GlobalSpec Announces Strategic Partnership with World PumpsWorld Pumps Enhances Web Site With GlobalSpec’s Powerful Search CapabilitiesTroy, NY / Oxford, UK – (BUSINESS WIRE) – 8/17/04 – GlobalSpec, the leading specialized search engine and online resource for engineers and technical buyers, today announced a strategic partnership with World Pumps, a leading publication for specifiers, engineers, designers, consultants and users of pumps and ancillary equipment worldwide. With this site enhancement, visitors to the online version of World Pumps’ magazine will have direct access to SpecSearch®, GlobalSpec’s powerful search technology. Effective immediately, users can search by detailed specification for products and services from more than 70 million parts representing 1,150,000 product families from more than 11,200 supplier catalogs in such areas as pumps, valves, seals, gaskets, motors, flow meters, level switches and bearings. "We're pleased to offer World Pumps’ online readership access to SpecSearch – GlobalSpec’s one-of-a-kind parametric search capability," said Scott Virkler, GlobalSpec’s Vice President of Business Development. "This relationship supports our position as the search tool of choice for engineers and technical buyers by bringing a highly-focused and qualified community of users into our search engine." Anne Kitson, Managing Director, Elsevier Advanced Technology, publisher of World Pumps said: “This partnership with GlobalSpec allows World Pumps to stay at the forefront of the industry – providing our readership with the tools they need to do their job more efficiently. With the addition of GlobalSpec’s parametric search capabilities to our site, we are better equipped to meet the demands of our readers and advertisers." About World Pumps
For 45 years, World Pumps has been the first choice for specifiers, engineers, designers, consultants and users of pumps and ancillary equipment worldwide. It has earned a reputation for authoritative and impartial coverage of all the major issues affecting the pump industry. Every month, World Pumps offers a unique blend of industry and equipment news, innovation and real-life applications, as well as practical and technical articles from the forefront of the industry. Visit www.worldpumps.com for more information. About Elsevier Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier’s 6,800 employees in 86 offices worldwide publish more than 1,800 journals and 2,200 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.news.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, online reference works and subject specific portals. Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global company headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).About GlobalSpec, Inc. GlobalSpec, Inc. is the leading specialized search engine and information resource for the engineering community. Engineers and technical buyers regularly use GlobalSpec in their work process to search for and locate products and services, learn about suppliers and access comprehensive technical content on standards, patents, materials properties, specifications, designs, application notes and more. GlobalSpec's trademarked search technology, SpecSearch®, allows users to search by specification more than 70 million parts in 1,150,000 product families from more than 11,200 supplier catalogs. Suppliers representing their products and services on GlobalSpec gain a comprehensive marketing program designed to promote their brand and generate, track and manage highly-qualified sales leads. Information about GlobalSpec can be found at www.globalspec.com. GlobalSpec and SpecSearch are registered trademarks and The Engineering Search Engine is a service mark of GlobalSpec, Inc. |
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