MFG.com President and CEO Mitch Free Joins Industry Panel Covering The Basics of Effective Mold Shop Sales and Marketing at MoldMaking Expo 2005

ATLANTA - March 9, 2005 – MFG.com Inc. announced today Mr. Mitch Free, President and CEO of MFG.com, will participate in a technical conference at Moldmaking Expo 2005 being held at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, April 19 - 21, 2005. Mr. Free will convene with industry experts to form a discussion panel covering The Basics of Effective Mold Shop Sales and Marketing in a morning session from 9:45 am - 11:15 am on Tuesday April 19, 2005. This forum is a part of a two-day technical conference offering the latest strategies and solutions for professionals involved in moldmaking or rapid manufacturing. Moldmaking Expo 2005 also features an exhibit hall showcasing the latest technologies from vendors.

MoldMaking Expo’s conference programming provides show attendees with practical solutions for dealing with the challenges and complexities of their jobs. Mitch Free is the founder of MFG.com, a service that has revolutionized the sourcing process by effectively connecting industrial buyers with contract manufacturers. During the 30-minute seminar, Mr. Free will explain how mold shops can expand their sales and marketing operations into a 24 x 7 enterprise, and access opportunities that were practically impossible to identify by traditional means. Free will also profile the benefits of having a centralized place where owners and sales managers can receive, manage and quote RFQs from the comfort of their desktop.

Today, over 35,000 buyers across the industrial spectrum (aerospace, transportation, consumer products, electronics, and more) utilize MFG.com to locate highly skilled contract manufacturers providing more than 200 manufacturing processes such as CNC machining, injection molding, plastic molding, rapid prototyping, metal fabrication, forging, metal casting and stamping, and more.

About MFG.com
MFG.com is the largest global online marketplace for the manufacturing industry. MFG.com instantly and intelligently matches sourcing professionals and engineers with suppliers who have the right expertise and capacity to manufacture parts and tooling on demand in accordance with their engineering drawings and CAD files. MFG.com's on-demand service is consolidating the once- fragmented world of manufacturing into an efficient marketplace, enabling products to be sourced and built more easily, quickly, inexpensively, and at higher quality levels. For more information, please visit http://www.MFG.com.