ILS is Only Neutral Aviation Marketplace to Receive Honor
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ - Inventory Locator Service,(R) LLC (ILS), the largest and most active electronic marketplace serving the aviation and defense industries, has again been selected by Forbes as one of the "Best of the Web" sites in the aerospace and defense industries for 2005.
The magazine's sixth annual "Best of the Web" edition features businesses recognized as the most successful and promising B2B companies in 35 different industries. Among the four sites awarded "Best of the Web" in the aerospace and defense category, ILSmart.com is the only neutral aviation parts e- marketplace to be recognized. Other winners include the website for General Electric Aircraft Engines, MyBoeingFleet.com and Exostar.com.
The magazine singled out ILSmart.com as "the grandfather of the aerospace marketplace," with more than 5 billion parts listed by suppliers. The editors noted that to be successful, marketplace exchanges "have to actually add value for their customers, prove their worth in terms of ROI, or they will be ignored."
"We are honored to receive the 'Best of the Web' honor for the sixth straight year," said Bruce Langsen, president of ILS. "I am grateful to our 16,000 loyal subscribers that help make ILSmart.com so successful. Over the next year we plan to keep improving and refining our system based on our customers' business needs. By doing so, we expect to continue our trend of delivering the best the web has to offer to our subscribers."
In addition to serving as the aviation, marine and defense industries' largest electronic marketplace for buying and selling equipment, parts and services, ILS offers powerful market intelligence tools as well as e-business services such as targeted banner ads, web services, online catalogs, and website development and hosting.
About ILS
For twenty-six years, Inventory Locator Service,(R) LLC, a business unit of Aviall, Inc. (NYSE: AVL), has provided information via its electronic marketplace to enable subscribers in the global defense, aviation, and marine industries to buy and sell parts, equipment and services. Started in 1979, ILS is the first, largest, and most active independent business-to-government and business-to-business electronic marketplace serving the defense, aviation, and marine industries.
ILS subscribers include more than 300 air carriers, 80 government procurement sites, and over 700 repair facilities as well as ship owners, ship operators, ship managers, manufacturers, distributors, and re-sellers. Aviation, defense and marine suppliers around the world list over 5 billion parts on ILS databases, which are accessed over 50,000 times each business day. Today, ILS's services are used by over 16,000 subscribers in 78 countries to buy and sell aircraft, defense and marine parts and equipment.
Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., ILS has offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. For additional information about ILS, visit http://www.ILSmart.com or call 1-901-794-5000.
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