American Boiler Manufacturers Association Chooses Techstreet to Operate Its New Online Bookstore; Techstreet to Provide Immediate Download of 78,000 Items

    ARLINGTON, Va.--April 22, 2002--The ABMA, in partnership with Techstreet, today announced the opening of the ABMA Online Bookstore at www.abma.com.
    "The new online store offers important boiler industry information for the design, manufacture, installation, use, and maintenance of steam boilers, fuel burning systems, and boiler-related equipment," said Randy Rawson, ABMA President. Over 78,000 items are available for immediate download including most ABMA publications.
    Visitors can search and browse ABMA-published documents plus boiler industry content from publishers like ASME, ISO, API, ASTM, and the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. Orders can also be placed by fax or toll-free phone. ABMA is offering this new service in partnership with Techstreet, a digital content delivery company that maintains and fulfills a vast amount of information for technical professionals worldwide. Techstreet, www.techstreet.com, will manage the operation and provide customer service and order fulfillment.
    "The ABMA Online Bookstore is not only the primary source for ABMA-published materials, but we intend it to be the definitive information source for the boiler industry," said Rawson. "We selected Techstreet because of its record of providing better services to association members and customers, and for its ability to offer a robust online system to deliver our content and related technical materials."
    "ABMA has valuable industry content, and with the additional material from related publishers, the ABMA Bookstore is a real benefit to boiler industry professionals. Techstreet is proud to work with ABMA in providing these services," said Andrew Bank, Techstreet Vice President, Business Development.

    About ABMA

    The American Boiler Manufacturers Association (ABMA) is the national, nonprofit trade association of manufacturers of commercial/institutional, industrial and power-generating boilers, related fuel burning equipment, users of boiler and boiler-related equipment, and companies which provide products and services to the boiler industry. In short, ABMA represents the companies that design and build the systems that combust the fuels that generate the steam and hot water that powers and comforts America and the world. The Association was founded in 1888.

    About Techstreet

    Techstreet is a digital content delivery company that offers publishing, e-commerce, and fulfillment services to leading associations and technical content providers. Techstreet has licensing and distribution agreements with over 250 different publishers enabling the Company to print tens of thousands of documents on-demand for fast efficient delivery. Techstreet also operates a technical information store at www.techstreet.com that sells nearly 500,000 technical documents including 78,000 for immediate download. The Company started full operations in 1997.