TestMartâ„¢ Dramatically Expands Information Resources With Exclusive Digital Original Catalog Library.

More than 1,700 publications dating from 1969 gives engineers unprecedented access to wealth of specifications and product data.

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - March 19, 2001
TestMartTM, the leading online marketplace in the test and measurement industry, introduced the Internet's only comprehensive original manufacturer catalog library. The library, available exclusively on the company's Web site, www.testmart.com, gives engineers fast, direct, and unprecedented access to a wealth of specifications, product histories, and other previously unavailable information. Such data is vital to companies managing and servicing equipment assets acquired in mergers, or to engineers maintaining equipment for which documentation is lost or not readily available.

The original catalog library features more than 1,700 catalogs and brochures and 87,000 one-page marketing documents from more than 130 manufacturers dating from 1969. The pages appear in graphic form exactly as they appear in print form, including all product photos, charts, and graphics. This consolidation of thirty years of catalogs and brochures - including those from leading manufacturers Agilent, Anritsu, Fluke, and Tektronix - effectively creates a centralized spec library that would be extremely challenging to build and maintain in physical form.

A TestMart user seeking data from the original catalog library can search simultaneously across catalogs by manufacturer and year and view catalog content exactly as it appeared in print and e-mail or download the content in grayscale or high resolution for future use.

In the event a user is seeking to purchase an instrument as well as conducting a specification check, entries in the catalog library are cross-referenced to the ever-growing TestMart product database, enabling users to check for product availability. Users can also take advantage of the catalog content to match accessories to existing equipment, determine product options, replacements, revisions and production runs, as well as perform product life cycle analysis for asset management purposes.

"From its inception, TestMart has created value by leveraging the Internet to help engineers and purchasing professionals make informed decisions about test equipment purchases and the management of their assets," said Peter Ostrow, president and CEO of TestMart. "Our first-in-the-industry original catalogs library contains more data from these hard-to-find catalogs in one place than can be found anywhere else on the Internet, giving engineers the power to make critical product decisions without wasting their time or company resources."

"Our company's mission is to increase the productivity of our customers in the test environment," said Paul McNamara, president and CEO of The Sente Group, a company that designs and implements test asset management solutions that reduce cost and improve cycle time. "The archival information which TestMart provides in a quick and comprehensive manner through its original catalog library enhances our capacity as an organization to deliver results for our customers."

About TestMart

TestMart is the most comprehensive test and measurement equipment marketplace on the Internet. The site features massive databases of unbiased, proprietary, and hard-to-find information and a safe secure online store where users can locate, compare, and select from an extensive offering of new and refurbished products. Headquarters is located at 851 Traeger Avenue, San Bruno, California 94066; Telephone 650-624-0525, Fax 650-624-0535. For more information on TestMart, address e-mail to ajones@testmart.com. The TestMart Web site can be found at https://www.testmart.com, where users can click on a tour of the site.

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