FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 Contact:   Dan Murphy / Kristi Schmidt
                 631-501-2441/303-200-5536
                 dmurphy@partminer.com / kschmidt@partminer.com  

PARTMINER GRANTED AS9120 CERTIFICATION

MELVILLE,NEW YORK – March 26,2008 -- PartMiner, Inc., the leading global marketplace for electronic components, announced today that it has qualified for AS9120 certification.

Over the past few years counterfeit and substandard product has been infiltrating the supply chain of the global electronic market. One of the industries hit hardest has been the Aerospace Industry. Recognizing the added value the new AS9120  standard means to this industry, PartMiner has updated its current ISO 9001:2000 certified Quality Management System to the new global standard level of the Aerospace Industry, AS9120 Certification.

AS9120 is based on the fundamentals of ISO 9001:2000, but with over 100 additional requirements specific to the Aerospace Industry. Focusing on :

Document Control & Records
Verification of Purchased Product
Purchasing Process
Inspection Documentation
Identification & Traceability

As a supplier of electronic components, PartMiner is committed to the continuous improvement of its products, services and processes. The result is higher quality and customer satisfaction. Realizing as an independent distributor PartMiner can directly affect product quality, PartMiner trains each of its sales, purchasing and inspection teams to follow procedures as outlined in its ISO 9001:2000 & AS9120 documents, helping to ensure that the material delivered to its customers conforms to these standards and those of the manufacturer specifications.

Dan Murphy, President of PartMiner Direct North America, said,"Our commitment to delivering quality products is evident in the fact that we have satisfied the rigorous requirements of the AS9120 certification. This certification coupled with our recent investment in on-site testing equipment helps protect our customers from substandard components"

To view the AS9120 certificate please go to :
http://www.partminer.com/isocert.html

About PartMiner

www.partminer.com is the world’s leading global marketplace and information source for the global electronic components industry with more than 3 million component searches per month and more than 400,000 visitors per month.  PartMiner offers a comprehensive, subscription-based, online electronic components database that includes more than 100 million physical devices and billions of part numbers.  PartMiner is the leading worldwide market maker for spot market inventory, offering more than 150 million lines of availability and an enterprise-class bill-of-materials and inventory management system, which is the ultimate tool tying the design chain to the supply chain.

 

PartMiner has offices in the United States (California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, and New York), Brazil, China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, and Suzhou), Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.