TestMart Makes C.A. Motzko's Enormous Catalog of Equipment Available Online

Comprehensive T&M database gives TestMart users access to technical information on more than 48,000 instruments

SAN BRUNO, CA - February 7, 2000 -
TestMartTM, the leading information and commerce marketplace for the test and measurement industry, today announced an exclusive partnership with C.A. Motzko and Associates, the leading provider of enterprise-wide test equipment management solutions. The agreement enables TestMart to integrate C.A. Motzko's immense catalog of test and measurement equipment - the most comprehensive of its kind - into its extensive product databases.

The addition of data from the C.A. Motzko catalog to TestMart's already impressive repository of test and measurement equipment will vastly expand its users' ability to compare instrument performance, establish an instrument's market value, find operational accessories and calibrate and maintain older equipment for which documentation is difficult to find. Because the catalog provides information on more than 48,000 instruments from 1,682 manufacturers dating to 1969, TestMart customers will be able to search TestMart databases for equivalent and substitute equipment for virtually any test instrument they currently use. The catalog will also expand TestMart's ability to serve calibration labs and finance professionals working with older equipment.

"Our partnership with C.A. Motzko and Associates gives our customers access to an incredible wealth of T&M information," said Peter Ostrow, president and CEO of TestMart. "By integrating the catalog with our existing databases, we're extending TestMart's leadership by providing the largest, most accurate collection of unbiased test and measurement equipment information and providing an invaluable service to the test and measurement community."

"Our catalog is the result of thirty years of devotion to metrology, calibration and equipment management," added Charlie Motzko, senior principal of C.A. Motzko and Associates. "By making the information in our catalog available via the TestMart Web site, we're realizing the dream of sharing that research with test and measurement professionals to help them succeed. Our addition to the TestMart data structure will help TestMart's customers take advantage of the catalog and data normalization techniques we've developed over decades of research and acquire the assets they need to work faster and more accurately."

The C.A. Motzko catalog has always been invaluable to us for the breadth and absolute accuracy of the technical specifications and pricing information it offers," added Paul Levasseur, general manager of Equipment Management Technology. "As part of TestMart's searchable databases, that information will be more accessible than ever and readily available to anyone in our organization."

Dr. Klaus Jaeger, manager of Metrology at Lockheed Martin Technical Operations said, "The integration of the C.A. Motzko catalog into TestMart's databases will be a life saver for us. We often have problems finding information and specifications for older equipment.. The ability to access calibration specifications and other information related to those instruments using TestMart will contribute significantly to our productivity and ability to work with contractors using older test and measurement instruments."

C.A. Motzko & Associates is an integrated technology consultancy resulting from Charlie Motzko's desire to improve and give back to metrology and its related disciplines. C.A. Motzko & Associates is a global leader in the design and implementation of metrology, calibration and equipment management systems and solutions. The consultancy serves markets within the technology-based community including aerospace, defense, manufacturing, communications, electronics, life sciences and health care.

TestMart is the most comprehensive test equipment reference site and marketplace on the Internet. The site features massive databases of unbiased, proprietary and hard-to-find information and a safe, secure Buy Online area where users can locate, compare, and select from an extensive offering of new and refurbished instruments. Databases contain detailed specifications on over 10,000 test and measurement products, contact and historical information on more than 500 manufacturers and a Reference section with extensive information including calibration intervals, life cycles, Y2K and CE status.

TestMart is a private company formed in 1998 to create community and to develop e-commerce applications for industrial technical equipment industries. Headquarters is located at 851 Traeger Avenue, San Bruno, California 94066; Telephone: 650-624-0525, Fax: 650-624-0535. For more information on TestMart, address e-mail to jharrington@testmart.com. The TestMart Web site can be found at https://www.testmart.com/.

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