GlobalSpec [SEP] parent company
SolidWorks has embedded access to GlobalSpec's search engine inside its computer-aided design software.
Warburg Pincus sold GlobalSpec to IHS in 2012.
IEEE acquired GlobalSpec from IHS in 2016.
See also.
- Vertical search
- List of search engines
External links.
- CR4 The Engineer's Place for News and Discussion
GlobalSpec
GlobalSpec is a technology services company which provides a search engine of engineering and industrial products, indexing over 180 million parts divided into 2,300,000 product families, from over 24,000 manufacturer and distributor catalogs. GlobalSpec is a domain-specific (or "vertical search") tool, in that its focused domain allows for optimized results. Within product families, searches can be narrowed by selecting values for parameters that are specific to that product type.
The website has over five million registered members, and as of 2009, membership