Numatics Inc. Achieves Record Sales Leads with PARTsolutions

PackEXPO – LAS VEGAS, NV – Oct. 5, 2009 – PARTsolutions, LLC, a global provider of 3D part catalogs for manufacturers and enterprises today announced that Numatics Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of pneumatics and motion control products, is receiving an average of 7,000 3D and 2D digital product downloads per month requested in more than 55 file formats as a result of its 3D part catalog technology. Numatics has concluded that sales leads obtained by supplying digital products are the highest quality and correlate directly to actual sales.

Numatics, a division of Emerson, has leveraged PARTcatalog™ from PARTsolutions to web enable its product line including air preparation, motion control, directional control valves, fieldbus electronics and accessories since 2003. Customers accessing its digital product content include 3M, ABB, Alliant Techsystems, Eagle Technologies, Illinois Tool Works, Nestle Purina and Pella Corporation. Catalog content has been requested in 55 different 2D & 3D CAD and graphic formats including Adobe® Acrobat® PDF, AutoCAD®, Autodesk® Inventor®, CATIA®, Pro/ENGINEER®, SolidWorks®, STEP, and JPEG. Numatics benefits by delivering the right product to the customer in the right format, every time.

This week at Pack Expo in Las Vegas, Numatics and PARTsolutions are showcasing an enhanced version of its 3D Part Catalog solution, DPM CAD Configurator, which will further streamline the timeintensive process of assembling product content in order to establish quick design as a primary competitive advantage. Attendees can learn more and experience a demonstration at booth #C3443 at the Las Vegas Convention Center from Oct. 5-7, 2009.

“We’ve been benefiting from PARTsolutions’ 3D part catalog technology for several years now, and it continues to provide us with competitive advantage,” said Mark Madsen, director of marketing at Numatics. “Working with PARTsolutions to further refine our configurator technology and user interface will invigorate our customer community by creating a one-stop-shop for designers. Together we’re making a time-consuming and complex process fast and simple.”

“Early on in our long-standing partnership, Numatics realized the demands of the market would evolve and knew PARTsolutions could grow with those demands,” said Tim Thomas, CEO of PARTsolutions. “We look forward to the continued expansion of our technologies throughout the Numatics enterprise.”