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Valspar deploys Maintenance Connection hosted solution

Davis, CA – November 21, 2003 - Maintenance Connection, Inc., a Northern California developer of web-based maintenance management software announced today the addition of Valspar to their rapidly growing client list. Valspar is currently using the hosted Maintenance Connection solution.  Again, Maintenance Connection has delivered great value to this organization by offering a full-functional web-based maintenance management system at a very competitive price point.

About Maintenance Connection
Maintenance Connection is a rapidly growing company leading the way in maintenance management using pure Internet technology. They deliver a full-featured web-based maintenance management (or CMMS) solution including Work Order Tracking, Preventive Maintenance / PM Software, Asset Management, Inventory Tracking, Procedure Library, Labor Scheduling, and Service Requests all available through the Internet using a web browser. Maintenance Connection offers a unique and intuitive user interface built on a robust database infrastructure, all at a highly competitive price point. For more information about the company and their products, visit http://www.maintenanceconnection.com.

About Valspar
The Valspar Corporation is one of the largest global coatings manufacturers in the world, providing coatings and coating intermediates to a wide variety of customers. Valspar manufactures a broad range of products including industrial, architectural, packaging, automotive refinish and floor coatings and specialty polymers and colorants. For more information about Valspar, visit http://www.valspar.com.
 
Contact: Maintenance Connection, Inc., phone: 888-567-3434, fax: 775-255-6324, email: marketing@maintenanceconnection.com.