Tinius Olsen Launches 5th Blogging Site on Materials Testing; schooloftesting.com Addresses Needs of Education Market

Business Wire, May 19, 2008

HORSHAM, Pa. -- The collaborative potential of Web 2.0 continues to be leveraged by a company with a long history of technological innovation and customer interaction. Tinius Olsen, the Horsham, PA, USA-based manufacturer of materials testing machines and software, has introduced schooloftesting.com, its fifth blogging site and its first to specifically address the needs of the education market. In developing schooloftesting.com, the company is building on the success of its other blogging sites for plastics (testingplastics.com), metals (testingmetal.com), textiles (testingtextiles.com), and custom testing developments (thetestingtimes.blogspot.com).

The force behind the latest site is David Lockyer, one of Tinius Olsen's senior engineers. David has nearly 20 years of technical sales experience with the company and has built the educational market into one of Tinius Olsen's largest in the UK. He holds a degree in Electrical, Electronic, and Control Engineering from Liverpool John Moores University and is a current member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology.

Featured on the new site are a real diversity of materials testing articles of interest to those in scientific education, including medical research, construction safety, and pet food packaging. Registrants to David's blog can submit materials testing questions to him and get expert answers back. Registrants can also sign up to receive technology, company, and product updates.

Tinius Olsen is a global provider of materials testing solutions (equipment, software, and calibration services) with over 125 years of testing experience. For more information, contact: Tinius Olsen, 1065 Easton Road, Horsham, PA 19044 USA, (215) 675-7100, Fax (215) 441-0899, www.TiniusOlsen.com. Or visit the new education blog at www.schooloftesting.com.

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