Conklin, New York — March 5, 2003 - Matthew Bender and Company has installed a new AmigoPlus perfect binder from Muller Martini in its production facility here. Featuring single-operator efficiency, AmigoPlus can produce up to 1,500 perfect bound books per hour. Its menu-guided control system simplifies operation and supervision. And its integrated hotmelt side gluing unit creates books with a level of structural integrity previously attainable only with high-volume systems. Matthew Bender is one of the world's leading publishers of legal analysis and case law. The company offers more than 500 publications in print and electronic formats to subscribers in more than 160 countries. It is associated with the LexisNexis legal, news and business information resource network.