Univar Selects Acorn's Profitability & Cost Management Solution

Bellevue, Wash. and Houston, Tex. – September 5th, 2008 — Univar, a world leader in chemical distribution, and Acorn Systems today jointly announced the selection of Acorn Systems' Performance Analyzer, the market leading profitability and cost management solution. After a thorough analysis of all available profitability systems, Univar selected Acorn Systems because of its expertise in costing methodologies and total solutions, as well as their ability to provide a reliable, flexible, and scalable environment.

"Acorn Systems' solution gives us greater visibility into the profitability of our customers and products," said Jeff Siegel, Univar's vice president and controller. "We are excited by Acorn's ability to bring expertise in the distribution industry and costing methodologies, as well as to integrate rapidly into our existing systems. Acorn also addresses our need for scalability, flexibility and usability. With the insights generated by Acorn's Microsoft based system, we will be positioned to serve our customers with greater operational efficiency and to make better informed decisions."

"Univar is an industry leader in chemical distribution serving more than 250,000 customers with global operations from approximately 200 distribution centers," said J. Alex Fernandez, President of Acorn Systems. "Acorn Systems' solution provides a competitive advantage for a complex business like Univar – truly a key ingredient for their continued success."


About Univar
Univar is one of the world's leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, operating throughout North America and Europe. Univar endeavors to service its customer base, made up of some 250,000 industrial customers, with a full portfolio of products. The majority are commodities that the company buys in bulk, then processes, blends and repacks to meet the diverse requirements of the industries we serve. Others are specialties – purchased pre-packaged and sold on a technical basis, usually under a manufacturer's own brand. Univar operates a network of approximately 200 distribution centers, located throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and China. In 2007, Univar reported sales of $8.1 billion. Univar has approximately 7,700 employees based throughout North America, Europe and China. The company's registered office is in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with administrative support offices in Bellevue, Washington, USA, and Bradford, England, UK. For more information, visit: www.univarcorp.com.


About Acorn Systems
Acorn provides profit improvement solutions that enable clients to maximize revenue, minimize cost, and improve operational efficiencies. Acorn reveals profit improvement opportunities across the enterprise, including customers, channels, segments, products, vendors, and processes, enabling clients to make continuous, fact-based decisions to improve their bottom line and Earnings per Share (EPS). Our unique and proven approach to profit improvement is used by leaders in Financial Services, Retail, Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Logistics, who have realized over $1B in annual profit improvements and created over $9B in new shareholder value. For more information, visit www.acornsys.com or contact sales@acornsys.com.



For further information, please contact:

Univar
Karen Weber-Millstein
Corporate Communications
Tel: +1-425-889-3475
karen.webermillstein@univarusa.com

Acorn Systems
Kim DeSmyter Box
713-963-9000 ext. 2017
kbox@acornsys.com