Message from the CEO

During the past year there have been approximately 1,120,000 successful DWCP searches leading our customers to millions of excellent contacts. Their counterparts in Sales made nearly 32,000 successful searches in Pathfinder and WBDU finding thousands of new potential customers. CIS continues to be the industry leader in providing trusted, accurate and timely product and producer information to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries! Thank you for your support and continued use of our products.

As we turn the corner into 2012, CIS has a number of exciting initiatives that we will be bringing to you over the next few months. First, our number one focus will always be on maintaining accurate and complete information on the DWCP database. As always, we appreciate you taking the time to utilize our “Source to Source” capability to perform those updates and to help us ensure the highest level of accuracy of the database and accurate representation of your company’s information. Second, CIS is on the cusp of introducing new features and functions for all of our products over the next several quarters. The first major enhancement will be the addition of categories to the DWCP database in March of 2012. This upgrade will enable users to enjoy an unsurpassed search capability, as well as equip them with a dynamic new research and sourcing tool.

Soon, CIS will unveil an on-line auction capability for our clients, allowing direct bidding and procurement of chemicals. This addition represents an important step in CIS’s evolution into a full business intelligence and services company focused on meeting the needs of the procurement professional in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. I will continue to provide you with more information on this new capability, which will be formally introduced early in the second quarter of 2012.

Also in 2012, we will be launching our new CIS Advertising Portal, which will allow our advertisers to view and measure the impact of their banner and video advertising in real time. To date, we are seeing our advertisers achieve very impressive results with “before versus after” views increasing by 107%, email contacts increasing by 325%, web clicks increasing by 200%, downloading of contact information increasing by 800% and the printing of contact details increasing by 100%. These dramatic results point to our ability to place advertisers directly in front of their targeted audience. We will continue to offer banner ads linked to specific product searches in the DWCP and expand on the newly available video delivery capability, webinars and thought leadership pieces.

The coming year will be a very active one for CIS, with the company participating in trade shows in Spain, Dubai, China, Germany and the United States during 2012. As always, we look forward to seeing each of you at these shows, so please plan to stop by our booth for an update!

Press Release

CHEMICAL INFORMATION SERVICES ANNOUNCES PARTERNSHIP WITH LASCAUX FILMS

Dallas, TX – January 26, 2012: Chemical Information Services (CIS), a leading provider of product and producer information to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, announces a partnership with Lascaux Films, a leading film production company, to provide CIS clients with the opportunity to maximize their marketing and advertising efforts through the power of multimedia. Producing high quality advertisements, promotional videos and other materials with the help of Lascaux Films will allow companies to more effectively reach their targeted audience and promote their brands.

This new partnership is the most recent example of CIS’s continued commitment to bringing the greatest value to its customer base. Over the last few months, CIS has worked to further differentiate its offerings and create a seamless user experience by adding enhancements to its products and user portal, including a color search capability, improved client designations, DUNS listings and country-specific search capabilities in DWCP and WCMD. In addition, CIS has recently launched an electronic newsletter, webinar series, social media campaign, CIS TV channel, search demos, e-Sourcing platform (MarketMaker4) and implemented customer feedback mechanisms.

Media Contacts:
Jeanne de Andrade, Pixels 2 Picas, jeanne@pixels2picas.com
David Novak, d.novak@chemicalinfo.com

Press Release

CHEMICAL INFORMATION SERVICES ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH THE HACKETT GROUP  

Dallas, TX – February 15, 2012 - Chemical Information Services (CIS) today announced a strategic alliance  with The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT), which will offer CIS clients access to select Hackett research and insights.

CIS is a leading provider of product and producer information to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The Hackett Group is a global strategic business advisory and operations improvement consulting firm, and a  leader in best practice advisory, benchmarking and transformation consulting services including strategy and operations, working capital management and globalization advice.

Under the terms of the alliance agreement, CIS will work closely with The Hackett Group to make available through CIS multimedia channels select procurement-related content relevant to its membership which may include white papers, articles, case studies and other intellectual property.  This content will cover topics of interest to the procurement community within the CIS client base including procurement strategy, purchase-to-pay process design, supply risk management, supply chain strategy, and compliance.  In addition, The Hackett Group will offer to CIS clients the opportunity to participate in select webcasts and performance studies to help guide their own procurement organization's improvement strategies.

This new strategic alliance is a continuation of CIS’s commitment to bring the greatest value to its customer base.  CIS has recently expanded its service offerings, launching an electronic newsletter, a webinar series, social media campaign, CIS TV channel, new product enhancements and the on–line auction service, CIS MarketMaker.

“The alliance  with The Hackett Group is a good example of how we are continuing to evolve the company as a source of higher value information and business intelligence  that play an integral part in the work flow of our clients as they procure chemical products worldwide,” said John R. Harris, President and CEO of Chemical Information Services. “Our products and services leverage our 40 years of experience delivering product and producer information to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.”

Chemical Information Services (CIS): Founded in 1972, CIS is a leading provider of product and producer information to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Chemical Information Services provides a variety of internet delivered database products to clients worldwide. The company's flagship product, the Directory of World Chemical Producers, is the industry standard listing of chemical and pharmaceutical sources and related information. For further information, contact us by email at info@chemicalinfo.com , by phone at 214-432-2190, or by visiting our website at www.chemicalinfo.com.

The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT), a global strategic business advisory and operations improvement consulting firm, is a leader in best practice advisory, benchmarking, and transformation consulting services including strategy and operations, working capital management, and globalization advice. Utilizing best practices and implementation insights from more than 5,000 benchmarking engagements, executives use The Hackett Group's empirically-based approach to quickly define and implement initiatives to enable world-class performance. Through its REL group, The Hackett Group offers working capital solutions focused on delivering significant cash flow improvements. Through its Archstone Consulting group, The Hackett Group offers Strategy & Operations consulting services in the Consumer and Industrial Products, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing and Financial Services industry sectors. Through its Hackett Technology Solutions group, The Hackett Group offers business application consulting services that help maximize returns on IT investments. The Hackett Group has completed benchmark studies with 2,800 major corporations and government agencies, including 97% of the Dow Jones Industrials, 84% of the Fortune 100, 80% of the DAX 30 and 49% of the FTSE 100.
More information on The Hackett Group is available: by phone at (770) 225-7300; by e-mail at info@thehackettgroup.com.

Media Contacts:
David Novak, d.novak@chemicalinfo.com