ForestExpress Provides EDI Connectivity to Industry Leaders

Georgia-Pacific and Weyerhaeuser Leverage Industry-Specific Network

ATLANTA, February 19, 2003 - ForestExpress, a leader in business-to-business integration and catalog content services for the forest products and allied industries, announced it is providing EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) services to two of the worlds largest forest products companies, Georgia-Pacific (NYSE: GP) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY). These two key clients join International Paper in leveraging the ForestExpress network for their connectivity needs.

Weyerhaeuser and Georgia-Pacific join a growing list of companies, including International Paper, now transacting business-critical information with their trading partners via ForestExpress. Both companies are transitioning established EDI traffic to ForestExpress, which recently enriched its offering with a strategic partnership with Sterling Commerce, a pioneer in EDI and recognized leader in business integration. This transition gives both Weyerhaeuser and Georgia-Pacific options to take advantage of a variety of connectivity options that ForestExpress has available, including XML-based integration. According to Bob Renner, CEO of ForestExpress, The fact that these Fortune 500 companies trust their critical trading partner connections to ForestExpress and Sterling Commerce is another powerful endorsement of our joint solution. It affirms the value of a reliable, cost-effective solution that positions our customers to selectively enable XML and eventually web services connections, while maintaining their world-class EDI capabilities."

ForestExpress is providing the range of B2B integration solutions we need," said Chris Vike, Director of E-business, Weyerhaeuser. Our transition to their network is underway in earnest, the execution has been solid, and we anticipate directing even more traffic to ForestExpress in the near future."

Kelly Hinson of Georgia-Pacifics Commerce Services added, Weve already seen real savings with ForestExpress. A cost-effective industry operating platform was one of the reasons we and others founded ForestExpress, and were glad to help make that a reality."


About ForestExpress
ForestExpress is an industry supported e-business solutions company providing business-to-business connectivity and catalog content services for the paper and forest products industries, and its allied industries. The company also provides transaction services for the buying and selling of timber, the industrys most important raw material, via the ForestExpress Timber Trading Center. ForestExpress provides solutions that streamline and automate key supply chain transactions between customers and suppliers.

ForestExpress was established as a neutral, independent company in 2000, with the support of leading forest products companies including Boise Cascade Corporation (NYSE: BCC), Georgia-Pacific Corp. (NYSE: GP), International Paper (NYSE: IP), MeadWestvaco Corporation (NYSE: MWV), and Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY). ForestExpress is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and on the Web at www.forestexpress.com.

About Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers of tissue, packaging, paper, building products, pulp and related chemicals. With 2002 annual sales of more than $23 billion, the company employs approximately 65,000 people at 400 locations in North America and Europe. Its familiar consumer tissue brands include Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Sparkle®, Soft 'n Gentle®, Mardi Gras®, So-Dri®, Green Forest® and Vanity Fair®, as well as the Dixie® brand of disposable cups, plates and cutlery. Georgia-Pacific's building products distribution segment has long been among the nation's leading wholesale suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. For more information, visit www.gp.com.

About International Paper
International Paper (http://www.internationalpaper.com) is the world's largest paper and forest products company. Businesses include paper, packaging, and forest products. As one of the largest private forest landowners in the world, the company manages its forests under the principles of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (R) (SFI(sm)) program, a system that ensures the continual planting, growing and harvesting of trees while protecting wildlife, plants, soil, air and water quality. Headquartered in the United States, International Paper has operations in over 40 countries and sells its products in more than 120 nations.

About Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), one of the worlds largest integrated forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. In 2001, sales were $14.5 billion. It has offices or operations in 18 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction, development and related activities. Additional information about Weyerhaeusers businesses, products and practices is available at www.weyerhaeuser.com.

About Sterling Commerce
Sterling Commerce, a wholly owned subsidiary of SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC) is one of the worlds largest providers of business integration solutions. For Global 5000 companies and their customers, suppliers and partners, Sterling Commerce software and services help maximize business performance and improve business metrics through integration of applications, external partner systems and people. With more than 25 years of experience serving more than 30,000 customers in a vast range of industries, Sterling Commerce is a recognized pioneer in electronic commerce through its longstanding expertise in EDI. Today, as customers explore new ways to improve business performance via the Internet, Sterling Commerce continues to innovate its software and services to further the global adoption of e-commerce while offering its customers strategic solutions that leverage existing technology. For more information, visit www.sterlingcommerce.com.
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Jennifer Marzano                                                                                    
ForestExpress                                                            
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