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AIRBORNE/ALS INTRODUCE INTERNATIONAL PARTNER: TAKE INTERNATIONAL SERVICE TO NEW HEIGHTS

SEATTLE -- August 2, 1994 -- Advanced Logistics Services (ALS), Airborne Express' logistics subsidiary, begins offering international warehousing and custom-designed logistics services with its new European partner Van Ommeren Intexo Logistics Services (Intexo).

Together, the companies provide their customers seamless logistics networks, offering a unique range of services including technical repair, inventory control, fulfillment services, customs brokerage, administratively controlled bonded storage facilities and a full range of expedited transportation services.

Intexo is one of the leading logistics providers in Europewith major distribution centers strategically located near ports, airports and major road arteries in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and England. ALS and Intexo integrate their state-of -the-art logistics management information networks to create a more efficient system for global inventory control.

Initially, ALS will establish service parameters for accounts operationally shared by both companies. ALS will also monitor the accounts, tapping Airborne's sophisticated international information network FOCUS. Additionally, ALS and Intexo will promote and sell their partner's services to existing and potential customers in their home markets, making the union stronger as well as providing deeper market penetration in the world's two largest commercial markets.

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