Global B2B Solution Provider Adds Former INFOR Senior Manager to China Executive Team

Shanghai (Feb 2, 2008) --- SEEBURGER Inc., a leading provider of global business-to-business integration solutions, today announced the appointment of Philip Zhang to serve as General Manager, Seeburger China Inc. in the company’s China headquarters in Shanghai.  Effective immediately, Mr. Zhang is responsible for sales, market development and China operations for SEEBURGER’s business in China, as well as working with the company’s home office in Germany to leverage SEEBURGER’s global footprint.

Before joining SEEBURGER, as a Senior Manager of Greater China for INFOR, the third largest enterprise application vendor, Mr. Zhang held several positions with responsibilities ranging from Business Development, Business Consultancy and Marketing within Greater China. Zhang helped formulate INFOR’s Market strategies to successfully develop INFOR’s branding image within the China market and as a result he fostered many long term strategic relationships with third party industry associations and institutional organizations.

Prior to his association with INFOR, Zhang had over 10 years experience with Product Development, Plant Management, and Sales & Marketing Management with one of China’s largest electronics manufacturers.

“Philip has strong B2B domain expertise as well as an extensive background in business development. He understands the China market and its unique supply chain challenges well” said James Hatcher, SEEBURGER’s Managing Director for Asia Pacific. “Having won the Best Supply Chain I.T. Solution 2007 award from the China Supply Chain Council, SEEBURGER is investing to support our expanding China customer base and to guarantee our continued successful deployments. Philip will help ensure that we grow in a controlled manner with best in class execution.”

“B2B integration in China is still in its early adoption stage compared with American and European markets, but I see vast growth opportunities since enterprise applications have been accepted and well utilized in most companies. SEEBURGER is a worldwide leading provider in B2B business integration and has its 21-year track record in automating trading relationships via  a single platform architecture that can serve all global and industry needs, this can specifically help Chinese enterprises automate business processes, optimize supply chains and reduce overall operational costs” Zhang said. “Taking this position gives me the opportunity to help shape, as well as execute their strategy, and contribute to SEEBURGER success within the China Market.”

Zhang holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science degree from Nanjing University, one of the Top 5 universities in China.

SEEBURGER is a leading provider of global business integration solutions designed to optimize transactions throughout the extended enterprise by automating trading relationships with all partners regardless of their size and technical resources.  Launched in 1986 to provide integration solutions to the automotive industry in Germany, the company today is ranked among the top business-to-business gateway providers by industry analysts, and serves more than 7,000 customers in 50 countries and more than 15 industries through its flagship B2B Gateway and related products and services.  SEEBURGER has global offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, including a U.S. office that opened in 1998.