Centennial, Colorado and N. Billerica, Massachusetts – November 6, 2006 – PartMiner Information Services, Inc. a leading Interactive Content and Commerce solutions provider for electronic components, today announced that is has entered into a reseller agreement for PartMiner’s CAPSTM products with K2 Engineering Services, Inc. (K2), a leader in the design of Printed Circuit Boards and Part Library services.PartMiner’s CAPS Database is the largest electronic components database of its kind. The CAPS Database provides rich, detailed, parametric information on current and historical components that engineers use in their research-for-design and component selection processes. The CAPS Database contains millions of pages of current and historical datasheets, end-of-life notices, product change notices and RoHS compliance declarations. K2 provides quality, design services for a wide variety of products. K2’s design methodologies include chip on board, hybrid PCBs, and high-speed digital with signal integrity analysis. Kevin Keohan, President of K2 said, “As a reseller for PartMiner, our customers can quickly obtain the information they need to make informed component decisions, prior to us designing their boards. After all, bad parts equal bad boards.”Michael Manley, President of PartMiner, commented, “We are excited that K2 will bring the power of CAPS to the PCB design process. Customers will make better design decisions and speed their products to market faster by using CAPS and K2.”K2 Engineering will offer customers subscription access to the CAPS Database and PartMiner’s unique software solutions, which include crossreferencing by part number, parametrics, manufacturer name or logo, and document type. PartMiner’s CAPSTM ConnectTM software allows customers to validate, cleanse, analyze, monitor and report at the Bill of Material level. PartMiner recently introduced CAPSTM Connect ESTM software, a revolutionary solution enabling customers to enrich their internal corporate data with information from the CAPS database and search this rich data set using our unique error-tolerant search capabilities.PartMiner has offices in the United States (California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, and New York), Canada, China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing), Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.PartMiner Information Systems: The world leader in content, software, and decision support systems for managing electronic components. Find out why so many enterprises rely on PartMiner’s CAPSTM family of products.PartMiner Direct: Looking for hard-to-find, shortage or obsolete components, let us be your gateway to the open market. Need to fill-in gaps in your supply chain, we can do it the fastest. PartMiner Direct, the best of the best for speed, service, and supply.K2 Engineering Services, Inc. is a leading PCB Design Service organization, as well as a provider of PCB and Schematic Libraries to many area companies. K2’s dedicated team of talented professionals has designed some of the most challenging and innovative products in the world. Established in 1995, K2 Engineering has worked hard to create the best overall PCB design process in the industry by continuously pushing design, assembly and test boundaries in order to meet their customer’s challenging technological demands. They have earned the reputation of being able to deliver projects on time, at or below budget, with unsurpassed quality. Additional information about K2 Engineering Services, Inc. is available at http://www.K2-Eng.com.
