MFG.com
MFG.com is a global online manufacturing marketplace that connects buyers of custom manufactured parts with manufacturers and job shops that provide contract manufacturing services. Buyers are typically engineers and purchasers from major corporations, industrial designers, and other sourcing professionals who post requests for quotes (RFQs) to the marketplace. RFQs then receive quotes from qualified contract manufacturers located around the world. MFG.com is headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, USA, and maintains an office in Paris, France. History MFG.com was founded by Mitch Free in 1999. The first site transaction between a custom parts buyer and custom parts manufacturer took place on February 14, 2000. Coined the 'Valentine Parts Order,' Free bootstrapped & grew the company to a profitable business over 4 years. In 2005, MFG.com accepted an investment from Jeff Bezos of Bezos Expeditions. In June 2006, MFG.com acquired Geneva based SourcingParts.com, a SaaS company focused on building advanced supplier relationship solutions for the made-to-order parts community. In October 2006, the MFG.com Global Manufacturing Marketplace opened its second largest office in Shanghai, which closed in 2015 for business realignment. In 2007, Samwer Brothers invested in the company, followed by Fidelity Ventures' $26M investment in 2008. Members of Bezos Expeditions and Fidelity Ventures