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Adam Oaks Joins MFG.com as the Vice President of Sales and Operations

MFG.com

ATLANTA - April 28, 2003 - MFG.com announced today Mr. Adam Oaks will be the new Vice President of Sales and Operations. Mr. Oaks is a business development executive with over twelve years of management experience in Sales and Operations. Oaks was brought on board to devise an overall growth strategy for MFG.com to increase revenue opportunities, expand into new vertical markets, and further develop the company's marketing and sales foundation to support dynamic growth. MFG.com is the premier online marketplace that intelligently connects buyers and suppliers of more than 100 custom manufacturing and engineering disciplines.

Prior to joining MFG.com, Oaks had a successful tenure as the Director of Inside Sales at Construction Market Data (Norcross, GA), a well-established global provider of construction information to building product manufacturers, contractors, and suppliers. While working at Construction Market Data, Mr. Oaks further advanced his achievement track record by expanding and refining the company's sales force and landing national accounts. These efforts MFG.com, in combination with other initiatives, significantly increased revenues and marketshare. He also managed the company's sales training programs, the customer service department, and the advertising sales group. Prior to working at CMD, Mr. Oaks served as an officer in the United States Army.

Mr. Oaks is a Georgia native and holds a BBA in Marketing and Management from North Georgia College. Adam Oaks joins the existing executive management team at MFG.com, Inc. that includes Mitch Free - President and CEO, Jason Parham - Chief Financial Officer, Jeremy Bruck - Vice President of Technology, and Brad Morehouse - Chief Technical Officer. For more information on MFG.com's leadership team, visit their web site at http://MFG.com/about_team.cfm.

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About MFG.com

MFG.com is the largest global online marketplace for the manufacturing industry. MFG.com instantly and intelligently matches sourcing professionals and engineers with suppliers who have the right expertise and capacity to manufacture parts and tooling on demand in accordance with their engineering drawings and CAD files. MFG.com's on-demand service is consolidating the once- fragmented world of manufacturing into an efficient marketplace, enabling products to be sourced and built more easily, quickly, inexpensively, and at higher quality levels. For more information, please visit www.MFG.com.

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