Released on: December 26, 2007, 10:40 pm

Press Release Author: EC21

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: EC21.com, Global B2B major, Strengthens Sales Operations in
India.

Press Release Body: Seoul, Korea

EC21.com, the world's leading B2B marketplace for buyers and sellers is
strengthening its presence in India with focus on key industry segments and special
promotional plans to target big number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the
region. The company, which made its foray into Indian market earlier this year by
opening its sales and marketing office in Coimbatore, provides online marketing
services and promotional tools to buyers and sellers to find new trade opportunities
and promote their businesses online.

Globally, EC21 is recognized as a pioneer in B2B e-commerce that helps SME suppliers
to promote their business to the worldwide buyers, and provides an easy sourcing
platform to buyers to find and reach new suppliers 24/7 through its
business-to-business portal www.ec21.com. EC21 provides free and premium membership
services using which suppliers can easily create their own homepage to showcase
products online, locate and contact global buyers, and post trade offers to sell.
Buyers can easily locate and contact suppliers, and can post offers to buy.

The opening of new Indian office was formally announced in an official function held
in Coimbatore earlier this year in September. The launch event was attended by over
50 key press and media representatives along with senior Management of EC21 Inc,
Korea head office that included Mr. Kim Tae Sung-Executive Vice-President, Mr. Song
Young Look- Managing Director and Mr. Vivek Batra, Global Head-International
Business & Strategic Alliances.

On the occasion, Mr.Taesung Kim said, " We are pleased with the opening of our new
Indian office. India is one of the fastest growing and emerging economies with an
increasing demand and need for business support. Our site can greatly help Indian
manufacturers, suppliers and exporters to promote their business to the worldwide
buyers easily and in most cost effective ways. We have many success stories from all
around the world and now we want to extend same benefits and advantages to Indian
companies to grow their business", he added.

The Indian office based in Coimbatore will be headed by Mr. V.Suresh Kumar, with
sales and service personnel operating directly from strategic locations around the
country. The new office will serve both existing and potential new customers and
now Indian customers can directly contact local sales representatives in India for
any inquiries or interest in availing EC21 services.

[About EC21.com]
EC21 is the world's largest B2B network of buyers and suppliers, where thousands of
new buy and sell opportunities are listed every hour. EC21 provides free and premium
Membership services; Keyword & Category based Top-Listing, Online Advertising, and
World Trade Zone Magazine to buyers and sellers to find new trade opportunities and
promote their businesses online. Besides this, company also provides Credit Reports
for both buyers and sellers to conduct due-diligence and to check which company is
Real and which is a Scam.

EC21 is headquartered in Seoul, Korea and has 8 regional sales offices throughout
China alongwith sales offices in Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Pakistan. During last 10
Years of successful international operations, EC21 has changed the way small and
medium enterprises (SME) do business. With the trust and support of over 1 million
buyers and sellers worldwide, EC21 has today become one of the most popular business
site with over 3 million Product listings and buying/selling leads and over 600,000
inquiries are exchanged every month.

For more information about EC21, please visit http://www.ec21.com

India Office contact information:
Tel: +91-422-4384223/ +91-9944574444
Email: indiasales@ec21.com

For Media Contacts/Partnership inquiries, please contact:
Phone: +82-26000-4354
Email:pr@ec21.com
Website: www.ec21.com


Web Site: http://www.ec21.com

Contact Details: India Office contact information:
Tel: +91-422-4384223/ +91-9944574444
Email: indiasales@ec21.com

For Media Contacts/Partnership inquiries, please contact:
Phone: +82-26000-4354
Email:pr@ec21.com
Website: www.ec21.com