(Hong Kong, November 15, 2004) e-commerce Logistics Group (ecL), one of Greater China's leading e-logistics services providers, announced today the opening of its 20th distribution centre located in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong.

This dedicated centre provides supply chain services to a US$6 billion turnover global leader in the electronic manufacturing services (EMS) industry. With facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia, this company offers innovative solutions to world leading electronics companies in the aerospace, automotive, computing, consumer, defense, instrumentation, medical, networking, peripherals, storage and telecommunications markets.

This dedicated VMI hub supports our client by facilitating and providing total transparency on tens of thousands of electronic components from hundreds of suppliers overseas and re-consolidates and delivers shipments across the border into China on just-in-time (JIT) basis. Monitoring inventory online by integrating the proprietary ecL WMS, client can easily control and decide delivery of components to manufacturing plants.

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About e-commerce Logistics Group

Headquartered in Hong Kong, with logistics and fulfilment centres in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Chengdu and Taiwan, ecL provides supply chain management services, integrating consultancy, information systems and physical logistics services. ecL offers clients greater control over their distribution and a better insight in their customers' needs. ecL started in 1999 and has a wide range of customers in Greater China, including global and regional brands, retailers, distribution and logistics companies. ecL received the overall highest rating in the IDC Leadership Grid in the report "The eLogistics Market in Greater China: Trends and Analysis" released in July 2001 (IDC #AP22601H). The Warehouse Management System for Logistics Industry developed by ecL won the first place Application Gold Award in the IT Excellence Awards 2002 and a certificate of merit in the category "Best of Industrial Applications" of the "Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology Awards (APICTA Awards) 2003" in Bangkok, Thailand.