Techstreet and Intertek Launch New Standards Store

New Service Includes Customer Alerts for Popular Standards

PHILADELPHIA, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters, the world's leading
source of intelligent information for business and professionals, has
partnered with Intertek, one of the world's largest independent testing,
inspection and certification companies, to launch a new online standards store
at www.intertek-standards.com and www.intertek-etlsemko.com. This new store is
supported by Techstreet (www.techstreet.com), and offers a wide range of
industry codes and standards to ensure safety, quality and compliance in
manufactured products. Product testing and certification customers also can
receive updates on standards via custom email alerts.
"It is more critical than ever for manufacturers and retailers to have the
most current standards for their products," said David Brown, Executive Vice
President, Corporate Markets for the Scientific business of Thomson Reuters.
"Using the proven e-commerce methods from Techstreet, this store is speeding
the delivery of such standards to the organizations who want to get their
products to market faster."
Visitors to the Intertek Standards Store can search, order and download
industry codes, standards and technical information from over 350 of the
world's leading standards developing organizations, including ANSI, API, UL,
ASQ, ASME, ASTM, AWS, BSI, CSA, DIN, IEC, IEEE, ISO, NFPA, MIL Specs, and
others. Customers can purchase single copies in print or PDF format, and
receive 10% off Techstreet prices. They can also get company-wide multi-user
access to a custom set of documents.
Additionally, customers will benefit from the self-serve functionality,
electronic download options, free tracking alert service and enterprise
subscriptions offerings. Further, Intertek clients already using
MyTestCentral, a web-based management system for product testing and
certification, will receive proactive standards updates, which they can use to
schedule product testing and compliance audits.
Jasmine Martirossian, Intertek's Manager of Global Internet Marketing
said, "We chose Techstreet because they are an acknowledged leader in online
information delivery and customer service."
About Intertek
Intertek (www.intertek.com) is one of the world's largest independent
testing, inspection and certification companies with offices and laboratories
in over 100 countries on 6 different continents. Intertek's commercial and
electrical division (www.intertek-etlsemko.com) specializes in electrical
product safety testing, EMC testing, and benchmark performance testing for
medical devices, telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, household
appliances, HVAC, lighting, and building products, among many others. Intertek
issues global certification marks needed for compliance to market or industry
standards.
About Thomson Reuters
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for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with
innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision
makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and
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headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota,
Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. For more
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SOURCE Thomson Reuters

Kevin Bonsor, Marketing Communications Manager of Scientific business of
Thomson Reuters, +1-919-461-7428, kevin.bonsor@thomsonreuters.com; or Jasmine
Martirossian, Manager, Global Internet Marketing of Intertek, +1-978-635-8568,
jasmine.martirossian@intertek.com