Carr Lane Manufacturing Chooses TraceParts 3D Product Catalog for its Tooling Components
CINCINNATI, OHIO USA (January 15th, 2019) - Carr Lane Manufacturing, a global leader for standard tooling components, has chosen TraceParts as its service provider for publishing its 3D product catalog on its website and on the TraceParts publishing network.
CINCINNATI, OHIO USA (January 15th, 2019) - Carr Lane Manufacturing, a global leader for standard tooling components, has chosen TraceParts as its service provider for publishing its 3D product catalog on its website and on the TraceParts publishing network.
Carr Lane Manufacturing provides a large selection of tooling components, clamps, fixturing and related workholding products for all areas of manufacturing. Based in St. Louis, Missouri USA, they make tooling items for virtually every industry around the globe.
"Carr Lane is excited to be publishing its 3D tooling components with TraceParts both on its website and the TraceParts Publishing Network," said Colin Frost, Chief Operating Officer at Carr Lane Manufacturing. "We are delivering more than 800 Carr Lane 3D CAD product models on a typical day to customers in more than 40 countries, exceeding our expectations for this initiative."
A wide range of Carr Lane standard tooling components and industrial parts are now available on the TraceParts CAD content platform. Designers and engineers all over the world can now preview and download more than 1.1 million Carr Lane CAD files on the TraceParts website (www.traceparts.com) and the TraceParts Publishing Network.
"TraceParts is thrilled to be working with Carr Lane to digitize and deliver Carr Lane tooling products as 3D product data, including the supplier and part number information required to complete the digital thread," said Rob Zesch, President of TraceParts America. "TraceParts helps Carr Lane get reliably spec'd in and purchased through a seamless digital customer experience."
About Carr Lane Manufacturing
Carr Lane Manufacturing is recognized as a world leader for standard tooling components and industrial parts used by virtually every industry around the globe.
Known primarily for jig & fixture tooling components, Carr Lane Manufacturing offers more than 100,000 industrial parts products including quick change tooling plates & accessories, hoist rings, toggle clamps, handles, knobs, ball & spring plungers, threaded inserts, clamp straps, drill bushings, alignment pins, fixture bases, & power workholding devices.
Carr Lane Manufacturing is proud to sell quality products, with the majority of the fixture manufacturing done at its two American plants located in St. Louis, MO, and Austin, TX.
For more info, visit www.carrlane.com.
About TraceParts
TraceParts is one of the world's leading providers of 3D digital content for engineering. As part of the Trace Group founded in 1990, the company provides powerful web-based solutions, such as CAD part libraries, electronic catalogs, and product configurators.
TraceParts offers digital marketing services to help part vendors, 3D printing suppliers, software and computer hardware vendors promote their products and services and generate high-quality B2B sales leads.
The TraceParts portal is available free-of-charge to millions of CAD users worldwide. It provides access to hundreds of supplier catalogs and more than 100 million CAD models and product datasheets that perfectly meet the specific needs of design, purchasing, manufacturing and maintenance processes and operations.
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