manufacturing headquarters marietta georgia u.s. area served worldwide key people bo hagler ceo jean fran ois blachon cto chris mitchell cmo olivier gavillot coo livesource products manufacturing marketplace livesource number of employees 50 2015 website mfg.com mfg.com is a global online manufacturing marketplace that connects buyers of custom manufactured parts with manufacturers and job shops that provide of contract manufacturing services . buyers who are typically engineers industrial designers and other sourcing professionals are able to post requests for quote rfqs to the marketplace and then receive quotes from qualified contract manufacturers located around the world . mfg.com is headquartered in marietta georgia usa and maintains a european office in paris france . contents 1 history 2 business model 3 notable mfg.com members 4 references history edit 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 . free bootstrapped the entire venture and gradually acquired and retained customers steadily growing the company to a profitable business . in 2005 mfg.com accepted an investment from jeff bezos of bezos expeditions . 1 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 . 2 in october 2006 the mfg.com global manufacturing marketplace opened its second largest office in shanghai which eventually closed in 2015 because of business realignment . 3 in 2007 samwer brothers invested in the company followed by fidelity ventures 26m investment in 2008 . 4 members of bezos expeditions and fidelity ventures currently sit on the mfg.com board of directors . in september 2012 general wesley clark 5 joined the board as an advisory board member . in 2013 founder mitch free left mfg.com to pursue other entrepreneurial interests . mfg.com was named by business 2.0 in 2006 as one of the 15 companies that will change the world . 6 business model edit buyers of custom manufactured parts engineers and sourcing professionals use mfg.com to source custom manufactured parts as well as find and connect with contract manufacturers and manufacturing job shops around the world . buyers upload their requests for quotation rfqs online and connect with suppliers that meet their specific manufacturing specifications . buyers have the ability to connect with job shops and contract manufacturers based on geographic location certifications and manufacturing capabilities . buyers can also request job shops and contract manufacturers sign electronic non disclosure agreement nda forms so that they can control how when where and by whom their drawings and documents are viewed . engineers and sourcing professionals can source custom parts in categories such as assembly casting extrusion fabrication forging gears machining molding rapid prototyping spring & wire forming stamping tube modification tool die & mold making providers of contract manufacturing services contract manufacturers job shops and suppliers of custom manufactured parts have full access to the rfqs being sourced by members of the mfg.com buyer community . those providers of manufacturing services can search for rfqs based on factors like geography category material quantity part size or a combination of the four . a profile is created for the manufacturing services provider where they can be found by sourcing professionals on search engines like google bing and yahoo . there is an annual subscription for job shops suppliers and contract manufacturers to use mfg.com . notable mfg.com members edit lockheed martin general motors anchor hocking honeywell general electric enfield technologies colliers international l3 communications kimberly clark u.s. army u.s. air force husqvarna siemens spacex nasa nike tesla intel ibm faa references edit seattlepi bezox invests in mfg.com . february 6 2007 . retrieved 2009 06 01 . cadalyst mfg.com acquires europe s sourcingparts.com . september 6 2006 . retrieved 2009 06 01 . inc. how to get ahead in china . february 6 2007 . retrieved 2009 06 01 . weisman robert february 6 2007 . boston.com fidelity makes bid for online auction glory . the boston globe . retrieved 2009 06 01 . mfg.com appoints general wesley clark to board . september 10 2012 . money.cnn.com 15 companies that will change the world . august 22 2007 . retrieved 2009 06 04 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mfg.com & oldid 743264184 categories 1999 establishments in georgia u.s. state companies based in atlantabusiness services companies established in 1999internet companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in georgia u.s. state navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more 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