FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Wayne Schaffel Sumner Rider & Associates 212-297-2128 Mike Tierney BHMA 860-533-9382

NEW YORK…The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association has announced the opening of an online store at its Web site, www.buildershardware.com, to facilitate purchases of its standards and Directory of Certified Products. According to Peter Rush. Executive Director of BHMA, the association has teamed with Techstreet, the leading e-commerce site for technical information, to handle customer service, order fulfillment and online distribution.

"BHMA can now provide instantaneous, secure purchases of our directory and complete line of standards," Rush explains. "The Internet has revolutionized the way information is disseminated and it is clearly doing the same for commercial endeavors. We wanted to enhance, yet simplify, the ordering process. BHMA now delivers the equivalent of one-stop shopping for technical materials and serves as a comprehensive information resource. Everyone who visits our site for the latest information on builders hardware will benefit."

The BHMA Online Store offers all BHMA standards and publications for immediate download. Using Techstreet's extensive information database, visitors can search and order 450,000 additional titles including technical books and professional training from many of the leading publishers. More than 60,000 technical documents are available for instant download. Techstreet's PDF Licensing Agreements allow the files to be placed on a company's intranet.

For more information, please contact Wayne Schaffel at Sumner Rider & Associates at 212-297-2128 or visit the BHMA Web site at www.buildershardware.com.

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