*** Portland Customer Services and Woodhead Publishing sign journal
distribution agreement ***

Apologies for cross-posting

Portland Customer Services is pleased to announce that it has signed an
agreement to provide journal subscription fulfilment on behalf of Woodhead
Publishing Ltd. The fulfilment agreement will take effect with the renewal
of journal subscriptions for 2007.

Established in 1989, Woodhead Publishing Ltd (www.woodheadpublishing.com)
is an independent international book and journals publishing company
publishing in the areas of food science, technology & nutrition, materials
engineering, welding and metallurgy, textile technology, environmental
management and finance, commodities and investment. Woodhead publishes 6
journals and is currently embarking on a programme of investment to expand
the journal programme in key subject areas with the launch of two new
journals, Ships and Offshore Structures and Applied Bionics and
Biomechanics, in 2006.

Daniel Smith, Journals Publisher said, “We are happy to be working with
Portland Customer Services who, as a journals publisher in their own right,
have a keen awareness of the issues in STM publishing. As a client we can
benefit from this understanding in terms of PCS responsiveness to market
demand.”

Managing Director of Portland Press, Rhonda Oliver said, “Portland Customer
Services appreciates the importance of managing subscriptions effectively
and providing our clients with access to subscription data. We do this
using ORION, our bespoke online reporting interface. By choosing our
services, Woodhead Publishing has demonstrated their confidence in our
staff and systems.”

This agreement brings the number of journals handled by Portland Customer
Services to over 120. Portland Customer Services is the fulfilment and
distribution arm of Portland Press Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of the
Biochemical Society. In addition to handling journal fulfilment, PCS also
handles book order processing, membership fulfilment, online journal
hosting and conference registration on behalf of academic societies and
publishers.

For further information contact: Adam Marshall
For details about renewals for 2007 contact: Sales Office, Portland
Customer Services, Commerce Way, Colchester CO2 8HP
Tel: +44 (0)1206 796351, Fax: +44 (0)1206 799331, email: sales@portland-
services.com