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Gala Industries, Inc.

Intelligenx
181 Pauley Street Dulles Corporate Center
Eagle Rock, Virginia 24085 Gala® Industries, Inc., founded in 1959, has remained focused on 13755 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 325 Intelligenx (formerly i411) is a next-generation search technology
Phone: (540) 884-2589 simple and practical pellet production technology for today's plastics Herndon, Virginia 20171-4636 company based in Northern Virginia. Founded in 1996 with the
www.gala-industries.com industry. Gala sold its first centrifugal pellet dryer in 1969 and its first Phone: (703) 793-3270 mission of changing the way the world looks for and discovers
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underwater pelletizer in 1977. Today, Gala is a leading manufacturer of information, Intelligenx is a leading provider of search software and
Trade Events: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Years in business: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 dryers and pelletizing systems worldwide, and offers custom Trade Events: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 related services that enable organizations to maximize the value of
Number of employees in Virginia: . . . .116 designed turn-key pellet production systems for thermoplastics, Global Network Projects: . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 information assets. By providing a front-end search and browse
Number of export countries: . . . . . . . .50+ engineered resins, TPU, HMA, and compounding applications. In-house Research Projects: . . . . . . . . . . 1 solution that can "bolt-on" to existing single or disbursed and
Years in business: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
✓VALET Program Graduate One of Gala’s greatest strengths is its dedicated, knowledgeable disparate databases, Intelligenx provides a highly effective,
Number of employees in Virginia: . . . . 13
and experienced workers. Gala is an employee-owned corporation. Number of export countries: . . . . . . . . . 8 interactive search experience for end-users no matter where and how
Employee ownership is important to Gala’s customers because the the enterprise data is located. Intelligenx is particularly focused in
customer receives better products and customer service. Customer
✓VALET Program Graduate the area of local search, where the objective is to help yellow page
Recent International Success Story: At Interplas 2007
Plastics Show in Bangkok, Gala Industries sold their satisfaction is the key to Gala’s success and each worker has a vested publishers exploit the full value of print-related assets. The solution
underwater pelletizing system on exhibit to one of their interest in the satisfaction and success of each customer. helps publishers provide a world-class experience for consumers
Recent International Success Story: In 2006, Intelligenx
good customers, Long Thanh Plastics (Lothaco) from With its commitment to customer satisfaction and service, entered into a joint venture with the Canadian domain online, while increasing the ROI to advertisers through better, faster
Vietnam. Vietnam is one of the hot new markets in 24-hour technical support backed by years of acquired experience hosting company, Wideport, Inc. Intelligenx provided an search and by enabling every advertiser to achieve visibility and
Southeast Asia. and technical knowledge, Gala has earned its reputation as the exclusive license for Discovery Engine and helped to differentiation.
dependable source for pellet production systems the world over. develop the business plan. In a little over 18 months—
411.ca grew from 6 people to over 130 employees with
annualized revenue of $8M.

Zubair Talib, Chief Technology Officer, (right)


and Iqbal Talib, Chief Executive Officer

HOW “Most ‘government help’ never quite comes up to expectations, but the Commonwealth of Virginia, HOW “Had it not been for VEDP, we would have never found the opportunity to increase
DID VEDP through VEDP, is very dedicated to helping Virginia companies increase their export business.” DID VEDP international revenues, which today account for more than 80% of our total revenues.”
?HELP? Donald W. Smith, Managing Director, Gala Industries Asia LTD. ?HELP? Iqbal Talib, Chief Executive Officer, Intelligenx

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