MFG.com Partners with Pinion Software to Offer New Level of Security for
Sensitive CAD Data and Engineering Documents Transferred Via The Web
Users can now control viewing, printing, editing, sharing
and on-demand shredding of sensitive documents
ATLANTA -- April 6, 2005 – MFG.com Inc. announced today it has formed a new partnership with Pinion Software (Austin, TX), a provider of technology solutions used to protect electronically distributed documents. MFG.com is an online Sourcing Management System with automated supplier discovery and a global network of 1,300 suppliers.
The partnership will provide advanced data security tools for MFG.com members as they source online for manufacturing services. With Pinion Software’s products, the buyer or engineer can control how, when, where and by whom their sensitive drawings and documents are viewed. The user can even cause a drawing or document to electronically “shred itself” at a given point in time.
The partnership with Pinion Software allows MFG.com to provide sourcing professionals and engineers with an unparalleled level of security for their intellectual property when sourcing online for engineered-to-order components.
“Pinion Software provides enterprise-level security options that fit our users’ current and future needs for the protection of documents and drawings,” states Mitch Free, President and CEO of MFG.com. “The sourcing process requires sensitive intellectual property to be shared in the form of CAD models, drawings and documents during the RFQ and collaboration phases. Using MFG.com to source for manufacturing services and to transfer data to suppliers is now significantly safer than traditional methods such as a FAX or email.”
Joyce Durst, president and CEO of Pinion Software agrees, “We are pleased to be teaming with MFG.com to extend their robust manufacturing sourcing process by enabling security for high-value intellectual property created and shared in technical application files. Sharing this sensitive information with third parties is an essential component of an efficient design-to-production process for manufacturers.
Pinion Software will provide MFG.com users with complete control over the use of this sensitive information, extending throughout its lifecycle.”
Over 36,000 buyers across the industrial spectrum (aerospace, transportation, consumer products, electronics, and more) utilize MFG.com to source, collaborate and receive quotes online for more than 200 manufacturing processes such as CNC machining, metal stamping, forging, plastic molding, metal fabrication, and metal casting.
About Pinion Software
Founded in 1998 and privately held, Pinion Software is a leader in the emerging market for Enterprise Rights Management solutions. Pinion Software enables companies to share information with confidence by providing continuous control over how the information may be used. Their flagship system, Pinion Secure Enterprise, protects information both inside and outside the corporate firewall—whether the information is shared by via a corporate intranet, business portals, or document-management systems. For more information, visit www.pinionsoftware.com.
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.
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