FCI Partners with Techstreet to Launch New Web Store
Ann Arbor, MI USA; Cleveland, OH - March 16, 2006 Today, Thomson Scientific and the Fluid Controls Institute
(FCI), announce the launch of the new FCI online standards store at http://www.fluidcontrolsinstitute.org.
Customers visiting the FCI standards store can search, order, and download copies of FCI standards and
publications, or choose to order printed copies for delivery. This is the first time that FCI has made its
technical standards available for purchase on the Internet. The agreement calls for Techstreet, a business unit of
Thomson Scientific, to design, build, promote and manage the new online store and provide digital document delivery
and customer service for FCI members and customers worldwide.
The Fluid Controls Institute (FCI) is a nonprofit association of manufacturers of fluid control and conditioning
equipment. The Institute currently serves 40 member companies with standards development, education and training to
promote better products of higher quality and greater usefulness. It is organized into eight product-specific
sections designed to address relevant issues and technologies for Regulators, Secondary Pressure Drainers, Control
Valves, Pipeline Strainers, Solenoid Valves, Instruments, Steam Traps, and Safety and Relief Valves. The list of
publications available from the new online store include standards, recommended procedures, pressure ratings, terms
and definitions, test methods and conditions, classifications, and operating principles.
Craig Addington, Director of the Fluid Controls Institute, explains that "the new online store will make FCI
standards and technical documents more accessible than ever before. With the new e-commerce business model, we can
serve members and customers with easy online ordering, automatic member discounts and document delivery 24 hours a
day. This unique partnership will enable us to focus more on our core competencies while Techstreet manages sales
and delivery."
Andrew Bank, Director of Business Development at Techstreet notes that "Our proven technology satisfies the needs
of engineers and their support staff by making it easy to obtain and manage the technical information they need to
do their jobs. By applying our web-based tools and proven e-commerce methods to FCI's operation, we can provide a
much-needed service to FCI members and customers and increase FCI's net income from publication sales."
About FCI
The Fluid Controls Institute has a venerable tradition of more than 80 years of service to the fluid control and
conditioning industry. Focused on technical issues, the institute provides standards and educational materials to
assist purchasers and users in understanding and using fluid control and conditioning equipment.
About Techstreet
Founded in 1997, Techstreet provides vital information resources and online information management tools to
over 90,000 engineers, corporate librarians and technical professionals worldwide. Through its e-commerce
website, www.techstreet.com, customers can search over 250,000 titles aggregated into one of the largest
online databases of industry codes and standards in the world. A web-based subscription service offers
multi-user access to a custom set of full-text standards. The company also offers publication fulfillment,
e-commerce, and information management solutions to associations and publishers, and continues to provide
innovative solutions in the field of Digital Rights Management.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2004 revenues of $8.10 billion, is a global leader in
providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides
value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of
law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning
and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn.,
Thomson has approximately 38,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries.
The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
Thomson scientific information solutions can be found at www.thomson.com/scientific and include Techstreet
offering a wide variety of engineering codes and standards;
ISI Web of Knowledge
SM facilitating discovery by offering seamless navigation to
high-quality, multidisciplinary journal (
Web of Science® ), patent
(
Derwent World Patents Index® ), and Web content, evaluation tools,
and bibliographic management products (
EndNote®);
Thomson
PharmaSM -an integrated information solution for the pharmaceutical
and biotechnology markets;
Delphion® providing access to full-text patent
documents from the world's leading patent authorities; and
BIOSIS Previews
® the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research.
Contact Information:
Betsy Henrichs
Marketing Manager
Techstreet
734-913-3935
betsy.henrichs@thomson.com
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Rodney Yancey
Manager, Corporate Communications
Thomson Scientific
215-386-0100 extension 1396
rodney.yancey@thomson.com
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