NASA Tech Briefs Magazine Connects with MFG.com Marketplace Powered by MFG.com, Inc.
Quick Quotes Members Interact with Companies Buying and Selling Custom Manufacturing Services
Atlanta, Ga., -February 28, 2001- MFG.com, Inc. (www.MFG.com) announced today it has partnered with ABP International, publishers of NASA Tech Briefs Magazine (New York, NY), to deliver Quick Quotes (http://www.nasatech.com/quickquotes), an interactive Web service enabling members to buy and sell custom manufacturing services. This strategic partnership links NASA Tech Briefs' content rich web site serving the OEM engineering community, with the global MFG.com Marketplace connecting buyers and suppliers of more than 100 custom manufacturing and engineering disciplines represented by its current membership. Members can easily post, receive and manage RFQs (Request for Quote) using Quick Quote's sophisticated Collaborative Procurement Management (CPM) system that automates time-consuming traditional procurement practices. "One of the major needs of our readership is to outsource engineering and manufacturing tasks," said Joe Pramberger, publisher of NASA Tech Briefs. " Quick Quotes streamlines and speeds this process." "NASA Tech Briefs is industry-renowned for its exclusive, high quality reporting on the innovations of NASA and its partners," states Mitch Free, president and CEO of MFG.com, Inc. "They have carved their web presence into an invaluable resource of information and services for their readership of over 450,000 engineers and manufacturers. From their desktops, members can tap into Quick Quotes and the exclusive MFG.com Marketplace for business opportunities, take advantage of a host of eProcurement tools, and gather late-breaking news and reports from NTB online.all before their morning meeting."
About NASA Tech Briefs
First issued as single sheet reports in the 1960's and converted to a magazine format in the 1970's, NASA Tech Briefs is a joint publishing venture of NASA and ABP International (New York, NY). Since 1985, this pioneering government-private sector partnership has saved taxpayers millions of dollars in publishing costs, while dramatically increasing the magazine's reach to OEM design/development engineers and managers. Today, NASA Tech Briefs has a qualified circulation of 200,000 and total monthly readership surpassing 450,000. The monthly magazine and its web site (www.nasatech.com) feature exclusive reports of innovations developed by NASA and its industry partners/contractors that can be applied to develop new or improved products, and solve engineering or manufacturing related problems.
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.