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Appendix A. LEADING eXCHANGES AND eMARKETPLACES
Automotive, Consumer and Diversified Industries AUTOMOTIVE Autodaq (www.autodaq.com)
Integrated automotive re-marketing services company Covisint (www.covisint.com)
“Independent” (neutral) exchange providing product development, procurement and supply chain
TradingCars.com (www.tradingcars.com)
B2B marketplace for the professional trade in passenger cars
ABN AMRO is a service provider
CONSUMER / RETAIL GlobalNetXchange (www.gnx.com)
Neutral electronic B2B marketplace serving the global retail industry Transora (www.transora.com)
Open (neutral) global eMarketplace for the consumer packaged goods industry WorldWide Retail Exchange (www.worldwideretailexchange.org)
Integrated exchange for retailers and their suppliers to fulfill all of their commercial interactions
Retail Exchange (www.retailexchange.com)
B2B marketplace designed specifically to streamline the exchange of excess consumer goods
Integrated Energy, Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals ENERGY & UTILITIES Achilles Group (www.achilles.com)
B2B marketplace service provider for different industries, including energy and utilities
Altra Energy Technologies (www.altra.com)
Top independent exchange for natural gas, crude oil, natural gas liquids and power
Ranked #1 Independent Energy Exchange by AMR two years straight Automated Power Exchange (www.apx.com)
B2B e-commerce exchanges for wholesale electricity and renewable power deals
Processed $850 million in transactions in 2000 Houston Street (HS Speedway) (www.houstonstreet.com)
Exchange that trades electricity, crude oil and refined products
$1 billion in transactions in 4 months Pantellos (www.pantellos.com)
Independent, open marketplace focused on the utility and energy services industries
Petroleum Place (www.petroleumplace.com)
Internet portal and marketplace serving the upstream energy industry Red Meteor (www.redmeteor.com)
RedMeteor moved $5.3 billion worth of oil in the 1st quarter of 2001 Trade-Ranger (www.trade-ranger.com)
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Global marketplace for goods and services traded in the energy and petrochemical industries
PetroCosm (www.petrocosm.com)
Global, independent marketplace for the energy industry (oil and gas products) Enermetrix (www.enermetrix.com)
Electronic marketplace for processing retail natural gas and electricity contracts e-OSN (www.e-osn.com)
First independent naphtha trading website in Asia
CHEMICALS CheMatch.com (www.chematch.com)
Global exchange for buying and selling bulk commodity chemicals, polymers and fuel products
ChemConnect (www.chemconnect.com)
Operates the World Chemical Exchange, an online trading marketplace for chemicals and plastics
SciQuest.com (www.sciquest.com)
An exchange for specialty chemicals and lab products Omnexus (www.omnexus.com)
Neutral, independent eMarketplace for the global plastics industry Pradium (www.pradium.com – Still in development)
Information resource and marketplace for traders of cash grains, oilseeds, and by- products
MINING / MINERALS / METALS e-Steel (www.e-steel.com)
Steel exchange Quadrem (www.quadrem.com)
Global eMarketplace for the mining, minerals and metals industries Intercontinental Exchange (www.intcx.com)
Marketplace trading over-the-counter energy, metals and other commodities MetalSite (www.metalsite.com)
Leading marketplace for the metals industry
Forest Express (www.forestexpress.com)
Industry-backed, e-commerce solution and service provider for the forest products industry
PHARMACEUTICALS Neoforma (www.neoforma.com)
Builds and operates private custom marketplaces for the healthcare industry
In conjunction with i2 Technologies
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Telecom, Media and Technology
TELECOMMUNICATIONS Band-X (www.band-x.com)
Four trading floors (Networks, Co-location, Switched and Routed IP) of bandwidth exchanges
TECHNOLOGY Avnet (www.avnet.com)
Sells products from more than 100 component manufacturers to more than 100,000 OEMs
USBid (www.usbid.com)
Buyers and sellers meet at USBid.com to buy electronic components Exostar (www.exostar.com)
“Independent” (neutral) global e-marketplace for the $400 billion global aerospace industry
Avolo (www.avolo.com)
“Independent” (neutral) aerospace technology marketplace ILSmart.com (www.ilsmart.com)
First independent exchange for the aviation, marine and defense industries PartsBase.com (www.partsbase.com)
Independent marketplace for aviation part manufacturers and buyers E2open (www.e2open.com)
The leading open global collaboration network for the electronics industry Converge (www.converge.com)
Delivers collaborative services for achieving supply chain efficiencies in the high- tech industry
Financial Institutions
Creditex (www.creditex.com)
Lets traders buy and sell "credit derivatives," specializing in contracts that let bond holders hedge their exposure in case of a default
Ecredit.com (www.ecredit.com)
Hooks up businesses that want to lend with those that want to borrow TradeWeb (www.tradeweb.com)
The biggest online bond exchange Ultraprise.com (www.ultraprise.com)
Real-time trading exchange for the mortgage industry's secondary market Currenex (www.currenex.com)
Independent and open institutional financial exchange for FX buyers and sellers 401kExchange.com (www.401kexchange.com)
B2B exchange and due diligence research resource for the 401(k) plan market DebtX (www.debtx.com)
Open, market-driven exchange for commercial debt (Other Financial Sector exchanges and marketplaces available)
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Public Sector
GovCommerce.Net (www.govcommerce.net)
Government-to-business exchange developed by Fedmarket.com
Other
VerticalNet.com (www.verticalnet.com)
B2B e-commerce enabler targeted at distinct business segments
“Vertical Markets” and “Vertical Solutions”
Liquidation.com (www.liquidation.com)
Full-service B2B network for the exchange of surplus goods across industries eMerge Interactive (www.emergeinteractive.com)
Company providing supply-chain management and marketing solutions for the
$40-billion U.S. beef production industry