Press reports April 2001 deal with EDM/PDM

Cincinnati, April 30, 2001 -
SDRC (Nasdaq: SDRC) today announced that ALSTOM Power, part of Alstom Corporation, has placed orders valued at $3.2 million for Metaphase^® product knowledge management (PKM) and Accelis ^™ e-business automation software and services.
As a long-time Metaphase user, ALSTOM Power intends to execute enterprise architecture integration (EAI) projects based on Metaphase and Accelis. In addition, ALSTOM will use Accelis to build a spare part ordering portal accessing data from their Metaphase and SAP systems.
http://www.sdrc.com

Chelmsford, Mass., April 30, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (Nasdaq:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce, today announced that Fujitsu Limited has agreed to become a strategic alliance partner supporting MatrixOne's eMatrix™ and its application suite. Under this agreement, Fujitsu's marketing, sales, consulting, applications engineering and customer support personnel will be able to offer a full range of services. Fujitsu will initially focus on industry-leading Japanese companies who are deploying global systems.
http://www.matrixOne.com

Karlsruhe, April 25, 2001 -
Eigner+Partner the international provider of e-Engineering solutions, has been ensuring the upward compatibility of its customers' systems for years. Once again, this has proved to be the case.
Flowserve, a customer of many years' standing, decided to upgrade CADIM/ISAM, the first product data and document management generation from the Karlsruhe software house, with the e-Engineering solution axalant. In doing so, it has spanned a complete generation of proven PDM solutions."
http://www.ep-ag.com

Chelmsford, Mass., April 25, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (Nasdaq:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce, today announced the signing of a contract with Hyperchip, The Petabit Routing CompanyTM. MatrixOne's eMatrix™ - an open, flexible Internet platform with extensive collaboration services and adaptable development tools, is being used by Hyperchip in the development of the world's fastest router.
Hyperchip's leading-edge systems will allow telecommunications carriers to take full advantage of optical networks through routers that scale from terabits to petabits to drive each wavelength to a unique destination. To build these massively scalable systems, Hyperchip has hired experts from the top routing, telecom and ASIC companies and has brought in best-of-breed tools for the development flow.
http://www.matrixOne.com

Beverly, Ma., April 23, 2001 -
Smart Solutions Ltd., a Dassault Systémes (NASDAQ:DASTY) company and its Americas subsidiary, SmarTeam Inc., a leading provider of Web-centric, rapidly-implemented business collaboration solutions for small-to-medium-sized manufacturing organizations, today announced an alliance with Access Commerce, a leading worldwide supplier of interactive e-commerce solutions, to integrate the Access Commerce Cameleon eConfigurator application into SmarTeam’s portfolio of collaborative product commerce (CPC) offerings to facilitate the way complex products and services are sold over the Internet.
http://www.smarteam.com

Needham, Mass., April 23, 2001 -
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC ), the product development company, today announced that THALES Communications will standardize on PTC’s Windchill. THALES Communications located in Colombes, France is a subsidiary of THALES group. THALES is a world leader in electronics, committed to designing, developing and supplying information and communications systems to defence and security markets.
http://www.ptc.com

Needham, Mass., April 23, 2001 -
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC ), the product development company, today announces its continued commitment and success in providing solutions to meet the needs of the telecommunications industry's. In its commitment to product development, PTC provides design and collaboration solutions, enabling companies to deliver high quality and innovative telecommunications systems. Today, PTC showcases its ability to support telecommunications companies by offering design and collaboration capabilities to every size and scope project. By leveraging PTC's expertise, telecommunications companies increase innovation, optimize product quality, share and manage information across the Web, and streamline operations, while reducing costs and time-to-market.
http://www.ptc.com

Chelmsford, Mass., April 23, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (Nasdaq:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce, today announced that it is integrating the WebEx interactive platform from WebEx Communications, Inc., the leader in real-time communications infrastructure for Web meetings, into MatrixOne's Application Exchange Framework™, enabling geographically distributed teams to share content and applications spontaneously and seamlessly with integrated audio and video through a standard browser. WebEx meetings will allow MatrixOne customers and their supply chain partners to interactively conduct online meetings and collaborate on product content and processes managed by eMatrix
http://www.matrixOne.com

Cypress, Ca, April 19, 2001 -
UGS (NYSE: UGS), a leading global supplier of collaborative product development solutions to the manufacturing industry, recently held an event in Moscow to celebrate its prominent position within the Russian aerospace market and to mark ten years of successful sales and support for all its customers throughout the country. In addition, UGS was recently honored by having its software used in a demonstration of technology, given to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to one of UGS' local customers.
http://www.ugsolutions.com

Cypress, Ca, April 19, 2001 -
UGS (NYSE: UGS), a leading supplier of collaborative product development solutions for manufacturers, today announces a software and services contract with Tennant Company, a world-leading manufacturer of floor cleaning machines, parts and accessories, for the supply and implementation of Unigraphics, UGS' high end CAD/CAM/CAE software.
http://www.ugsolutions.com

Cincinnati, April 18, 2001 -
SDRC (Nasdaq: SDRC) today announced a 150 seat order from Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, Germany, for I-DEAS Enterprise, an integration of SDRC's award-winning I-DEAS mechanical design automation (MDA) products and its market leading Metaphase product knowledge management (PKM) technology. The first phase of the I-DEAS Enterprise implementation will take place at Siemens five German development sites (Erlangen, Forchheim, Kemnath, Rudolstadt and Dresden), also integrating a number of home-offices, becoming the Engineering Data Management System for these collective sites.
http://www.sdrc.com

Cincinnati, April 18, 2001 -
SDRC (Nasdaq: SDRC) today announced that Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. is expanding its commitment for SDRC's award-winning I-DEAS software and its market-leading Metaphase software. The $14million order will be recognized throughout 2001. Nissan will deploy both I-DEAS and Metaphase in three global Nissan Technical Centers located in Japan, North America, and Europe.
http://www.sdrc.com

Karlsruhe, April 17, 2001 -
asp4you, headquartered in Frankfurt Germany, is a consulting & implementation company that tests applications for ASP certification, and has recently certified EIGNER + PARTNER's axalant web-based e-Engineering software solution as ASP-ready.
http://www.ep-ag.com

Chelmsford, Mass., April 16, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (Nasdaq:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce, and InfoPrise, Inc., a leading provider of wireless data management solutions, today announced the development of a product called ICC Everywhere (Intelligent Collaborative Commerce Everywhere). ICC Everywhere will combine best-of-breed technology from MatrixOne's eMatrix™, an Intelligent Collaborative Commerce exchange framework, and the InfoPrise wireless platform in order to enable bi-directional access, notifications, updates and alerts to information, process and applications from the eMatrix platform over wireless devices.
http://www.matrixOne.com

Osnabrueck, Germany and Paris, France, April 12, 2001 -
Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, a leading independent first-tier supplier to the automotive industry, IBM, and Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) announced today that Karmann has selected ENOVIA for the management of the company’s product lifecyle management processes. The contract includes the purchase of more than 250 licenses of ENOVIA VPM and ENOVIA DMU Navigator, as well as IBM services, installation and training. Karmann is implementing ENOVIA as key solutions in its e-business strategy to reduce product development time while improving product quality.
http://www.enovia.com

Lexington, Mass., April 9, 2001 -
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) (Nasdaq: WKGP), a leading provider of collaborative product data management (PDM), today announced that ABB Flexible Automation has gone into production with WTC ProductCenter, WTC's web-enabled, collaborative PDM solution. Replacing a 15-month old installation of SmarTeam™, Smart Solution Ltd.'s PDM system, ProductCenter was successfully implemented on schedule at ABB Flexible Automation by WTC and its value-added reseller and full-service SolidWorks CAD/CAM application provider Graphics Systems Corporation.
http://www.workgroup.com

Chelmsford, Mass., April 9, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (Nasdaq:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce, announced today that Van Dorn Demag Corporation, a manufacturer of injection molding machinery, has completed the first phase of the implementation of MatrixOne's eMatrix™ solution. Van Dorn Demag employs nearly 800 people in several highly efficient production facilities to provide small and large, horizontal and vertical injection molding machines to the marketplace. The Company implemented eMatrix to provide an infrastructure for establishing collaboration of engineering drawings among employees in engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, materials management and customer service. Van Dorn Demag has recognized savings in productivity by providing its employees with a single source to access any drawing, regardless of CAD format.
http://www.matrixOne.com

Chelmsford, Mass., April 5, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (Nasdaq:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce, and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, a global leader of management and information technology consulting services, today announced an alliance to deliver product collaboration and net market solutions for a variety of industries.
Netmarket solutions or networked-based exchanges foster greater communication and collaboration within both the enterprise and the extended enterprise (customers, partners, suppliers). The target industries include automotive, aviation, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, energy, utilities and high-tech. The expandability and flexibility of MatrixOne's solutions - the eMatrix platform and Value Chain PortfolioTM applications - combined with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's deep industry knowledge will enable clients to rapidly deploy focused business solutions.
http://www.matrixOne.com

Cincinnati, April 4, 2001 -
SDRC (Nasdaq: SDRC) today that it has acquired Inovie Software, Inc. of San Diego, California, a leading provider of Web-based, peer-to-peer collaborative project management software. SDRC is accounting for the transaction as a purchase, and the financial effect is expected to be slightly dilutive to SDRC earnings in 2001.
The acquisition of Inovie sets up a key element in SDRC's collaborative product management strategy, providing a breakthrough enterprise solution that allows companies to reduce costs and cycle times associated with globally diverse programs. SDRC will immediately begin to couple Inovie's project management software with its collaborative product management solutions. With this combination, SDRC's team-centric solutions, accessed through a single collaboration portal, are the first to integrate project management, change control, life cycle integration, and visual product configuration.
http://www.sdrc.com

Anaheim (California, USA) and Suresnes (France), April 3, 2001 -
Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY) announces today that it now supports  the ENOVIA DMU Navigator, part of the ENOVIA Portal Solutions on next-generation Intel® Itanium™ Processor-Based Systemes. With this latest advent, Dassault Systèmes has moved into the new technology age of the Intel Itanium Architecture with its advanced and innovative features adapted to e-Business and technical computing. This software development of the ENOVIA DMU Navigator will procure a significant improvement in the already numerous capacities of Dassault Systèmes’ Digital Mock Up Solutions thanks to the benefits derived from next-generation Intel Architecture.
http://www.enovia.com

Beverly, Ma., April 3, 2001 -
Furthering its strategy to deliver affordable e-collaborative product development capabilities to its manufacturing customers and their supply chains, Smart Solutions, a Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY) company and its Americas subsidiary, SmarTeam Inc., a leading provider of rapidly-implemented business collaboration solutions for small-to-medium-sized manufacturing organizations, today announced mySmartMeeting. The new powerful, Web-based collaboration tool will enable SmarTeam customers and their supply chains to collaborate on product development through a secure, online meeting space where parties can view, annotate and comment in real-time on drawings, Bills of Material (BOMs), presentations engineering change orders and other critical business information.
http://www.smarteam.com

Cincinnati, April 3, 2001 -
SDRC (Nasdaq: SDRC) today announced a new, revolutionary collaborative strategy in support of global product development. The company is pursuing a strategic focus based on collaborative product management - an open, web-native product development initiative based on driving business results. The unique product centric paradigm enables companies to reduce costs and greatly enhance productivity while getting products to market at record speed. SDRC is hosting a symposium, May 29-June 1 in Orlando, Florida at which time the company will unveil specific product plans in support of collaborative product management.
http://www.sdrc.com

Beverly, Ma., April 2, 2001 -
Smart Solutions Ltd., a Dassault Systémes (NASDAQ:DASTY) company and its Americas subsidiary, SmarTeam Inc., today announced formation of a partnership with Océ-USA, Inc., whereby the two companies will integrate the Océ Engineering Exec® suite of enterprise print management solutions, with SmarTeam's collaborative product commerce (CPC) offerings.
http://www.smarteam.com