GlobalSpec.com Announces Strategic Alliance with Sensors Magazine

SpecSearchsm System to be Used by Industry-Leading Publisher

TROY, NY - Jan. 26, 2000 - GlobalSpec.com, the Internet's leading resource for engineers and other technical buyers, today announced a strategic alliance with the publishers of Sensors magazine that will feature their parametric search engine on Sensors' Web site, enabling engineers to significantly shorten their product design cycle.

Beginning in February 2000, GlobalSpec.com's advanced SpecSearchsm system will be accessible through Sensors WorldLink, enabling engineers to tap into GlobalSpec.com's extensive database of sensor-related components. Using SpecSearchsm, engineers enter specifications for a component and SpecSearchsm locates all those parts and suppliers in GlobalSpec.com's database that meet those exact specifications. What used to take engineers two weeks now takes only a few minutes.

"We're excited about this strategic alliance with Sensors, the premier publisher of this industry, because it brings together the best that both companies have to offer the engineering community," said John Schneiter, president of GlobalSpec.com. The technology chosen by Sensors, GlobalSpec.com's proprietary SpecSearchsm, is the world's first online, standardized, parametric search and specification resource that allows engineers to search by company name, product type, or product specifications within GlobalSpec.com's database. Once the results are presented, engineers have multiple ways of contacting the supplier(s) for more product information or quotes.

"Sensors is delighted to enter this strategic alliance with GlobalSpec.com, which will not only benefit the engineering community but suppliers that target this audience," said Stephen Robbins, group director and publisher of Sensors.

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 3.7 million product specifications in over 130 product areas from the world's leading suppliers.

About Sensors magazine:
Sensors magazine (www.sensorsmag.com) is published by Advanstar Communications Inc., a worldwide business information company that publishes 110 business magazines and directories; produces 114 exhibitions and conferences; hosts numerous Web-based communities; and provides direct marketing, database, and reference products and service. The company operates from multiple offices in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.

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