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Corporate Express Canada, Inc. to Host the Honourable Leona Dombrowsky — Ontario Minister of the Environment at Environmental Celebration


News Release

Contacts:
Michael Zahra
Ontario Division President Corporate Express Canada, Inc.
905.696.4450

Corporate Express to Unveil ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Certification

Mississauga, Ontario, March 1st, 2004 — Corporate Express Canada - Corporate Express Canada, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corporate Express, Inc., a Buhrmann company (NYSE:BUH), one of the world's largest business-to-business suppliers of essential office and computer products and services, is pleased to announce that the Honorable Leona Dombrowsky — Ontario Minister of the Environment will be attending a celebratory event at Corporate Express. The event is to recognize the company's achievement in having the Environmental Management System (EMS) of its Ontario Division certified to the internationally recognized ISO 14001 standard. This is in addition to its ISO 9001:2000 certified Quality Management System. The certification was awarded to the Corporate Express Ontario Division after a thorough audit of the company's EMS by Deloitte and Touche. The ISO 14001 environmental standard is held in very high regard, as there are only a handful of ISO 14001 certified companies in Ontario.

DATE: Monday, March 1st, 2004
TIME: 09:30AM to 10:30AM (arrive by 09:15AM)
LOCATION: Corporate Express Canada, Inc., Ontario Division
550 Pendant Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
L5T 2W6
(West side of Kennedy Road at Pendant Drive; north
of 401, south of Courtney Park Drive; on-site parking)
Phone: 905.696.4444
EVENT: Unveiling of ISO 14001 Environmental Management
System certification, speeches by the Ontario Minister of the Environment, Corporate Express company representatives, photo opportunity, tour of the distribution facility.
RSVP: To attend this event, please pre-register with Alexandra Silveira of Corporate Express by email at alexandra.silveira@cexp.ca, by phone at 905.696.4340 or by fax at 905.696.4385.
About Corporate Express Canada
Corporate Express Canada, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Corporate Express, Inc., a Buhrmann company (NYSE:BUH and AEX: BUH), is one of the world's largest business-to-business suppliers of office and computer products and services. Corporate Express Canada's product offering includes office and computer supplies, imaging and computer graphics supplies, office furniture, document and print management, desktop software, promotional products, and other similar products. Corporate Express Canada has operations in 19 facilities, including 9 distribution centers located in Calgary, Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Boucherville, Quebec; Saint John, New Brunswick; St. John's, Newfoundland; Vancouver, British Columbia; Winnipeg, Manitoba and Mississauga, Ontario. Corporate Express Canada employs more than 1,000 people, approximately 350 sales and customer service representatives and owns approximately 70 delivery vehicles. The Company's Web site address is www.CorporateExpress.ca.

About ISO 14001
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the source of the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families of quality and environmental management standards. ISO is a network of national standards institutes from 148 countries working in partnership with international organizations, governments, industry, business and consumer representatives.

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