repair, as well as 14 years in Internet technology.

About CCITRIAD*
CCITRIAD*, a division of Cooperative Computing Inc. (CCI*), has a more than 25-year history of leading the design, development, and servicing of management information systems and solutions to the automotive aftermarket and hardlines and lumber industries. CCITRIAD's* system offerings are enhanced by extensive information services featuring highly specialized database products and customer support and maintenance services. CCITRIAD* is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has operations in Livermore, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Brooklyn Park, Minn., Newton, NJ; San Antonio, Texas, Florence, Ala., and internationally in Canada, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For more information on CCITRIAD*, visit the Web site at http://www.cci-triad.com.

For more information, contact Car-Part.com at 859-344-1925 (e-mail: info@car-part.com), or visit the Car-Part.com Web site at http://www.Car-Part.com. Contact CCITRIAD* at 1-800-288-7415.

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