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MFG.com to present MFG.com Enterprise at the Atlantic Design and Manufacturing Show on June 5-7, 2001 in New York, NY

MFG.com, an eProcurement Platform provider, highlights its CPM technology for developing Private Marketplaces

Atlanta, Ga., -April 24, 2001- MFG.com, Inc. announced today it will exhibit and demonstrate MFG.com Enterprise at the Atlantic Design and Manufacturing Show in Booth 209 at the Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, NY, from June 5 - 7, 2001. Designed for small to mid-sized manufacturing companies, MFG.com Enterprise is a customizable eProcurement Technology for creating Private Corporate Marketplaces. This online system allows buyers to conduct online private sourcing with its existing supplier base, or connect with new suppliers from the MFG.com global marketplace as needed.

will highlight its proprietary Collaborative Procurement Management (CPM) Technology that automates conventional procurement practices and enables purchasing agents or engineers to post, receive and manage RFQs (Request for Quotes). The MFG.com Enterprise service is offered to corporations through a monthly subscription plan based on the size of the supply chain. No initial capital investment is required. MFG.com Enterprise offers many benefits to a company's approved Supply Chain.

Suppliers of manufacturing services can access automation tools that help them manage outstanding quotations. Suppliers can also employ Job-Bots to automatically search for RFQs that meet their expertise and capacity. Job-Bots are specific to machine tools, work cells or specific processes on a supplier's shop floor. They automatically notify suppliers of RFQs meeting the Job-Bot criteria. Inc. (www.MFG.com) will also feature MFG.com, its highly successful web-based service designed to connect suppliers with companies purchasing custom manufacturing services or made-to-order parts. During the first year of business in 2000, MFG.com has hosted over $40 Million in RFQ opportunities provided by its worldwide buyer membership.

Unlike other eMarketplaces that offer or auction industrial hard goods, MFG.com focuses on providing Request for Quotations (RFQs) for manufacturing services, such as precision CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, moldmaking, plastics, metal casting, rapid prototyping and more than 100 manufacturing disciplines.

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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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