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Thomas International Publishing Company (TIPCo) and B2B Portales (a Carvajal company) are pleased to announce that World Industrial Reporter has been acquired by TIPCo and will be merged with TIPCo's Industrial Trade Review. Effective January 2010, these two publications will join forces as a new and expanded e-newsletter providing a superior international marketing platform.

World Industrial Reporter joins Thomas International Publishing Company's global B2B media portfolio, which includes websites, e-publications and IEN magazines in major world markets. A respected brand for over 60 years, World Industrial Reporter will continue to serve its readers with enhanced content and circulation, while readers of the Industrial Trade Review will receive the same high level of information and service they have come to expect. Thomas has over 110 years serving industry and is well known as a leader in providing detailed product and supplier information to engineers, purchasers and executives worldwide.

The print and digital magazine versions, of World Industrial Reporter will end with the December 2009 issue, and its website will cease operations as of January 1, 2010. Starting in January 2010, Thomas will publish a newly re-designed World Industrial Reporter e-newsletter to a combined subscriber base that will give your company even more worldwide visibility.

This merger provides marketers with a number of benefits:

• An increased global circulation from 16,500 to a new joint subscriber base of 136,000 readers.
• Expanded coverage of the Asian, European, and Middle Eastern/African industrial markets.
• Targeted online media placements within a newly designed monthly publication.

We are certain that this merger will benefit your company as you continue to seek new customers and markets worldwide.

About B2B Portales

B2Bportales, Inc. is a vertical portal company created by the Carvajal Group, a leading Latin American publishing and printing company. B2Bportales, Inc. develops and manages on and off-line vertical business communities in Latin America, through the complementary use of Internet and Print media. Community members share the needs for value-added information about their industries and their processes, as well as for contacting worldwide suppliers of goods, materials and services essential to their activities. They have been publishing the popular World Industrial Reporter for over 65 years.

Their worldwide suppliers require an efficient system for sales and communications with their Latin American customers. B2Bportales satisfies these buyer-seller needs through its on-line information, interaction and e-commerce linking services, specialized by vertical industry sectors.

About Thomas Publishing Company

Since 1898, Thomas Publishing Company has offered comprehensive industrial buying guides such as the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers®, "the bible of American industry." As the rise of the internet and search marketing has altered the media landscape, Thomas has launched new tools and resources to take advantage of these technologies. Thomas products provide worldwide, multilingual information to decision-makers across all industries in both print and electronic formats. Many of our newest initiatives will help buyers and specifiers get instant detailed information, and will give a strong boost to suppliers growing their business through web-based strategies.

Thomas and its affiliates offer a range of regional, national and international industrial buying guides, product news magazines, information news services and magazines focusing on the most critical industrial topics, including technology solutions for production facilities and supply chain management. In addition, Thomas has forged strategic partnerships to extend its presence in the fast-moving digital economy.