Mary Kay Inc. Implements LabVantage’s Sapphire™ for its Cosmetic Testing Laboratories

Bridgewater, NJ. November 21, 2006. LabVantage Solutions, Inc. today announced that Mary Kay Inc. has implemented LabVantage’s Sapphire™ Laboratory Information Management Solution for its cosmetics testing laboratories. Mary Kay is one of the world’s largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics, surpassing $2.2 billion in wholesale revenues in 2005.

Mary Kay develops, tests, manufactures and packages the majority of its own products at its state-of-the art plants in Dallas, Texas and China where the products are scientifically formulated and packaged. As a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registered manufacturing operation, product quality and consumer safety are critical priorities. Accordingly, Mary Kay required a laboratory information management solution that could automate its laboratories to remove bottlenecks that affected production, as well as, provide full traceability of its products throughout the global enterprise.

“Sapphire offered Mary Kay a thin-client user interface for enterprise access and visibility, quick deployment, low total cost of ownership, and easy end-user adoption,” states Christal Fisher, Vice President, Product Integrity.

“Sapphire has allowed our staff to move their data from many different computer systems to one centrally located, easy to use, LIMS system” adds Susan Cooke, LIMS Project Manager. Sapphire has been implemented in 11 laboratories so far, and Mary Kay expects to deploy Sapphire across 8 more laboratories by 2008. The solution has been integrated with various laboratory systems and instruments, including High Pressure Liquid Chromatography equipment. For more information about LabVantage, please visit www.labvantage.com

About LabVantage Solutions, Inc. LabVantage Solutions, Inc., an innovative global provider of enterprise solutions tailored for leading laboratories, serves discovery, development, formulation, process research, raw material testing, and quality management laboratories across multiple industries. Sapphire, a thin-client laboratory information management suite, is tailored to manage an organization’s critical laboratory information across its worldwide R&D pipeline and manufacturing supply chain to optimize productivity and more effectively share knowledge. A Chatterjee Management Group company, LabVantage is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ, U.S.A., with direct or partner coverage in Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom . Further information about LabVantage and Sapphire is available at www.labvantage.com .