June 8, 2006

Business Research Group Announces Acquisition of Plastics Industry Consultancy, Peppin & Associates

Mt. Olive, NJ - Business Research Group, Inc. (BRG) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Peppin & Associates, a leading provider of business development consulting services to companies in the plastics industry. Don Wildey, Chairman of BRG, said, “We are pleased that Austin Peppin, a 40-year plus veteran of the plastics industry, and his team of fourteen seasoned plastics industry experts, are joining the BRG Insights team. This will provide BRG with a stronger global presence in the plastics industry, and expanded expertise in serving plastics industry clients. Peppin & Associates has, over the past 20 years, developed an excellent reputation in the industry for providing assistance to clients’ decision making on many, and varied, aspects of their growth programs, and we aim to build on this.”

Austin Peppin, past President of Peppin & Associates, and Managing Director, BRG Peppin, said, “As part of BRG, we will continue to focus on providing business development consulting services for plastics industry clients, including new market and product opportunity assessments, strategic & market analysis, competitive assessments, and acquisition support studies. Our capabilities will be reinforced, however, by BRG’s strong capabilities in data collection and competitive insights, as well as their global resources and client relationships. As a result, we expect to expand our services to clients, on a global basis.”

BRG, headquartered in London, UK, with offices in the USA and China, is a leading single source provider of market and business information and intelligence to a number of industries, including the chemicals and plastics industries. BRG’s Market and Competitor Insights programs help clients make better-informed strategic and tactical decisions on their businesses.

Peppin & Associates, headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri, USA, with Associates in Europe, Japan, China, Mexico, Brazil, and Australia, specializes in helping companies in the plastics industry with business development issues, and growth in sales and profitability.

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News, March 10, 2004

Peppin & Associates announces the availability of the second in a series of status reports on the current use and expected growth of plastic resins in China:

“A Status Report on the Current Use and Growth of PC Resins and Blends in China”

This report provides detailed statistics (2002 basis) on:

• domestic producers/production of PC and PC/ABS in China.
• expected expansion in domestic production through 2007.
• detailed analysis of imports of PC products into China, import sources by country, supplier.
• domestic consumption and anticipated growth through 2007. Growth drivers.
• in-depth analysis of domestic consumption and applications.
• the top 100 processors using PC compounds in China.
• the top 100 traders in PC in China.

This report is designed to help resin suppliers, and other plastics industry companies, involved with China and PC, make better informed strategic, sales, and production decisions and plans.

The cost for two copies of this report is $3000.00.

Those interested in purchasing can use the Contact page.

News, November 1, 2003

Peppin & Associates announces the availability of the first in a series of status reports on the current use and expected growth of plastic resins in China:

“A Status Report on the Current
Use and Growth of ABS Resins
in China”

This report provides detailed statistics (2002 basis) on:

• domestic producers/production of ABS in China.
• expected expansion in domestic production through 2007.
• detailed analysis of imports of ABS into China, export sources by country, supplier.
• domestic consumption and anticipated growth through 2007.
• in-depth analysis of domestic consumption.
• the top 100 processors using ABS in China.
• the top 100 traders in ABS in China.

This report is designed to help resin suppliers, and other plastics industry companies, involved with China and ABS, make better informed strategic, sales, and production decisions and plans.

The cost for two copies of this report is $2500.00.

Those interested in purchasing can use the Contact page.

Future reports currently planned in this series will cover Polypropylene and Polycarbonate.

News, August 2003

Peppin & Associates has expanded its capabilities to cover the critical SE Asia markets for plastics with a Chinese National Associate, located in Beijing. Combined with experienced Associates in Japan and Australia, this gives Peppin & Associates a unique ability to cover growth opportunities in this increasingly important region, and better serve its global clients.

Critically, Peppin & Associates can now provide to clients, advice on trends and opportunities in the Chinese marketplace, doing business in China, seeking out Chinese partners, etc.