The following competitor (or customer) intelligence information is available under Competitive Analysis Technologies' electronic CATWATCH Service program:

What's New
Full text reprints from over 1,500 domestic and international newspapers, business journals, wire services, industry newsletters and company press releases. From local newspapers in your competitor's home town to the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones News/Retrieval®, Chemical Week, Chemical Marketing Reporter, Chemical Engineering, Oil & Gas Journal, Pulp & Paper, Advanced Coatings & Surface Technology, Chemical Business, Chemical Monitor, Soap-Cosmetics-Chemical Specialties, Platt's International Petrochemical Report, Flame Retardancy News, etc.

What's New allows you to quickly stay abreast of your competitor's activities and announcements. What's New also includes Company Press Releases--Full text of the business press release files. Not all company press releases are picked up by the magazines and if they are, many times they are condensed for publication. Here you can get the actual full copy from your competitor's own PR offices and learn about personnel changes and product announcements immediately. Don't wait to read about in the journals months later.

FAXED to your desk each Sunday evening, ready for you Monday morning!

International News
Same full text service as above, only this covers only those international news sources not covered in our What’s New service. This service concentrates on the regional newspapers of Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and the Far East. Recommended as a weekly download.

Investext® Reports
Full text (no graphics) of the financial analysts reports generated at leading investment and banking research organizations worldwide. See what Shearson Lehman; Merrill Lynch and hundreds more think about your competitor. Investext® Reports provides very valuable information on your competitor's current situation and strategy. We provide you with the complete text on your competitors monthly.

Abstract Services
We set up the electronic trap files to meet your needs, then we sift out the duplicate records and provide an electronic abstract of each article. You then post this on your LAN for all interested employees to stay up to date with market or competitive moves. Recommended as a weekly download.

Patent Watch
Abstract of U.S. patents. Patent Watch lets you know the direction of your competitor's strategy. By keeping tract of their new patents, you can be ready for their new product introduction. We send you the abstract of your competitor’s patents. If you need the full text, with drawings, we can get that too. Provided to you monthly.

Competitive Exports
Provides your competitor's exports, by port of exit/entry, product, total weight, country of destination. Available in 1-18 month increments and combined for the last 18 months. Competitive Analysis Technologies provides tabular and graphic analysis of this valuable information about your competitor. Recommended as needed to track competitor's international operations, at least quarterly. See separate U.S. imports pricing information.

Dun's Financial Records PLUS
Financial reports and business information from D&B on over 10 million private and public companies around the world. Very detailed information on private companies. Lists the background of each company officer. Recommended as needed for strategic planning information.

Dun's Market Identifiers
Company information from 7.2 million private and public companies worldwide, useful for market research and competitor analysis. Great for getting information on private companies. Recommended as needed for tactical planning.

TRW Business Credit Reports®
This database covers 2,500,000 companies, both public and private. Records contain payment history, tax and legal history, UCC filings, banking relationships. How much your competitor spends on raw materials and travel expenses as well as the number of customers they have can be found here. Recommended as needed for bench marking and strategy setting.

SEC Documents
Current and historical documents filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Provides access to full text 10Ks, 10Qs, 20Fs, annual reports and proxy filings for U.S. publicly traded companies. Recommended as needed for bench marking and strategy setting.

Trademarkscan®
Find your competitor’s trademarks and service marks in 13 countries, including graphics. This includes the date of first sale and date of registration. Recommended as needed for strategic planning information.

IACSM Company Intelligence®
Combines directory data and company news in a single source, with a primary focus on privately owned company information. The directory covers 180,000 public and private US companies and 30,000 non-US companies. Recommended as needed for strategic planning.

Real Property Ownership Records
Used to verify the name(s) under which real property is owned and to determine its assessed value. Recommended as needed.

Corporation and Limited Partnership Records
Used to determine the legal name and current status of a corporation or limited partnership. Get updated amendments to the articles of incorporation to stay abreast of changes in ownership, etc. Recommended as needed for strategic or tactical planning.

Uniform Commercial Codes
UCC databases are searched to verify that a security interest has been perfected through a state level UCC filing. Determine if credit liens have been established and are now current. Recommended for as needed.

Bankruptcies, Liens and Judgments
These databases allow you to discover the financial status of companies through the public filings of court records and documents. Determine who holds liens on a company’s property and assets. Find any judgments, both for and against the company. Recommended as needed in due diligence search.

OSHA Reports
If your competitor has a plant, chances are that OSHA has visited them. Get the full OSHA report on your competitors, complete with total manpower in that plant, OSHA conditions and the results of the inspection. Find out what your competitor had to correct in order to stay in operation. Recommended as needed for tactical planning.

Nationwide Civil Court Filings
Search any court in the U.S. for civil litigation history of a business.