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Elsevier Science Acquires Engineering Information.
Date:1998-Feb-02

Press Release

Elsevier Science Acquires Engineering Information.

Elsevier Science Inc. and Engineering Information Inc. ("Ei") today
announced the acquisition of the publishing and information service
assets
of Ei by Elsevier Science. These assets include the Engineering Index
publication, the Compendex database with related products, and the
Engineering Information Village Service. Financial terms were not
disclosed.

According to Global Strategy Director of Elsevier Science, Peter
Nientker, "The combination of Ei=92s products and services with our
journals
and electronic products, like ScienceDirect and Elsevier Electronic
Subscriptions, will create a unique integrated service to the
engineering
community".

"The integration of Elsevier=92s technical and engineering publications
with Ei=92s databases and access programs will provide a strong basis for
developing high-performance, high value information services for
professional engineers and engineering students," said John Regazzi,
President of Ei. Mr. Regazzi has agreed to head up the new business for
Elsevier Science, which will operate under the corporate name
"Elsevier Engineering Information Inc."

Notes for the Editor:

Ei and its predecessors have been famous for over 100 years in
identifying and organizing information about the published engineering
literature, and its Compendex products are the most comprehensive
interdisciplinary engineering databases in the world. The Engineering
Information Village was one of the first full-service sites on the
WorldWideWeb to offer a variety of services and information products to
the
engineering community. Ei=92s sales in 1997 amounted to US$ 10 million.

Elsevier Science, with its headquarters in the Netherlands, is a member
of the Reed Elsevier plc group, with offices in Europe, the Americas
and Asia Pacific. It publishes approximately 1,200 scientific journals
in all major scientific, technical and medical disciplines. It also
offers a
substantial range of database and electronic library products, including
Elsevier Electronic Subscriptions which provides access to locally held
Elsevier Science journals. Furthermore Elsevier Science is in the early
release phase of ScienceDirect, an on-line host database, which will
include all of Elsevier Science=92s academic journals and those of other
participating publishers.

For further information, please contact:

John Regazzi, Engineering Information
+1 201 216-8520

John Tagler, Elsevier Science Inc.
+1 212 633-3780