MFG.com Teams With UL to Offer Facility Audit and Product Inspection Services to Members of MFG.com

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – Jul 18, 2013) – MFG.com announced
today that they have teamed with UL (Underwriters Laboratories) to
offer facility auditing and product inspection services to members
of its online manufacturing platform. UL serves as the leading
provider of auditing and safety services globally.

For facility audits, the service enables sourcing professionals
to contract UL to audit a current or potential supplier globally.
UL will provide an audit report to the requestor with documented
feedback of their audit. With extensive knowledge of regulatory
requirements, UL audit specialists work within applicable
codes-of-conduct and governing frameworks to provide essential
information that enables brand managers, compliance officers and
quality assurance specialists to make informed decisions directly
impacting brand credibility and product marketability.

For product inspection, the service enables sourcing
professionals to confirm the quality of their product before it
ships from the factory. With expertise in nearly every consumer
product category, UL’s comprehensive inspection system provides a
vital check on consumer product quality from top of production
through loading, to help eliminate many of the uncertainties
associated with global sourcing. From factory to shelf, UL helps
ensure products and packaging meet defined specifications for
quality and safety.

“We are excited for this new relationship with UL. It provides
both sourcing professionals and suppliers with additional tools to
help conduct business smoothly,” said Patrick Hunter, SVP of
Marketplace Operations for MFG.com. “The service enables our
members to source locally or globally with the same expectations.
Overall, this is a great product offer for our marketplace
users.”

About Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

UL is a premier global independent safety science company with
more than 118 years of history. Employing more than 10,000
professionals with customers in over 100 countries, UL has five
distinct business units — Product Safety, Environment, Life &
Health, Knowledge Services, and Verification Services — to meet
the expanding needs of their customers and to deliver on their
public safety mission. For more information on UL’s family of
companies and network of 95 laboratory, testing, and certification
facilities, go to

www.UL.com.

About MFG.com

MFG.com is the largest online marketplace for the manufacturing
industry, facilitating interaction between buyers and
manufacturers. MFG.com enables sourcing professionals and engineers
to quickly and easily locate quality suppliers for

CNC Machining,

Injection Molding,

Metal Stamping,

Metal Fabricationand many other processes through an
easy-to-use online marketplace. With more than $115 billion in RFQs
passing through the marketplace, MFG.com has helped thousands of
manufacturers — ranging from small machine shops to large
conglomerates — increase sales and grow profits. MFG.com is a
global business, with offices in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Mexico.
For more information, go to

www.mfg.com.