<B>Forestweb Announces Acquisition</B>

Forestweb, Inc. entered into an agreement to acquire the Pacific Rim Wood Market Report and that it will merge the content of the long-time industry newsletter into its business-to-business Web site.

``Pacific Rim Wood Market Report is an excellent complement to our Web portal,'' says Forestweb CEO Rami Ghandour. ``Both Forestweb users and Pacific Rim Wood Market Report readers are worldwide. With the addition of the content of Pacific Rim Wood Market Report, we will be able to offer expanded industry coverage that is easily available to all at absolutely no cost to the user.

Forestweb is an Internet-based business-to-business (B2B) portal to the global forest products industry. It is a gateway to information, interactive services, and transaction tools, all free of charge, for all people associated with pulp and paper, fiber, wood products such as lumber and panels, and other forest-related industries. This unique approach completely eliminates middle layers.