Mitchell International Partners With WURTH USA to Provide Enhanced ...

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SAN DIEGO, CA and RAMSEY, NJ -- 09/08/08 -- Mitchell International,Inc., a leading provider of information, workflow, and performancemanagement solutions to the property and casualty claims andcollision repair industries, and WURTH USA, today announced a datapartnership that has created one of the industry's mostcomprehensive parts and labor databases. WURTH USA's comprehensiveOEM and aftermarket product catalogs are now available -- at noadditional charge -- in Mitchell's Alternate Parts Program (MAPP),which is fully integrated for ease of use with its estimating andappraisal solution, UltraMate(TM).
By offering the option to include WURTH fasteners on estimates,Mitchell and WURTH USA are helping to increase collision repairfacilities' estimating efficiency while reducing costlysupplements.
Paul Rosenstein, Senior Director of Product Management at MitchellInternational, said, "Our partnership with WURTH USA helps put moreof the information that collision repair facilities need easily attheir fingertips while providing them with an added value.UltraMate continues to be one of the collision repair industry'smost comprehensive and up to date databases. With WURTH USA nowpart of the UltraMate environment, technicians will be able to makebetter and quicker decisions that can result in more accurate andacceptable repair estimates that meet the needs of clients andinsurance partners alike."
Mike Krause, President & CEO of WURTH USA, commented, "This newrelationship with Mitchell is a perfect fit with our approach atWURTH USA, which is to demonstrate that we are truly 'partners inprofit' with our clients. By creating a complete parts and labordatabase solution, we are delivering more of what collision repairprofessionals need to compete in today's competitive repairmarketplace."
About Mitchell International, Inc.
Mitchell International ( www.mitchell.com ) is a leading provider of information, workflow, and performancemanagement solutions to the property and casualty insurance claimsand collision repair industries. Mitchell facilitates millions ofelectronic transactions between more than 25,000 business partnerseach month to enhance their productivity, profitability, andcustomer satisfaction levels.
About WURTH USA Inc.
WURTH USA Inc. was founded in 1969 in Monsey, New York as WURTHFastener Corporation, with only 1 internal employee and 2 salesrepresentatives distributing automotive supply type items to NewYork, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Since then WURTHUSA Inc. has relocated to a 73,000 square foot office/warehousecomplex in Ramsey, New Jersey and expanded distribution throughoutthe United States. Today WURTH USA Inc. employs more than 400 salesrepresentatives and 100 internal employees to service more than40,000 customers out of a distribution network that consists of 3Distribution Centers. Our vision to become the US market leader ofautomotive and maintenance assembly products and services iscarried by a customer centric strategy that aims to developbehaviors that regularly deliver service that dazzle our customers.

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Leslie Ross
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