Industrial Equipment News Magazine Launches RFQ@IEN and Joins the MFG.com Network
Industrial Equipment News reaches over 205,000 industrial buyers every month in more than 103,000 facilities. RFQ@IEN will introduce IEN readers to a sophisticated Collaborative Procurement Management (CPM) system that automates time-consuming procurement practices and plugs them into a large membership of suppliers. New members can easily post, receive and manage RFQs (Request for Quote) for contract manufacturing in over 150 manufacturing disciplines, including rapid prototyping and CNC machining. RFQ@IEN will introduce their readers to new business opportunities in a global arena.
"We are always looking for tools to bring buyers and sellers together in as many ways as possible. Today, those ways are increasingly web-centered. RFQ@IEN easily connects our online audience to custom manufacturing services -one of the fasted growing segments. Partnering with MFG.com helps Industrial Equipment News fulfill its mission in the 21st century, which now includes e-support as well as providing the latest product information in print and online. We look forward to this month's launch on IENonline.com," states IEN's publisher, Ciro Buttacavoli. "RFQ is a great service and a targeted response to the needs of the custom manufacturing marketplace."
"Industrial Equipment News has served the U.S. industrial marketplace for sixty eight years," states Mitch Free, president and CEO of MFG.com, Inc. "IEN has a long tradition of innovation and leadership in the publishing industry. In fact, they invented the "reader response card" that became universally adopted. We are pleased to add IEN as a private label partner in the MFG.com Network. With RFQ@IEN, their web site merges news and product content with a B2B marketplace where readers find new business opportunities, source for strategic suppliers and bid on new projects."
About Industrial Equipment News
Industrial Equipment News is the original new products tabloid and a leader in print/web integration. The publication reaches over 205,000 decision-makers on industry's buying teams in more than 103,000 facilities. IENonline, the official website of Industrial Equipment News, provides users with access to timely and comprehensive product information vital to professionals in engineering; production, plant operations & maintenance; and administration. IEN and IENonline.com are published by Thomas Publishing Company, New York, NY. For more information, call
212-629-1538
or e-mail e@IENonline.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.
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.