EXTON, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/12/12 -- Elemica, the leading provider of supply chain integration and optimization solutions, announces winning a 2012 Green Supply Chain Award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive for the 2nd consecutive year. Elemica was chosen for its focus on helping customers improve and achieve their measurable sustainability goals through the automation of manual processes that reduce their usage of paper, which saves trees and other resources. Elemica is also instrumental in helping clients decrease their spend on fuel through optimized shipments.

"Elemica enables companies to gain a greater competitive advantage by replacing costly manual approaches with innovative capabilities and systems that streamline operations and boost efficiencies," said Rich Katz, CTO of Elemica. "We are honored to be selected once again for this prestigious supply chain award. We remain committed to helping companies implement 'green' best practices, such as electronic purchasing and sourcing, transportation optimization, and shipment visibility that lowers costs while driving sustainability."

Elemica is a leading provider of cloud-based supply chain integration solutions, enabling customers in the chemical and tire & rubber industries to collaborate with their trading partners to procure, sell, and distribute their products more efficiently and more reliably. Automating paper-based processes allows Elemica customers to realize savings within their operations while meeting their sustainability goals.

SDCE's Green Supply Chain Awards recognize small, mid-size and large enterprises that have leveraged a variety of sustainable approaches -- including technology, strategies and solutions -- that companies are employing, and spotlights concrete results that many of these leaders witness due to their sustainable efforts. Supply & Demand Chain Executive editorial staff reviews the submissions and select winners based on the clarity and content of the goals and strategy, the extent of the steps being taken, and the impact of the results to date, as well as projected results. The full listing of the 2012 Top 100 Green Supply Chain Award Winners is available in the November/December 2012 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine and on the web at SDCExec.com.

About Elemica

Elemica delivers state-of-the-art supply chain solutions in the areas of customer, supplier, sourcing, and logistics management. Elemica drives bottom line business results by promoting reduced cost of operations, faster process execution, automation of key business processes, removal of transactional barriers, and seamless information flow between business partners. Elemica was founded in 2000 and today connects more than 5,000 companies across multiple industries, processing over $150 billion in annual transactions. Elemica's global operations are headquartered outside Philadelphia and include offices in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Frankfurt, London, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Clients include BASF, BP, Continental, The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, LANXESS, Michelin, Rhodia, Shell, Sumitomo Chemical, and Yokohama. For more information visit, www.elemica.com.

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