The success of any new product development whether it is the latest iPhone, advanced jet engine, electric vehicle or the mundane vacuum cleaner depends on the sourcing of reliable raw materials to build these products. If you are an engineer, product developer, or material procurement specialist, where do you look for reliable material data? We are often confronted with these questions in the industrial world.
Perhaps for most of us, the first search would be the internet to try looking for potential data and supply of these materials. More often than not, we find data that is unreliable and suppliers who make tall claims. This makes navigating the internet and searching multiple pages not only cumbersome but also wasteful in terms of resources and time.
This is where Matmatch provides you with a solution. This solution is easy, quick and economical to use.
Matmatch provides the first trusted connection between the user, who is typically a designer, engineer, scientist or procurement specialist to the material producer. It is from this first trusted connect a long-standing relationship develops between the user and the supplier. In the industrial world, it is the user (engineer, product developer) who decides on the choice of material and the supply, well before the commercial details are spoken.
Matmatch has currently 1.5 million engineers and product developers using the platform annually to find and evaluate materials all-in-one easy to use platform.
Users can easily search and select materials that best suit their design or material property criteria using advanced search features based on material type, material properties, and chemical composition. With a comprehensive set of reliable and verified data for thousands of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites, they can also compare materials side-by-side and build interactive charts to visualise their comparisons. Once they have selected their material, they can simply connect with suppliers at a click of a button to ask questions, source materials and set up partnerships. Matmatch currently lists over 1450 industry-leading suppliers of metals, ceramics, glasses and specialised materials such as SCHOTT, ThyssenKrupp, Alcoa, Molymet, Oerlikon, Kyocera, Deutsch Edelstahlwerke, Heraeus, RUSAL, SGL Carbon, Evonik, Oerlikon, Plansee and Ceratizit to name a few.
As people from all around the world are using Matmatch as a trusted source, suppliers have a unique opportunity to reach a global audience and attract qualified potential customers. By listing materials on Matmatch, suppliers’ online visibility is increased dramatically as they become visible to thousands of engineers on a daily basis. They can also draw the attention of qualified users by highlighting the solutions to engineering problems that they can provide with their materials.
Moreover, suppliers have the chance to receive direct requests from engineers and procurement specialists who are interested in their materials. They can pursue their target audience via data-based insights and connect with them with direct messaging.
Matmatch has an extensive content library that ranges from industry trends to technical articles. Suppliers can publish material case studieswhich are accessible by users as they perform their material search. This provides them with further context and a better understanding of the materials
Matmatch also shares the latest innovations in the industry through its blog, in addition to insights from materials experts and reputable engineers. The library also offers a wide range of educational articles curated exclusively to help users understand every aspect of the materials they are exploring. These articles cover material types, properties, production processes, and application areas.
Using Matmatch will open a new communication medium between users and suppliers. Once the first trusted connect is made, it will augment all personal interactions between the user and supplier, whether it is via customer visits, telephone calls or during trade fairs and exhibitions.
I invite you to matmatch.com and join the community of engineers, designers, product developers, scientists, and material procurement specialists. Do it today and grow your network of trusted partners.
