IDES Plastics Search Engine Surpasses 75,000 Technical Material Datasheets

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Update: - the Prospector Plastics Database now includes 84715 datasheets from 866 global resin manufacturers.

LARAMIE, Wyo. – July 16, 2008 – IDES Inc. (www.ides.com), home of the fastest growing search destination for the plastics industry, now has processing and property information for over 75,000 plastic materials from 866 global manufacturers. More than 205,000 plastics professionals rely on Prospector (a search engine for plastic material datasheets developed by IDES) to find, compare and select polymers.

"By giving our users quick access to the most comprehensive source for plastic materials, Prospector reduces the amount of time it takes to select polymers and reference plastics processing information," said Mike Kmetz, President and Founder of IDES. "The expansion of our content offering to include more global materials addresses a shared need among our customers for a source they can trust for plastics data."

IDES publishes new technical content from resin manufacturers weekly. The company receives content in printed and electronic formats, and some resin manufacturers use a web-based data management system to enter and import property and processing information that defines each of their unique grades.

For more information, visit the plastics data report on IDES.

About IDES Inc.
IDES is a global information management company focused on improving the ways people connect with technical information about plastic materials. Since 1986, their online Prospector Plastics Database has grown to include 84715 datasheets from 866 global resin suppliers. The company also provides resin data management services and custom resin selectors for nearly all resin distributors and several polymer manufacturers. IDES is headquarted in Laramie, Wyoming with an office in Europe. For more information, visit www.ides.com/about.