Troy, NY– (BUSINESS WIRE) – 11/16/04 – GlobalSpec, the leading specialized search engine and online resource for engineers and technical buyers, today announced its partnership with Onlinecomponents.com, a worldwide distributor of electronic components.

Onlinecomponents.com, has enhanced its Web site with SpecSearch®, GlobalSpec’s proprietary search technology. In addition to searching by part number to check inventory or the price of a part, visitors can now search by detailed specification for electronic components on the distributor’s site. Once the parts are found users can simply enter the part numbers into the Onlinecomponents.com, system to purchase them.

“The partnership with Onlinecomponents.com, represents an emerging market for GlobalSpec as this is the first time we have leveraged our search technology on the distributor side. This is another way GlobalSpec can provide additional exposure for its customers. GlobalSpec has clearly become the most cost effective way for suppliers to ensure their products and services are discoverable by the technical buying community,” said Scott Virkler, Vice President, Business Development at GlobalSpec.

"SpecSearch is a natural addition to Onlinecomponents.com,” said Riad Nizam, from Onlinecomponents.com. "While we have designed our site to be fast, accurate and user friendly, we were lacking in a key customer desire - the ability to search by part specifications. This new partnership allows us to exceed customer expectations with GlobalSpec’s unique search-by-specification capability.”

About OnlineComponents

Onlinecomponents.com is an authorized franchised distributor of electronic components. We offer a huge inventory of electromechanical, passive and interconnect components at very competitive prices. Onlinecomponents.com was started in 1999 and pioneered the concept of selling electronic components over the Internet. Currently the company is franchised for over 200 lines, offers same day shipments, instant pricing and availability, and has over 250,000 parts in stock. Please visit us at www.onlinecomponents.com.

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 75 million parts in 1,200,000 product families from more than 11,800 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.

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