2/1/2012 | Get the Linear Motion Information You Need, On the Go, with New Mobile Device Version . . .

WOOD DALE, IL –Thomson Industries, Inc. announces that the company’s website - www.thomsonlinear.com - is now available for optimized viewing on mobile devices, including iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Android and Blackberry (version 6 and higher).? Mobile device browsers will automatically be routed to the mobile version of thomsonlinear.com without the need to remember a special Internet address.? All primary content on the main website is available in this mobile-friendly view, in 11 languages.

Just like www.thomsonlinear.com, the?mobile-friendly view is a content-rich site that provides quick and easy access to the company’s comprehensive family of mechanical and electromechanical motion control solutions.? In addition to delivering all necessary product information, visitors can navigate solutions by industry and benefit from an extensive suite of support, education and training resources, and design tools, to help machine builders quickly configure an optimal linear motion solution for their application.? Certain linked resources such as Thomson software tools and content hosted on different websites are not yet optimized for mobile viewing.

Visitors to?thomsonlinear.com?can view?technical training videos to help machine builders properly select and apply industrial linear actuators, square and round rail linear guides, ball screws, gearheads, clutches and brakes.? In addition, the mobile version provides information on a wealth of additional freely available educational resources and design tools to help OEMs make informed mechanical and electromechanical motion control decisions, including webinars and technical articles, product selection and customization tools, and others.

The main and mobile versions of the website are available in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Latin America), Swedish and Turkish.

About Thomson
With more than 60 years of motion control innovation and quality, Thomson is the industry’s premier producer of Linear Ball Bushing® Bearings and Profile Rail Bearings, 60 Case? Shafting, ground and rolled Ball Screws, Linear Actuators, Gearheads, Clutches, Brakes, Linear Systems, and related accessories.? Thomson invented the Linear Ball Bushing Bearing in 1945, and has set the standard ever since with an unsurpassed set of mechanical motion control solutions serving global commercial and aerospace & defense markets.? Thomson Industries, Inc. has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia with over 2000 distributor locations around the world.

Thomson, 1500 Mittel Boulevard, Wood Dale, IL 60191-1073; 1-540-633-3549; 1-540-633-0294 (fax); thomson@thomsonlinear.com; www.thomsonlinear.com.