Gardner Publications selects its partners carefully. In every case, when we evaluate our partners, we hold them up to the following criteria:

1. They must provide real value to our customers
2. They must be of a quality level commensurate with our individual brands
3. They must not conflict with our neutral editorial position as an independent provider of information or with our core advertising customer base.

IMTS.COM (www.imts.com)

Gardner Publications has partnered with the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) to create the IMTS.COM Website, CD-Rom and to sell promotional packages on IMTS.COM. IMTS.COM is a tool to help attendees and exhibitors navigate the show. From comprehensive exhibitor and product listings to hotels and "Chicagoland" info to online exhibitor update functions, IMTS.COM is there.

Hanser Gardner Publications (www.hansergardner.com)

Founded in 1995, Hanser Gardner Publications is a joint venture between Gardner Publications and Carl Hanser Verlag (www.hanser.de) to distribute and market technical books serving the Metalworking, Plastics and Finishing industries. The books offered through Hanser Gardner are all carefully selected by Hanser and Gardner's editors to provide the information most useful to our readers.

Mfg.com (www.mfg.com)

Gardner entered into our partnership with ManufacturingQuote in 2001. Manufacturing Quote, Inc has developed a network infrastructure and applications that specifically address the complex, collaborative Request For Quote (RFQ) needs of the custom-manufacturing sector.

ManufacturingQuote, Inc. leverages proprietary technology and extensive industry expertise to automate traditional procurement practices, streamlining the private quoting process, and creating an efficient and transparent eProcurement platform for buyer-seller collaboration and transactions. To support this objective, the company has developed web-based Collaborative Procurement Management (CPM) tools allowing users to manage the business of procuring and selling custom manufacturing services and made to order components. Manufacturing Quote.com is offered within each of Gardner's Magazine websites

Tooling U (www.toolingu.com)

Today's businesses face the challenge of maintaining a trained workforce. Companies must locate apprenticeship programs, cover travel and lodging expenses, and disrupt operations to cover training needs. Tooling U's web-based training offers low-cost, all-access courses and services to maximize corporate training initiatives.

Accessible through all of Gardner's Magazine websites, Tooling University offers high quality web-based e-learning that focuses on today's industrial manufacturing training needs. Tooling U delivers superior training content over the Internet using text, photos, video, audio, and illustrations. Their courses contain "roll-up-your-sleeves" content that offers real-world solutions on subjects such as Metal Cutting, Workholding, Materials, CNC, with much more to follow.