Beilstein's CrossFire wins Eur. IT-Prize

[Yvonne Schickel]

PRESS RELEASE
(28th November 1997)


Beilstein Informationssysteme GmbH
Yvonne Schickel (phone: +49-69-7917 410; e-mail: yschickel at beilstein.com)
Beilstein Information Systems Inc.
Timberlyn Cohen (phone: +1-303-397 2968; e-mail: tcohen at beilstein.com)


For Immediate Release



Frankfurt Chemical Information Company wins European IT Prize



Frankfurt, Germany - Beilstein Information Systems' chemical information
system CrossFireplusReactions has been honoured with the 1997 European
Information Technology Prize: a première for chemistry.

On Nov. 25th in Brussels, Jacques Santer, President of the European
Commission, awarded the Frankfurt-based company this prestigious prize "for
excellence in converting results from information technology research to
innovative products for the marketplace". CrossFireplusReactions is a
desktop product containing information on 10 million chemical reactions,
principally benefiting research institutions in academia and industry
worldwide.

Speaking for the company, Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawson, Director of Research
& Development, said: "We are delighted with this award in recognition of
the pioneering work performed by our Frankfurt team. Germany has a long
tradition at the forefront of chemical information, and this confirms that
our high quality workmanship in this area continues to lead the field. This
is the first time that chemical IT has won this 'Oscar'."

The prize is awarded yearly by the European Commission to the 25 most novel
products with a high IT content and evident market potential. A total of
319 entries from companies in 27 countries were considered in the course of
1997, and the award ceremony for the selected winners from all areas of
information technology took place during the EITC'97 exhibition in Brussels.

Further winners from Germany were the Munich company Hyperwave GmbH (Grand
Prize) and the Steinbeis-Transferzentrum (Heidelberg).



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