CommPros Group Signs YLA, StormWood for Marketing Operations Services

Startup Firm Starts Strong with New Clients in Composites Manufacturing and VoIP Solutions 

Santa Clara, Calif., October 11, 2005 – CommPros Group today announced new business agreements with YLA, Inc., Benicia, Calif., and StormWood, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. Each company selected CommPros Group for services ranging from operations-oriented media relations to website content development. The contracts represent significant new revenue for CommPros Group, a new agency launched just four months ago to help dynamic growth companies take advantage of the best marketing practices used by Fortune 100 companies

“These agreements underscore the value proposition of marketing operations,” said Gary Katz, President and CEO of CommPros Group (http://www.commprosgroup.com). “Clients everywhere are hungry for full accountability and steady proof that their outbound marketing expenditures will deliver the best return available. That’s why YLA and StormWood selected CommPros Group.”

YLA is a manufacturer of high performance engineered composites used in aerospace and defense and transportation. The company is a business unit of publicly traded Perstorp Group (http://www.perstorp.com/), which is a multinational specialty chemicals and materials firm headquartered in Sweden.

“YLA’s products are cutting edge, our markets are diverse and our growth plans demand a high level of skill, energy and marketing knowledge in a sustainable setting,“ said Sam Sher, YLA’s director of marketing and business development. “CommPros Group will structure our full public relations effort, harmonized with our suite of products and services. We selected CommPros based on their ability to get the job done and provide the accountability we need.”

Privately held StormWood (http://www.stormwood.com) is a leading system integration and service firm selling high-performance networking and voice-over IP (VoiP) solutions from ShoreTel, Entersys, Foundry Networks and others throughout the eastern U.S.

“CommPros Group will develop StormWood’s marketing functions from the ground up,” said Nate Griffin, CEO of StormWood. “We selected CommPros because their staff – all of them senior practitioners -- has a very high level of experience in our space. The accountability and sustainability factor that is central to CommPros’ approach is unique and will help us achieve our goals, including rapid growth in revenue.”

About CommPros Group

CommPros Group, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., helps clients leverage their marketing investment through marketing operations, a cutting-edge discipline that reinforces marketing strategy with proven processes and metrics. By using CommPros' "Straight A's" approach to marketing operations, for the first time, small-to-midsize companies can achieve measurable, profitable and sustainable outbound marketing using the best practices employed by large corporations. More information on CommPros Group can be found at www.commprosgroup.com.

Contact:
Mar Junge, CommPros Group, 408-730-8506, mobile 408-219-0101, mar@commprosgroup.com