Parker Hannifin Offers Engineers Unmatched Library of CAD Drawings Online in Partnership with ThomasNet.com


New York, N.Y., November 16, 2006 - Parker Hannifin, the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, is now providing online access to a significantly expanded library of 2-D and 3-D CAD drawings of its products through an extension of its partnership with ThomasNet.com. The company's newest online offerings include millions of new CAD models from its Veriflo Division, a leading manufacturer of precision valves, regulators and surface mount components for the chemical, petrochemical and semiconductor industries.

By providing access to one of the largest online libraries of manufacturer-specific CAD drawings, Parker Hannifin helps its customers improve efficiency, significantly shorten design and production cycles and reduce design and engineering costs. Now, users can quickly download pre-drawn CAD models of Parker components and products allowing direct insertion into their own designs using any major CAD software system, eliminating the need to obtain dimensions and painstakingly redraw the parts.

"Our partnership with ThomasNet.com allows engineers to focus on the bigger picture when creating new designs," said Rich Sachwitz, business development director for Parker Hannifin. "Engineers are constantly searching for ways to speed the design process and reduce design costs. With ThomasNet's CAD publishing solutions, we not only provide the wide range of components our customers need, including the addition of our full Veriflo line, but also make it possible for them to integrate those parts into their designs faster and more effectively than ever before."

Erik Mikisch, vice president, business development for ThomasNet.com added, "the addition of Verifloproducts to Parker's existing millions of CAD drawings on ThomasNet.com significantly enhances access to Parker products by engineers working across a broad array of industries. We expect increased efficiency and ease of sourcing for engineers and designers and increased business for Parker Hannifin."

Parker Hannifin's full range of products are available at parker.com,and the company's extensive CAD library, including Veriflo products, is accessible through cad.thomasnet.com/.

ABOUT PARKER HANNIFIN
With annual sales exceeding $8 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 50 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. The company employs more than 55,000 people in 46 countries around the world. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.parker.com, or its investor information site at www.phstock.com.

ABOUT THOMASNETSM
ThomasNet (www.ThomasNet.com) helps industrial sellers target their marketing investment to reach the most qualified industrial buyers online and convert them into customers. ThomasNet.com is where many buyers and engineers from Fortune 500 companies, the government, the military and more go to find suppliers. Drawing from the company's experience in the industrial market, ThomasNet has helped thousands of clients create websites that incorporate online catalogs, CAD drawings and e-commerce capabilities. The result is a strong Internet presence that sets ThomasNet clients apart from the competition to increase sales from new and existing customers.

For industrial buyers, ThomasNet.com is where they go to find the exact product, service or supplier they need, when they're ready to buy. ThomasNet.com gives buyers immediate access to the detailed information they need to make a purchasing or specifying decision, including detailed product or service information, catalogs, CAD drawings, and more. ThomasNet is part of Thomas Industrial Network, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company, LLC.

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