MFG.com CEO Named 2008 Ernst & Young Regional Entrepreneur Of the Year

ATLANTA, GA , July 1, 2008 -- MFG.com, the largest global online marketplace for the manufacturing community today announced that the company's CEO and Founder, Mitch Free has received the 2008 Ernst & Young Southeast Region (Georgia/Tennessee/Alabama) Entrepreneur of the Year award at the annual awards banquet in Atlanta, Georgia, June 28, 2008. This prestigious award recognizes men and women who excel at growing and sustaining market-leading businesses. They are pioneers, innovators and foremost - our nation's preeminent entrepreneurs.

"We heartily congratulate this year's winners on their success," said Joe King, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director for Alabama/Georgia/Tennessee. "The Entrepreneur Of The Year award recognizes all of the hard work, ingenuity and care these leaders have put into building and improving their businesses and communities. This group of winners is truly remarkable for all that they have accomplished."

Past winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year award include Michael Dell of Dell Inc.; Pierre Omidyar of eBay, Inc; Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines and Jim McCann of 1-800-Flowers.com.

Mitch Free founded MFG.com in 2000 and has since built the company to become the largest online marketplace dedicated to the manufacturing community. From rapid prototypes to million piece production runs, buyers across the industrial spectrum (aerospace, transportation, consumer products, electronics, textiles and more) utilize MFG.com to source locally or around the globe for qualified suppliers of more than 300 manufacturing categories including CNC machining, metal stamping, forging, plastic molding, metal fabrication, metal casting and textiles.

About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards
Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.

About Ernst & Young
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About MFG.com
MFG.com is the Internet based platform upon which the global manufacturing industry conducts business. MFG.com's open platform enables companies of all sizes from around the globe to intelligently connect, source, collaborate and perform due diligence with transparency and intellectual property protection. The MFG.com platform supports virtually all manufacturing process and industrial components, is in 10 languages, 12 currencies and has over 100,000 users on five continents. MFG.com has offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about MFG.com, please visit, www.MFG.com.

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