ThomasNet.com Sponsors National Association of Engineering Student Councils' Annual Conference, Supporting Rising Engineers' Success

URBANA, Ill. & NEW YORK --(Business Wire)--

ThomasNet.com and the National Association of Engineering Student Councils (NAESC) have partnered to introduce the next generation of engineers to resources for success. ThomasNet.com will be the Title Sponsor of the NAESC National Conference April 5-6, 2013 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The event helps engineering students strengthen their schools' engineering programs, and develop satisfying careers.

ThomasNet.com is industry's only free website for supplier discovery and sourcing of, products, materials and services. It features the IMT Career Journal, and tips for finding jobs.

ThomasNet.com, will present sessions at the conference, featuring this resource with over 610,000 North American suppliers, thousands of product catalogs, and millions of downloadable 2D/3D CAD models.

"We are excited to have ThomasNet.com sponsor our Conference a second time," said Brandon Brunner, National President of NAESC. "ThomasNet.com furthers our mission to serve member schools and make a significant impact on University-level Engineering."

"U.S. companies are challenged to find skilled engineers. At ThomasNet.com, addressing this is a top priority," said Tom Greco, Vice President, ThomasNet.com.

About NAESC

The National Association of Engineering Student Councils (NAESC) is an organization comprised of representatives from more than 50 universities nationwide. NAESC meets annually for its National Conference, which gives the attending engineering student councils the opportunity to discuss issues related to their universities and councils while helping to promte engineering throughout the country. For more information, please see www.naesc.org.

About ThomasNet

Thomas is an information and technology company. For over a century we've led the way in connecting manufacturing and industrial buyers and sellers.

Buyers worldwide, including engineers, purchasing agents, facilities managers and more, rely on ThomasNet.com for product sourcing and supplier discovery. This free online platform combines semantic product search technology with information rich company profiles enabling educated supplier selection. ThomasNet News is a family of online publications and electronic newsletters delivering the latest news and trends affecting manufacturing and industry. ThomasNet News' goal is to give manufacturers the market intelligence they need to run their businesses effectively, and includes the flagship Industry Market Trends (IMT) along with several market-specific journals, including Machining Journal.

For suppliers (manufacturers, distributors and service providers) we provide strategic website development, tools and technology to help them better manage and share product and service data internally and externally.

Thomas' suite of Enterprise Solutions enables companies to effectively manage digital product data for syndication across a variety of enterprise-wide systems and sales channels to meet their strategic business needs. The Navigator Platform, our proprietary technology, is the central place through which we help our clients manage their information. The Platform enables CAD publishing, online catalogs, and syndication of detailed product data to channel partners. We offer Custom SPEC for the unique needs of custom manufacturers. Through our Digital Media Group we help companies build brand awareness and generate leads with our social media, email marketing and SEO programs.