BAYER CORPORATION ADDS XML CAPABILITY TO LIST OF EBUSINESS OPTIONS FOR POLYMERS AND CHEMICALS CUSTOMERS

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BAYER CORPORATION ADDS XML CAPABILITY TO LIST OF EBUSINESS OPTIONS FOR POLYMERS AND CHEMICALS CUSTOMERS
09 May 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG

Bayer Corporation announced today that it has expanded the list of eBusiness options available to customers of the company's polymers and chemicals businesses to include eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML) transmissions for receiving and processing customer purchase orders.

XML capabilities offer numerous benefits to Bayer and its customers, according to Bill Gaughan, Vice President, eBusiness and Information Technology for Bayer's Polymers and Chemicals Divisions.

First, it responds to the needs of customers that want to establish a direct business-to-business link to Bayer. Second, XML capability enables Bayer to integrate its supply chain systems with its customers' order data. Third, customers utilizing the XML capability will still have access to all of the customizable functions of the BayerONE online eBusiness tool, such as order history, shipment track and trace and product safety data. BayerONE is an online, private exchange that customers access via the Internet at www.bayerone.com to access and manage their accounts with Bayer's polymers and chemicals businesses.

'The addition of XML capability to receive and process purchase orders enhances our flagship BayerONE eBusiness tool, and it enables Bayer to further streamline customers' business with our coatings and colorants, industrial chemicals, plastics, polyurethanes and rubber businesses,' said Gaughan.

As a supporting member of the Chemical Industry Data Exchange (CIDX), Bayer established its XML standards in accordance with the CIDX standards and will follow those standards as it adds new XML offerings.

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About: Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is part of the worldwide Bayer Group, an international health care, nutrition and innovative materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany. Bayer employs 23,300 in North America with net North American sales of 8.8 billion euros in 2003. Bayer’s three operating business areas – HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience, improve people’s lives through a broad range of essential products that help diagnose and treat diseases, protect crops and advance automobile safety and durability.

Bayer MaterialScience AG is one of the world's largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics. The main customers for Its innovative developments in coatings, adhesives, insulating materials and sealants, polycarbonates and polyurethanes are the automotive and construction industries, the electrical/electronics segment and manufacturers of sports and leisure goods, packaging, and medical devices.

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