IDES UNVEILS VERTICAL SEARCH ENGINE FOR THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY

LARAMIE, Wyo. - March 16, 2006 - IDES Inc. ( www.ides.com) announced today
the launch of their vertical search engine for the plastics industry. In
one simple search, IDES gives users free access to articles, technical
documents and websites. The vertical search engine developed by IDES only
crawls and indexes plastics-related websites, providing plastics industry
professionals with specialized content.

"Because of our 20 year involvement in the plastics industry, we're able to
leverage our knowledge and expertise to provide and manage a vertical search
engine for this complex niche," said Mike Kmetz, President of IDES. "As a
trusted brand that focuses on content related to the plastics industry,
developing a vertical search engine to help organize information for users
was a natural fit for IDES."

With the familiar look and feel of general search engines, plastics
professionals are able to quickly search by keyword to find exactly what
they're looking for. "Already we've received terrific feedback from users
who previously struggled to locate information on the Internet on their
own," said Nathan Potter, Marketing Manager for IDES.

To learn more about the new IDES vertical search engine for the plastics
industry, visit: www.ides.com

About IDES Inc.
IDES is a plastic materials information management company. The Plastics
Web(TM) from IDES is a website with a vertical search engine connecting tens
of thousands of companies around the globe with plastics content and
technical data sheets from 500 global resin manufacturers. The company
provides custom resin selectors for nearly all resin distributors and a
number of resin manufacturers. IDES is headquartered in Laramie, Wyoming
with offices in Europe and Mexico.


For more information, visit www.ides.com.

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Contact:
Nathan Potter
IDES – The Plastics Web(TM)
+1-307-742-9227 ext. 246
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