NEW YORK, New York, October 25, 2005 - ASME announced a content partnership with ThomasNet.com (www.ThomasNet.com ), the leader in online sourcing and marketing solutions for industrial buyers and sellers in North America. ASME members can now 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 ). The ThomasNet.com content database helps industrial buyers find the exact products and services they need, 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.
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.
"This partnership gives our clients exposure to more than 120,000 qualified mechanical engineers through the ASME site, while giving ASME members instant access to the industrial products and services they need," said Pat Daloisio, director, Online Sales & Marketing, Thomas Industrial Network.
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 also 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.
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.
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