CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

23 November 2004

Product News

GlobalSpec Announces New Partnership with Desktop Engineering

GlobalSpec announced its partnership with Desktop Engineering, a magazine and online resource for design engineers and engineering management.

With this site enhancement, visitors to Desktop Engineering online gain direct access to SpecSearch®, GlobalSpec's search technology. Effective immediately, users can search by detailed specification for products and services from more than 75 million parts in 1,200,000 product families from more than 11,800 supplier catalogs needed to research, design and manufacture their components, electronics and computer systems.

"This partnership offers significant benefits to both the engineering and manufacturing communities," said Scott Virkler, Vice President of Business Development for GlobalSpec. "By offering direct access to GlobalSpec's deep engineering content, Desktop Engineering is greatly enhancing the value they provide to their user community. Manufacturers represented on GlobalSpec reap the benefits of an expanded base of potential customers-it's advantageous to both groups."

"Desktop Engineering is created solely for engineering professionals in all major manufacturing and process industries who use and specify the purchase of computer software and systems." said Anthony J. Lockwood, Editorial Director of Desktop Engineering, "SpecSearch, GlobalSpec's parametric search technology enhances our site by enabling our readership to more easily search, research, specify and acquire the components they need."

Desktop Engineering is a monthly magazine distributed to 63,000 design engineers and engineering managers who use MCAD, data analysis, EDM/PDM/PLM and data acquisition hardware and software in the manufacturing/process industries and in product design. Desktop Engineering's Web site garners an average of 32,000 unique monthly visitors according to Google. Desktop Engineering is published by Helmers Publishing Inc. (HPI), which was established in 1979. The company also publishes Supply Chain Systems magazine. For more information on HPI's magazines, visit http://www.deskeng.com and http://www.scs-mag.com .

 

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