05.23.2007                                                                            
Tennessee Rand to Provide Online Product Catalog Through PARTsolutions
Partnership to Expand the Awareness of Tennessee Rand Automation Products

Chattanooga, TN– 5/23/2007 – Tennessee Rand Inc., a leading North American supplier of automated welding systems and services has announced a strategic partnership with PARTsolutions LLC, a global provider of digital parts management technology and services. The Partnership will provide Tennessee Rand products digitally in various online market places, including the Autodesk® Supplier Content Center, the Machine Design online CAD Library and PARTsolutions Intelligent Parts Management solutions, allowing Tennessee Rand to introduce their products to new prospects worldwide independent of the CAD technology they may be using. Tennessee Rand will also deliver their digital product catalog through their own Web site, http://www.tennrand.com, to better serve their customers.

“We selected PARTsolutions following a thorough review of technology available in the market today,” said Don Peters, Executive V.P. and General Manager, Tennessee Rand Inc. “We also chose PARTsolutions due to its ability to put our products on the desktops of engineers worldwide, and introduce our products to new prospects “said John Meek, Engineering Manager Tennessee Rand Inc.

“Along with all that Tennessee Rand has to offer in the way of services, we offer custom products to meet specific tooling needs, including products that assist us in designing and building our tooling and fixtures, and now we offer these devices to our customers digitally to incorporate easily into their own designs.”

Quality products, speed of delivery, and stellar customer support have made Tennessee Rand a market leader in the design, manufacture, and support of pneumatic clamping products, retract devices, and accessories for assembly and welding automation needs.
PARTsolutions will Web-enable the Tennessee Rand collection of assembly automation products, allowing prospective customers to graphically configure components with the size, features, and options they need. Once configured, PARTsolutions creates high quality, native CAD data including the accurate Tennessee Rand part number, which is downloaded by the design engineer.

The Tennessee Rand line of manufacturing process products will be available in native and neutral 2D & 3D CAD formats utilizing the latest technology from PARTsolutions. Downloading Tennessee Rand products in native CAD formats saves designers time by allowing these products to be placed into designs quickly and easily.
“PARTsolutions is excited about its partnership with Tennessee Rand and looks forward to serving the company and their customers by providing the highest quality digital catalog data available,” commented Rob Zesch, President of PARTsolutions. “Further, PARTsolutions’ management of our catalog development process and rigorous QA, will ensure that we deliver to customers the quality they expect from Tennessee Rand Inc.”
About Tennessee Rand Inc.
Headquartered in Chattanooga TN, Tennessee Rand Inc. is a leading North American supplier of automated welding systems. We are a full service automation integrator with core competencies in advanced welding system design, high quality weld fixtures, robotic integration, process automation, and on-going service & support. We are based in a state-of-the-art 100,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility with additional service, support and sales offices in Waterloo, Ontario. We have the capability, expertise, and resources to build a broad variety of equipment ranging from dedicate welding cells to integrated in-line systems. More information about Tennessee Rand Inc. can be found at http://www.tennrand.com.
About PARTsolutions LLC
PARTsolutions® LLC is a leading provider of enterprise, digital parts management technology and services, delivering solutions since 1992. PARTsolutions products provide cross-media, catalog publishing solutions, with offerings for Internet, CD-ROM and print catalogs. Manufacturers increase sales by enabling engineers to specify components early in the design process. Engineers reduce design time with access to components and assemblies in over 85 CAD & graphic formats, addressing nearly 100% of all global CAD seats. Information about PARTsolutions can be found at http://www.part-solutions.com.
 

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