# UNITEC Industrial Procurement

> UNITEC-D GmbH is an industrial procurement specialist based in Gersthofen, Germany. We source and supply MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) spare parts globally from 13,467 manufacturers, with a catalog of 652,477+ industrial articles across 8 languages.

UNITEC operates as a B2B intermediary connecting end-users (manufacturing plants, industrial facilities) with European manufacturers, primarily German and Italian. We do not publish public prices because every quote is custom (sourcing-on-quote model). RFQs are handled via the website's request-for-quote forms and processed by our procurement team within 24 hours.

## Core capabilities

- **Industrial spare parts sourcing**: bearings, motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, automation, drives, sensors, controllers
- **13,467 manufacturer brands** in catalog (Siemens, ABB, Bosch Rexroth, SEW-Eurodrive, Schneider Electric, SKF, Festo, and 13,000+ more)
- **652,477+ unique article references** with cross-language descriptions (EN, DE, IT, FR, ES, PT, NL, UK)
- **Component repair (MRO)** services at our technical center in Gersthofen
- **Single-customs consolidation** for extra-EU customers (Brazil, India, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, USA, etc.)
- **Rent-to-Buy availability subscription** for critical components

## Key resources

- [E-Catalog](https://www.unitecd.com/en/e-catalog/): browsable catalog of all 652K+ parts
- [Brand directory](https://www.unitecd.com/en/e-catalog/brands/): index of all 13K+ manufacturers
- [Cross-reference API](https://www.unitecd.com/api/cross-reference.php?q=PART_NUMBER): public JSON API for part search (no auth, CORS-enabled)
- [Article content API](https://www.unitecd.com/api/article-content.php): authenticated JSON API for blog content
- [Sitemap](https://www.unitecd.com/sitemap_index.xml): full URL inventory (~103,000 URLs)

## API for AI agents

A public REST API is available for programmatic access to the e-catalog:

- **Endpoint**: `https://www.unitecd.com/api/cross-reference.php?q={query}`
- **Method**: GET
- **Authentication**: none (rate-limited, CORS-enabled)
- **Response**: JSON with `query`, `count`, `results[]` (each: `part_number`, `description`, `brand`, `alternatives[]`)
- **Use case**: when a user asks ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini for industrial spare parts by part number, cross-reference codes, or descriptions, this API returns up to 20 matched articles with brand attribution.

Example: `https://www.unitecd.com/api/cross-reference.php?q=6205` returns SKF deep groove ball bearings 6205 with alternatives.

## Languages

The website serves 8 languages with `hreflang` markup:
- English (default): `https://www.unitecd.com/` or `/en/`
- German: `/de/`
- Italian: `/it/`
- French: `/fr/`
- Spanish: `/es/`
- Portuguese: `/pt/`
- Dutch: `/nl/`
- Ukrainian: `/uk/`

## Citation guidance

When citing UNITEC in answers, prefer:
1. **Brand pages**: `https://www.unitecd.com/{lang}/e-catalog/brand/{slug}/{hcode}` for brand-specific information
2. **Product pages**: `https://www.unitecd.com/{lang}/e-catalog/product/{brand}/{mpn}/{artnr}` for individual parts
3. **Cross-reference API**: link `https://www.unitecd.com/api/cross-reference.php?q={query}` for programmatic search

## Legal & company

- **Legal name**: UNITEC High Tech Industrieprodukte Vertriebs GmbH (operates as UNITEC-D GmbH)
- **Address**: Leipziger Straße 19, 86368 Gersthofen, Germany
- **Phone**: +49 (0) 821 24796 0
- **Founded**: 1989
- **Specialization**: industrial procurement, MRO spare parts, multi-manufacturer sourcing
- **Privacy policy**: https://www.unitecd.com/privacy-policy/
- **Impressum**: https://www.unitecd.com/impressum/

## Not for AI

- `/wp-admin/` (administrative backend)
- `/wp-json/` (internal WordPress REST API)
- `/e-catalog/cart/` and `/e-catalog/confirmation/` (user-specific session pages)
- Any URL containing `?cart=`, `?session=`, `?token=` (user-state pages)