PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, MILAN, ITALY, March 8, 2005 -- BDP International has taken an equity stake in Schryver Freight Srl with offices in Milan, Bologna, Vicenza, Turin and Prato. Schryver Italy offers a range of transportation/logistics services, as well as a variety of value-added services including insurance, packing, warehousing and distribution, on-line services, tracking and tracing and others.

"We've been taking aggressive steps to build our global infrastructure to better serve our multinational customers," said BDP President Richard J. Bolte, Jr., in announcing the acquisition. "In the process, we've been extremely careful to join forces with organizations that share our values and can provide our clients with the local expertise, business ethics and logistics IT
resources they demand. Schryver Italy meets all those criteria."

Antonio Sgarbi, president of Schryver Italy, added, "We're delighted to be associated with a world-class organization like BDP. Our customer-intimate business philosophies are perfectly in synch to the benefit of our clients."

In the past two years, BDP has acquired logistics firms in Germany, France and Belgium. BDP has also formed a strategic partnership in Japan, a joint venture in Qatar, and opened offices in China and Dubai.

For further information, contact Arnie Bornstein, Director - Corporate Communications, BDP International, Inc., 510 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Phone: 215-629-8493; fax: 215-629-8995; e-mail: abornstein@bdpnet.com. For more information in Europe, contact Antonio Sgarbi, President, Schryver Italy, Via Londra, 7/9, 20090 Segrate (MI), Milan, Italy. Phone +39 02 216685-1; fax: +39 02 26950005; e-mail: sgarbi@schryver.it.


About BDP

BDP International is one of the leading privately held freight logistics / transportation management firms in the U.S. It operates freight logistics centers in more than 20 cities throughout North America and a network of subsidiaries, joint ventures and strategic partnerships in 140 countries.

The company serves more than 4,000 customers worldwide. Clients include Bayer, Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, Heineken USA, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Osram Sylvania, Revlon, Rohm & Haas, Trek Bicycle, Wacker, among others. BDP provides a range of services, including ocean, air and ground transportation; 4PL lead logistics process analysis, design and management; export freight forwarding; import customs brokerage and regulatory compliance; project logistics; warehousing/consolidation/distribution; and Internet shipping transaction/tracking management systems.