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Corporate Express Joins Medibuy's Marketplace
Corporate Express' Entire Line of Office Products Available Through Medibuy
Nashville, November 12, 2001 -- Medibuy.com Inc., an e-commerce business services provider
for healthcare supply chain efficiency, and Corporate Express, Inc., a Buhrmann company (NYSE:BUH),
today announced an agreement to make Corporate Express' entire line of office supply products
available through Medibuy's Marketplace™. Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.
Corporate Express is the world's largest business-to-business supplier of essential office and
computer products and services, and is the most recent addition to Medibuy's growing list of
leading suppliers, which includes companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Tyco Healthcare, AGFA,
Allegiance Healthcare, McKesson Medical Group, GE Medical Systems and Medline. Under this
agreement, Corporate Express' entire office supply product line, including future additions, will
be available through the Medibuy Marketplace™.
"Working with Medibuy, Corporate Express can now offer additional healthcare customers a
cost-efficient and convenient way to source and purchase our office supplies," said Mark Hoffman,
president and CEO of Corporate Express North America. "Our strategy is to continually find new
ways to help our customers to cut costs and streamline the procurement process. Medibuy is a great
organization and we believe they will make an ideal partner."
"All of us at Medibuy are extremely excited by the opportunity to work with a market leader like
Corporate Express in providing valuable e-commerce solutions to our healthcare providers," said
Dennis Murphy, Chairman of Medibuy.
Medibuy has relationships with healthcare providers representing 42 percent of the acute care
market in the United States with combined purchasing power of $23 billion. With more than 15,000
users in over 240 hospitals conducting such daily transactions as purchase orders and requisitions
using its supply chain efficiency tools, Medibuy expects that its average hospital customer will be
able to place transactions representing more than 36% of their contracted purchasing budget by the
first quarter of 2002.
About Medibuy
Medibuy is a business services provider that offers healthcare providers and suppliers integrated
Internet-based commerce software and hosted supply chain tools. Medibuy is integrating with leading
MMIS and ERP systems and automating enterprise-wide procurement processes that enable healthcare
providers and suppliers reduce many inefficiencies of the traditional healthcare supply chain.
Medibuy's Marketplace™ provides substantial benefits by reducing order processing and tracking costs
and improving the utilization of data relating to products, equipment, services and transactions.
Medibuy has a growing network of strategic relationships with technology and healthcare leaders
including Commerce One, Lawson Software, Premier Inc., and HCA. For more information on Medibuy or
to register with the company, please visit the company's Web site at
www.medibuy.com.
About Corporate Express
Corporate Express, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buhrmann, NV (AEX:BUHR; NYSE: BUH), an
international business services and distribution group. Buhrmann is the world's major supplier of
office products, paper and graphic systems for the business market. Corporate Express' product
offering includes office and computer supplies, imaging and computer graphics supplies, office
furniture, document and print management, desktop software, promotional products, and other similar
products. Corporate Express has operations in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom
and the United States. Corporate Express' North American operations have over 300 facilities,
including 54 distribution centers, and employs 15,000 people. The Company's Web site address is
www.CorporateExpress.com.
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