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Perry Gathings
336-272-9394
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SourceAuthority.comExpands Engineering Support Services

Greensboro, North Carolina, August 14, 2007 - SourceHorizon, Inc., parent company of the industry leading online marketplace for U.S. custom manufacturing, SourceAuthority.com, announced today the creation of an Engineering Support Services division. Although the company has been offering such services to members of its growing Web community for more than a year, the company's expanded strategic partnership with Cygnus Business Media has made the new division necessary.

“The establishment of the SourceIMD.com website, jointly created with Cygnus, has boosted customer demand for engineering support services,” commented SourceHorizon CEO, Perry Gathings, “and we needed a separate division to respond to that surge.” Gathings appointed Jason Stevens, Professional Engineer, as Chief Engineering Services Officer to manage the new group. Mr. Stevens will be responsible for offering engineering support to the 3,300 members of the SourceAuthority.com marketplace. Prior to joining SourceHorizon, Mr. Stevens was Manager of Manufacturing and Engineering for IMPulse NC, Inc.

“Our goal is to provide project-specific engineering support for marketplace members whose own engineering resources may be limited or unavailable. We will provide comprehensive professional services ranging from drawing review to full scale design and project management,” Stevens said of his new role.

SourceHorizon's partnership with Cygnus Business Media, publisher of more than 50 magazines, including Industrial Machinery Digest, Total Industrial Plant Solutions, and the Surplus Buying and Selling Guide, has given the SourceAuthority.com brand a solid foothold in the U.S. contract manufacturing space.

Commenting on this relationship, William Strickland of Cygnus said, “Cygnus welcomes this timely response by SourceHorizon to the need in the manufacturing community for professional engineering services to be available during the time-saving process of e-sourcing offered by the SourceAuthority.com online marketplace. In addition to signaling corporate growth, this move shows that SourceHorizon is delivering the next-generation e-supply chain platform that will help American manufacturers compete effectively in the global environment. We are glad that our expanded strategic relationship with SourceHorizon has helped to make this new service available to domestic producers of custom parts.”

About Industrial Machinery Digest

Industrial Machinery Digest is the leading trade publication serving both the new and surplus machine tool markets. Over 226,800 copies of the publication are mailed 18 times annually to buyers that are pre-qualified by industry type and buying power. Thousands of additional copies are also distributed each year at national tradeshows. Industrial Machinery Digest is a property of Cygnus B2B Media.

About Total Industrial Plant Solutions

Total Industrial Plant Solutions (TIPS) is the only independent card deck providing quality sales leads throughout multiple layers of the manufacturing industry. A 'one source, all the answers' strategy enables TIPS to offer all industrial OEMs and suppliers deeper market penetration and is circulated to more than 105,000 qualified recipients. TIPS is a property of Cygnus B2B Media.

About SourceAuthority.com

SourceAuthority.com is a property of SourceHorizon, Inc. - a provider of innovative and affordable solutions which are designed to help manufacturing companies find and qualify critical sources of supply, reduce costs and improve their products. The company's services are available to a world-wide buying audience through www.sourceauthority.com. SourceHorizon is also the proud strategic sourcing partner of the National Tooling & Machining Association.