MFG.com is an Atlanta-based B2B marketplace for sourcing manufactured parts from all over the world. Users can find nearly $50 million worth of requests for manufacturing quotes per day on the site, complete with CAD diagrams and other specifications. Manufacturers bid on the requests.

Here is the opportunity: 

“Free has talked to me about his desire to find 3-D search technology that can operate on a commercial scale to match an engineer’s CAD diagrams with the historical inventory of parts sourced on MFG.com. His idea is to offer a service that would allow engineers to estimate the manufacturing costs of their designs on the fly, based on the shape and materials of the parts they need.”

Source: TechCrunch

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