Date: Wednesday, August 06, 2003

Re: JF Hillebrand announces the opening of a new branch office

Dear NASA Member:

In our continuing effort to provide our clients with the best possible service, our partner JF Hillebrand USA, Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of a new branch office in Pennsylvania, that will specialize in the handling of LCL shipments to US importers/distributors. This will enable us to offer quality LCL shipments on a door-to-door basis nationwide via our own W&S consolidated containers.

The opening of this office will further enhance NASA’s and JF Hillebrand’s ability to supply strong solutions for our client’s beverage logistics.

The contact information for JF Hillebrand’s new branch office is listed below

JF Hillebrand USA Inc
LCL Services
352 Maiden Lane
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
T + 1 610 275 5286
F + 1 610 272 3706

Bob Cang
Managing Director
B.Cang@JFHillebrand.com

Rob Cang
Operations Manager
R.Cang@JFHillebrand.com

Best regards,
The North American Shippers Association

Gregory N. Taylor
Manager