Growth Attributed to Acceptance of Company's State of the Art Internet-Based Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Document Processing and Supply Chain Management Solutions in Grocery, Retail, Automotive and Other Sectors DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advant-e Corporation (OTC:AVEE) (BULLETIN BOARD: AVEE) , a provider of Internet-based business-to-business electronic commerce services, today announced that it ranked 372nd on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of revenue growth over five years from 2000 to 2004. During this period Advant-e's revenue grew 371%. Advant-e's Chairman and CEO, Jason K. Wadzinski stated, "It is a great honor to be recognized by Deloitte as one of the fastest growing companies in the technology industry. We could not have achieved this honor without the dedication of our exceptional employees, our loyal customers, investors and other business partners. We look forward to even greater success in the future, spurred by our development of innovative technology to help provide increased value to our customers in the industries we serve. The fact that we are one of only three companies that Deloitte recognized in Ohio is also very gratifying." "Making the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is commendable in today's highly competitive technology industry," said Tony Kern, Deputy National Managing Principal of Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Industry Practice. "We congratulate Advant-e Corporation on being one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America." Fast 500 Selection and Qualifications The Fast 500 list is compiled from Deloitte's 15 regional North American Fast 50 lists, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500 and public company database research. To qualify for the Fast 500, entrants must have had 2000 operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or $75,000 CD for the United States and Canada, respectively and 2004 operating revenues of at least $1 million USD or CD. Entrants must be headquartered in North America and must be a "technology company" defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant portion of revenues to research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify. About Advant-e Corporation Advant-e, via its wholly owned and sole operating subsidiary Edict Systems, Inc., is a provider of Business-to-Business electronic commerce software and Internet-based applications specializing in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and XML-based solutions for recurring transactions. Advant-e specializes in horizontal transaction services via EnterpriseEC(R), an Internet-based Electronic Business Transaction Network, and within specific vertical industries via web-based "vortals" including http://www.groceryec.com/, http://www.retailec.com/, http://www.automotiveec.com/, http://www.mfgec.com/, http://webedi.com/ and http://www.cpgsupplier.com/. Additional information about Advant-e Corporation can be found at http://www.advant-e.com/ and http://www.edictsystems.com/ or by contacting investor relations at (937) 429-4288. The company's email is . About Deloitte Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other's acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names "Deloitte", "Deloitte & Touche", "Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu" or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein. Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is the US member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the US, services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. The information in this news release includes certain forward looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements to the future financial performance of the company. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected on its forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any or its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development and acceptance, the impact of competitive services and pricing, or general economic risks and uncertainties. DATASOURCE: Advant-e Corporation CONTACT: Investor Relations of Advant-e Corporation, +1-937-429-4288, or Web site: http://www.advant-e.com/ http://www.edictsystems.com/

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