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PARTMINER AND THOMSON SCIENTIFIC ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO OPTIMIZE PRODUCT ACCESS AND DELIVERY
--- PartMiner and Thomson Scientific provide users with a one-stop source for the world's most comprehensive component data management solution and industry codes and standards ---
CENTENNIAL, CO AND ANN ARBOR, MI – November 20, 2006 – Today, Techstreet, a division of Thomson Scientific, and PartMiner Information Services, Inc. announce their marketing partnership. As part of this partnership, Techstreet will be an authorized reseller of PartMiner's CAPS™ products and services and PartMiner will sell enterprise access to industry standards collections. In addition, Techstreet and PartMiner are launching the new PartMiner® Online Standards Store at www.partminer.com.
Engineers and technical professionals can now obtain industry codes and standards, and parts and logistics component data through a single intuitive login based on a single payable invoice. Various usage models and content combinations are available. Companies can gain enterprise subscription access to a customized set of industry standards from leading publishers such as ASTM, API, ASME, IEEE, BSI, ISO, IEC, AWS, and more. In conjunction with their standards subscription, users can purchase access to the PartMiner CAPS Databases containing electronic component information on 65 million parts and over 2,500 manufacturers.
The PartMiner® Online Standards Store provides individual "pay-as-you-go" access to the same globally recognized standards information covering dozens of industries such as manufacturing, electronics, telecommunications, military, computer hardware and software, mechanical, aerospace and aviation, architectural, biomedical, civil, environmental, geotechnical, and petroleum. This library of technical information satisfies the need for a one-stop source for technical information.
Now PartMiner can provide comprehensive standards information to its customers. Chris Meyer, CEO of PartMiner, remarked, "Our partnership with Thomson Scientific is consistent with our strategy of providing the highest value-added solution in the industry. We are extremely pleased to partner with them in this endeavor."
"PartMiner and Thomson Scientific share a common goal of delivering mission-critical technical information in the most intuitive and convenient methods. We are confident that this partnership will produce significant benefits for customers of industry standards and component data," said Andrew Bank, Director, Business Development, Thomson Scientific.
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About Techstreet
Founded in 1997, Techstreet provides vital information resources and online information management tools to over 90,000 engineers, corporate librarians and technical professionals worldwide. Through its e-commerce website, www.techstreet.com, customers can search over 250,000 titles aggregated into one of the largest online databases of industry codes and standards in the world. A web-based subscription service offers multi-user access to a custom set of full-text standards. The company also offers publication fulfillment, e-commerce, and information management solutions to associations and publishers, and continues to provide innovative solutions in the field of Digital Rights Management.
About Thomson
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2005 revenues of approximately $8.40 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 40,500 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
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