Global Engineering Documents announces new agreement with Air Transport Association of America.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1995--Global Engineering Documents, a division of Information Handling Services Inc. (IHS), recently announced that the company is now an official distributor of the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) publications in both hardcopy and CD-ROM.

As part of the new agreement, Global Engineering Documents will offer ATA publications in hardcopy via "print-on-demand" as well as the more popular specifications, such as Spec 100, Spec 2100 and Spec 2000, on CD-ROM.

ATA has represented North America's commercial aviation region since 1936 and works to provide technical expertise and building specifications for its members and the industry at large. The growing number of ATA technical standards, training manuals, glossaries and guidelines helps airlines' manufacturers and suppliers maintain high standards of safety and professional expertise, allowing them to communicate more effectively and increase cost efficiency.

Global Engineering Documents, together with IHS, is the world's premiere publisher of industry, U.S. government, international and non-U.S. national specifications and standards. IHS also publishes technical, regulatory and engineering information in various database formats. Today, Global Engineering Documents serves more than 50,000 customers in more than 90 countries.

To order ATA documents, or for more information on other Global Engineering Documents products, contact the company at 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, Colo. 80112-5776; telephone: [phone] (U.S.A.), 303/792-2181; fax: [phone]. -0-

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