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Montreal, Thursday, March 22, 2007 – Transcontinental
Media, through its Constructo division, and the firm Solutions
Net-Logik announced today that they have signed a partnership
agreement to develop an Internet portal designed to meet the
specific needs of the different players in the Québec
construction industry. A truly interactive platform, the Constructo
portal will be online before the end of 2007.
“This new portal fits in perfectly with Constructo’s
mission to make useful information and tools available to
people in the construction industry, to help them take advantage
of new business solutions,” said Anik Girard, general
manager and editor of Constructo. “This portal will
be very complete and will quickly become an active hub for
contacts across the entire industry.”
Industry professionals will be able to consult catalogues
of products and services, as well as trade directories of
contractors, suppliers and professionals, while keeping abreast
of daily developments in the construction industry. The Constructo
portal will also contain a wealth of in-depth materials and
practical information, not to mention an interactive encyclopedia,
guaranteeing its success.
Michel Lapointe, president of Solutions Net-Logik, said: “Thanks
to our user-friendly Internet solutions, which make it easy
to do e-business, the Constructo portal will be extremely
dynamic.” Founded in 2001, Solutions Net-Logik develops
Web-based solutions for establishing portals, Internet communities
and electronic business strategies that have self-managed
content.
Constructo has specialized in delivering strategic information
to parties in the Quebec construction industry for close to
45 years through its publication Constructo and many
yearly magazines and special issues. This division of Transcontinental
Media has always anticipated the industry’s requirements
for professional services and publications that reflect its
realities and obligations. A true pioneer in its field, Constructo
and partner CGI manage the Système électronique
d’appel d’offres (SÉAO), Quebec’s
official online tendering service.
About Transcontinental Media
The fourth-largest print media group in Canada, with
more than 3000 employees and annual revenues of $580 million
in 2006, Transcontinental Media is the country’s leading
publisher of consumer magazines and of French-language educational
resources as well as being the largest publisher of community
newspapers in Eastern Canada. It publishes the weekday daily
Métro in Montreal, owns a number of digital
business units, and is also, through Publi-Sac, Quebec’s
leading door-to-door distributor of advertising material.
Transcontinental Media is a subsidiary of Transcontinental
Inc. (TSX: TCL.A, TCL.B), which has more than 14,500 employees
in Canada, the United States and Mexico and reported revenues
of C$2.3 billion in 2006.
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For information:
Media
Anik Girard
General Manager and Editor
Constructo
Telephone: (514) 856-6628
anik.girard@transcontinental.ca
Michel Lapointe
President
Solutions Net-Logik
Telephone: (514) 227-8414
mlapointe@net-logik.com
Financial Community
Jennifer F. McCaughey
Director, Investor Relations
Transcontinental Inc.
Telephone: (514) 954-4000
jennifer.mccaughey@transcontinental.ca
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