Early Adopter Receives 35 Times More Sales Leads With PARTsolutions

MILFORD, OH and FT. WAYNE, IN, Aug 19 (MARKET WIRE) --

PARTsolutions, LLC, a global provider of 3D part catalogs for
manufacturers and enterprises, and PHD Inc., a leading global automation
components manufacturer, are expanding their 9-year partnership. As
PARTsolutions' first U.S.-based customer, PHD has received 35 times more
sales leads since implementing PARTsolutions' PARTcatalog(R) technology.
The company continues to see the value of delivering CAD-native data of
its products, as evidenced by the extension of its contract through 2012
and its decision to strategically leverage the company's technology as a
part of its product engineering process.

The new agreement expands beyond Internet properties to include design
optimization within the company's engineering group, which will help PHD
simplify the product design process for its customers. Under the terms of
the agreement, PHD also gains access to the PARTsolutions enterprise
customer install base, which significantly extends the companies reach to
new companies and markets.

"Our first goal in teaming with PARTsolutions was to address the needs of
our customer by deploying a multi-CAD platform on our website," said Steve
Gilliom, vice president of information technology and finance. "We're now
extending their technology into the enterprise, in order to help our
designers enhance and streamline the design of our products in these lean
times."

PHD was one of the first companies to implement PARTcatalog from
PARTsolutions to web enable its product line of premium automation
products including cylinders, clamps, escapements, grippers, slides,
rotary actuators, proximity sensors and switches. Eliminating the
time-intensive process of creating, migrating and translating catalog
content has saved the company enormous resources. As a build-to-order
business that offers more than 450 million product combinations,
PARTcatalog has been instrumental in establishing quick delivery as PHD's
primary competitive advantage. The solution also increases lead
generation by allowing PHD to track who is accessing designs and
proactively deliver sales and support information to its customers.

"PHD believed in our business strategy from the very first day and as an
early adopter the company has been reaping the rewards of 3D catalogs for
9 years," said Tim Thomas, CEO of PARTsolutions. "Extending our strategic
partnership today further validates the value proposition of our
technology to manufacturers of any size."

About PARTsolutions LLC

PARTsolutions(R) LLC is a leading provider of PLM solutions for next
generation 3D part catalog management and hosting, delivering solutions
since 1992. For large manufacturers, the PARTsolutions product suite
provides centralized 3D standard part catalogs making it easy for global
design teams to find, reuse, and control standard and proprietary 3D
parts. For component manufacturers, the PARTsolutions product suite
provides web hosting of 3D part catalogs to increase lead generation, and
to ensure that components get "designed in" to OEM products. The
PARTsolutions CAD-Native advantage provides support of over 85 native and
neutral CAD and graphics formats to meet the needs of the multi-CAD
supply chain. The PARTsolutions product suite maximizes support of reuse
and standardization initiatives to deliver measurable business growth
through maximizing standard part reuse to get products to market faster
with reduced cost. Information about PARTsolutions can be found at
http://www.partsolutions.com.

About PHD, Inc.

PHD, Inc. designs and manufactures a complete line of pneumatic, hydraulic
and electric actuators to help companies across all industries optimize
their manufacturing processes. Products include clamps, cylinders, powered
slides, rotary actuators, multi-motion actuators, grippers, escapements,
and switches and sensors. These automation components are versatile and
can be used independently for fixturing or tooling, in a modular fashion
for building pick-and-place devices, or can be built as customized units
to meet specific application needs. PHD products, supported by a strong
commitment to delivery, service, and customer support have made PHD a
leader in industrial automation.

PARTsolutions Media Contact:
Laurie Gibson
B3 Communications
(650) 969-0764
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