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Thomas Industrial Network Release date: October 20, 2005
ThomasNet.com Forges Content Partnership With American Society of Mechanical Engineers 120,000 ASME Members Can Now Access the World's Largest Online Resource for Industrial Products and Services Through www.ASME.org
New York, NY, October 20, 2005 - ThomasNet.com (www.ThomasNet.com), the leader in online sourcing and marketing solutions for industrial buyers and sellers in North America, today announced a content partnership with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). ASME members will now have the ability to instantly access ThomasNet's enormous content database, featuring more than 650,000 suppliers across 67,000 product categories, via ThomasNet Supplier Search Boxes prominently displayed throughout the ASME Web site (www.asme.org).
Founded in 1880, the ASME is a professional organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering and technology community. Its 120,000 members are drawn from a diverse selection of 36 different engineering sectors, including but not limited to aerospace, fuels, information storage, internal combustion, materials handling, power, rail transportation and textile. Engineers from these sectors will now have the ability to instantly access the exact products and services they need via ASME's Web site, along with industrial-specific technical information - including more than 20 million CAD drawings - up-to-date product news and information, and complete contact information.
"Our partnership with ThomasNet will help our members to access thousands of industrial suppliers and millions of products they need to do their jobs in real time via the ASME Web site," said Virgil Carter, executive director of ASME.
"This partnership gives our clients exposure to more than 120,000 qualified mechanical engineers through the ASME site," said Pat Daloiso, director of strategic initiatives, ThomasNet.com. "We expect this search option to be very well received by ASME members as well. Engineers have always taken an aggressive approach to problem-solving and were among the first as a group to harness the power of the Internet." To facilitate this content partnership, ThomasNet developed a customized user interface for the ASME Web site. ThomasNet.com content can now be accessed by searching through the "Powered by ThomasNet" search boxes located on each main page of the ASME site, or by clicking on http://thomasnet.com.
ABOUT THOMASNET.COMSM ThomasNet.com (www.ThomasNet.com) brings together industrial buyers and sellers nationally, regionally, and locally. For industrial buyers, ThomasNet.com is the one-stop destination that enables them to find the exact product, service or supplier they need, at the exact time they need it. Through ThomasNet.com, buyers also have instant access to the detailed information they need to make a purchasing or specifying decision, including line-item product details, supplier product catalogs, CAD drawings, and more. For industrial suppliers, ThomasNet.com delivers powerful Internet marketing solutions that help suppliers grow their business online by not only driving qualified industrial traffic to their web sites but converting that traffic into buying customers. ThomasNet.com's complete range of online catalogs, CAD drawings, and e-commerce solutions help suppliers deliver the detailed information buyers need, want and expect on the web. ThomasNet.com is part of Thomas Industrial Network, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company, LLC.
ABOUT ASME Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today's ASME is a 120,000-member professional organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the worldwide engineering and technology community. In 2005, ASME celebrates 125 years of continued service and leadership - setting the standard - for professional engineering societies worldwide.
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