'Die Cutting on Thomasnet Interview'

Die Cutting on Thomasnet Interview

By Interviewer at 11/25/09 12:27

Name of your website?

Die Cutting on Thomasnet

Your name?

Alex Borsody

Your Location (city, etc)

new york

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Thomasnet is the premier online source for industrial supplies it has a full search engine, powered by advanced Danish software so that finding what you need right down the the part number is simple.

how long has this company been around

Thomasnet was originally created as Thomas Registrar over one hundred years ago, since then it has been known as the big green book, and has been mythical in the manufacturing industry, recently it switched over completely to an online database, and became Thomasnet.com

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

we first launched four years ago in 2004

How did you decide on a name for your website?

The name Thomasnet is a variation of Thomas Registrar and Thomas Publishing

What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?

This website is unique in that we offer the most complete directory search for suppliers practically gauranteeing you find what your looking for. We are much more then search though, we have very active community forums, white papers, and articles with all kinds of information, we also have a newsletter and press releases keeping you up to date on industrial news, in the Die cutting, cnc machining, and die industry.

What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)

our goal is to keep going strong

what are some important catagories for you

Die cutting the process of passing a blank of either wood, plastic or metal through a special shaped metal blade called a die is a very important catagory for us, die cutting is used to create all sorts of materials, there is rotary die cutting, steel rule die cutting, shaving and blanking die cutting. cnc machining is also important, as is gaskets.

i never knew so much about die cutting before! whats the hardest part about the process

the most difficult part in the die cutting process is creating the specially shaped blades that is the actual die, the die most be precise to cut exactly leaving little excess material.

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

our site is really big today

What is your website address?

Die Cutting on Thomasnet

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