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Advanced Manufacturing Joins MFG.com Network as First International Private Label Partner

Clifford/Elliot Ltd. announces official launch of Advance.com

Atlanta, Ga., -August 20, 2001­ Inc. announced today that Advanced Manufacturing (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) has signed a private label agreement to become the first international MFG.com Network partner. Advanced Manufacturing magazine, published by Clifford/Elliot Ltd. (a division of CLB Media Inc.), attracts a readership of Canada¹s elite manufacturing management and engineering professionals. collaborated with Advanced Manufacturing to launch its custom portal www.advanced.com, an online marketplace for Canadian manufacturers to buy and sell custom manufacturing services via the MFG.com Network.

Advanced Manufacturing plans to market and distinguish its web presence as the premier Canadian eBusiness Source for manufacturers. This B2B marketplace will enable Canadian companies to tap into a large and growing database of new customers or suppliers.

It's an exciting opportunity for us to provide our readers with new tools to help them better manage the buying and selling of custom manufactured parts, says Todd Phillips, editor and publisher of Advanced Manufacturing. Partnering with a dynamic technology leader like MFG.com is in keeping with our mission to show our readers how to take their operations to the next level.

Advanced Manufacturing is a strategic partner for the MFG.com Network, which continues to evolve globally, continues to empower new business opportunities for the manufacturing sector, states Mitch Free, president and CEO of MFG.com, Inc.

The MFG.com Network recently reached its highest level of RFQ activity with $128 Million in posted quotes. The powerful economics of this public eMarketplace is changing the equation of how contract manufacturers search, bid, and win new business.


About Clifford/Elliot Ltd.
Clifford/Elliot Ltd. is a privately-held Burlington, Ontario based business-to-business publishing firm that has produced editorial award-winning and industry leading publications for more than 20 years. Current titles include Advanced Manufacturing, Plant Engineering and Maintenance, Canadian Occupational Safety, Sales Promotion, and the IndustrialSourcebook. Clifford/Elliot Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Aurora, Ontario based Canada Law Book Inc. For more information, call (905) 634-2100 .

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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 http://www.MFG.com.

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 http://www.MFG.com.

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