GlobalSpec.com Announces Milestone Achievement In Global Engineering CommunityWeb Site To Be Showcased This November at Infralympics- Athens 2000 in Athens, Greece"The marketplace has shown no mercy, and rightly so, to B2B companies that had no substance, value proposition or customer base," according to Mr. Schneiter. He added, "GlobalSpec.com is closing in on its fifth anniversary. We have stayed true to our focus on delivering great value, as well as totally relevant information, to the engineering profession and its suppliers. Engineers use us to enhance their work and suppliers use us to deliver timely information about their offerings to their constituency. The breadth and depth of our web-based product is unprecedented." GlobalSpec.com’s Presence at Infralympics - Athens 2000 As further evidence of the company's global reach, Mr. Schneiter made the following announcement. "It may sound like an eternity from now, but the 2004 Olympic Summer Games are on the drawing boards now. Nearly 40 billion Euros will be spent, not only on this event, but also on regional engineering and infrastructure in the next four years. I am thrilled to announce that GlobalSpec.com will be participating in Infralympics - Athens 2000. This conference is designed to assist in the development of the infrastructure, equipment and services necessary for the successful staging of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. We join with industrial companies such as General Electric, SONY, Bentley Systems, British Group, SiemensModicon and Square D, as well as preeminent engineering firms such as Anker Schroeder, Black and Veatch and Fluor....just to name a few. We will bring great value to this global, design engineering community of the Olympic Games." About Infralympics Athens 2000 Infralympics Athens is being held November 2- 5, 2000 at the new HELEXPO Exhibition and Conference Centre in Athens, in the shadow of the Olympic Stadium. It will feature exhibitors from 16 countries including national group stands from Australia, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, UK and the United States. About GlobalSpec.com GlobalSpec.com is a business-to-business, Web-based resource that connects engineers and other technical buyers with the products and manufacturers they need based on engineering specifications. Users of GlobalSpec.com have access to bias-free information from about 15 million product specifications and access to more than 6,000 contactable suppliers arranged in more than 1,100 product areas. GlobalSpec.com’s advanced SpecSearchsm system allows parametric searching for over 700 suppliers in 350 product areas. GlobalSpec.com is financed by Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, LP, an investment fund managed by E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., LLC of New York, N.Y. |
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