ACTIO CORPORATION RELEASES AFFORDABLE ASP CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTION TO PRIVATE INDUSTRY

Hampton, NH, February 23, 2000---Actio Corporation today announced the immediate availability of their ASP web based Chemical Management Service MSDS Vault®.

The pioneer and leading ASP web-based chemical management solutions provider, Actio Corporation currently services government and private industry with a secure chemical management system that automates compliance and efficiently manages material safety data sheet (MSDS) requirements in accordance with federal, state and local regulations.

Stated Russ McCann, Founder and President, “the inherent strength of MSDS Vault ™ rests in its virtually seamless integration into an organization. Designed to be easy to use with industry standard browser technology, and carrying a low cost of adoption, MSDS Vault can bring a company into compliance essentially overnight”. McCann continued, “Actio’s comprehensive solution has effectively provided the mechanism for outsourcing a labor intensive, costly and inefficient process to an industry that spends in excess of $700 billion, per year, to achieve compliance”.

MSDS Vault is Actio’s proprietary on-line chemical management subscription service enabling secure client access to manufacturer MSDS data sheets through a dynamic database Actio maintains in accordance with all chemical hazard communication regulations.

Chemical management and administrative support is provided dependent upon requisite business compliance requirements. Actio’s Vault can manage all aspects of chemical inventory administration including: maintaining employee training records, managing chemical inventory levels, generating secondary labeling, and maintenance of SARA and EPCRA reportable chemicals and ingredients.

The Actio solution responds to sweeping Federal, State and local regulations which began in the early 1980’s requiring chemical labeling, employee training, and access to material safety data sheets (MSDS). Expanded Environmental Protection Agency Acts in the later 1980’s the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) provided communities ready access to information about the chemicals being used by area industry. Founded in 1996, Actio Corporation is the pioneer and leading provider of B2B web-based chemical management solutions to private industry and government.

About Actio Corporation

Since 1996, Actio has been helping companies and millions of their employees, in a wide range of industries, cost-effectively manage the complexities surrounding the use of chemicals in the workplace. Actio is a leading business service provider for chemical lifecycle management. Our chemical management portfolio manages all phases of the chemical life cycle, enables corporations to use a "best practices" approach to chemical handling and manages the regulatory requirements surrounding the use of chemicals in the workplace. For more information about Actio Corporation, visit www.actiocms.com.

MSDS VAULT, ACTIO REGULATOR and INTELLIGENTEXT are registered trademarks of Actio Corporation. MSDSXCHANGE, ACTIO GATEKEEPER, MSDS VAULT LABELMAKER are trademarks of Actio Corporation 2004. All Rights Reserved. Other trademark names are used only in an editorial fashion, and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark.

COMPANY CONTACT:
Russ McCann 603-929-2110
rmccann@actio.net