Carpenterdirect Named to 2001 'NetMarketing Top 200' Best B-to-B Web Sites; Only Metals-Industry Website On List; 'Strong e-commerce' Noted.Business Editors WYOMISSING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001 Carpenterdirect.com(TM), the e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. operation of specialty steel and materials manufacturer Carpenter Technology, has been named to the 2001 "NetMarketing Top 200" list of the best business-to-business  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. web sites in a competition organized by Advertising Age's B-to-B magazine. Carpenterdirect was the only metal-industry website to crack the top 200. It also ranked 10th in the "manufacturing-industrial" category alongside such industrial powerhouses as General Electric, Honeywell, Parker Hannifin Parker Hannifin Corporation (originally Parker Appliance Company) NYSE: PH, of Cleveland, Ohio, is a manufacturer of motion and control technologies. Founded in 1924, the company has been publicly traded on the NYSE since December 9, 1964. , and Swagelok. The judges applauded carpenterdirect's "strong e-commerce" component, explaining that users can "get pricing and availability information, request quotes and review their accounts." "Good customer support" was also noted as one of the site's benefits. More than 800 sites were evaluated on the presentation of information, ease of navigation, design, e-commerce capabilities and the availability of extras such as forums, e-mail newsletters and calculators. Judging was done by a committee of B-to-B staff members and contributing reporters. Carpenterdirect.com, which in October 2001 celebrated its first year in operation, has tallied increased sales and site visits each month since its inception. About 4,000 potential steel purchasers were registered to the site as of the one-year anniversary. In addition, the percentage of registrants that buy metal on the site has increased every month since the launch. Carpenterdirect.com provides user-friendly, one-stop shopping for general tool and machine shop customers and other metals fabricators. The site offers stainless bar, including Carpenter's Project 70(R) stainless machining bar, carbon and alloy alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. steel, tool steel, aluminum and brass. Carpenter Technology is a leading manufacturer and distributor of stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. , specialty alloys This is a list of alloys for which an article exists in Wikipedia (or is proposed but not yet written). They are grouped by base metal, in order of increasing atomic number. Within these headings they are in no particular order. , titanium titanium (tītā`nēəm, tĭ–) [from Titan], metallic chemical element; symbol Ti; at. no. 22; at. wt. 47.88; m.p. 1,675°C;; b.p. 3,260°C;; sp. gr. 4.54 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, or +4. and various engineered products. Carpenter had sales of $1.2 billion in fiscal 2001 (ended June 30, 2001). More information about Carpenter is available at www.cartech.com and www.carpenterdirect.com |
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