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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.orgNew York, NY, October 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.
"ThomasNet.com was the top information resource requested by our membership," said Roberta Gorman, director of membership development, ASME. "These search boxes will give visitors to our site access to hundreds of thousands of suppliers and millions of products in real-time."
"This partnership gives our clients exposure to more than 120,000 qualified mechanical engineers through the ASME site," said Pat Daloiso, Director 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.
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