Industry.Net Offers Two New Services

Online Newsletter, Oct 1, 1998

Industry.net, an IHS Group company that currently provides Web-based information services to over 550,000 members in the engineering, information, industrial, and manufacturing markets, has announced two new services: Premium Membership and Data Depot, available through its Web site at http://www.industry.net Premium Membership, an annual-fee service, is a single desktop source for engineering research and technical resources including NASA commercial technology updates, safety and compliance reporting, continuous exclusive updates on the Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Roadmap (IMTR) initiative, commonly used engineering equations and formulas, and engineering drawing requirements.

Premium Members can also subscribe to Data Depot, comprehensive databases of information on over 10 million industrial products and components, and related design and safety standards and specifications. Data Depot currently provides subscribers desktop access to industry.net's exclusive online Industrial Catalog, including catalogs from 250,000 catalogs from over 15,000 manufacturers and distributors, indexed and cross-referenced to make searching for a specific item quick and easy. Users can search by product or company name to retrieve alternate manufacturers of products, sales office listings, and to view catalog pages. Future Data Depot offerings will include downloadable industry standards, military specifications, and electronic component pin/package libraries and datasheets. Industry.net, acquired and enhanced by IHS Group last year, is owned by Information Handling Services Group, Inc., the parent of a family of companies covering the world's technical, business, and professional sectors. Founded in 1959, IHS Group (http://www.ihsgroup.com) has annual sales of approximately $440 million. For further information contact: Industry.net, 15 Inverness Way, Englewood, CO 80112-5776. Telephone: (888) 463-8496 [toll-free] or (303) 706-9450. Fax: (303) 705-4205. Email: sales(at)industry.net URL: http://www.industry.net