Kfar Saba, Israel - September 8, 2003 - SmarTeam Corporation Ltd., a Dassault Systèmes company (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) announced today that Esmena Ltd. has implemented SMARTEAM® product data management (PDM) software to optimize its bidding response time and improve its global reach. A case study detailing the Esmena implementation is available from SmarTeam.

An international leader in sophisticated warehouse storage systems, Esmena has engineering centers and distributors across 50 countries and manufacturing sites on three continents. The company uses SMARTEAM in all project phases, including preparation of sales quotations, collaborative design, engineering change orders, manufacturing, and field support -- even factory personnel access the SMARTEAM system on the shop floor. SMARTEAM manages the company’s legacy 2D drawings and 3D CAD files and provides a single repository for the company’s rich archive of product data and customer requirements.

“SMARTEAM isn’t just product data management, it integrates the whole company,” said Jesus Fernandez, R&D Director at Esmena. “SMARTEAM links all our widely dispersed groups and facilities. We are leveraging SMARTEAM’s capabilities in project workflow, web-based collaboration, and information and project management.”

Survival and growth in the fiercely competitive customized storage industry revolves around rapid, precise bidding, and quick, responsive turnarounds. Esmena found that its bidding efforts were a lengthy process, hampered by the need to leverage its vast and geographically distributed volume of information.

“SMARTEAM is a collaborative enabler that lets separate groups behave as one,” said Fernandez. “The technology enables us to collaborate over the web, access up-to-date information quickly, and move projects forward,” regardless of geographical location. Not only are the engineering processes faster and the design process optimized, but costs are lowered through increased efficiencies and far fewer mistakes are made.”

In the future, Esmena hopes to achieve further business efficiency and growth by expanding its SMARTEAM lifecycle collaboration solution to link with the ERP system currently being implemented and to include collaboration with customers, suppliers, and additional business partners. Summing up, Fernandez stated, “The technology is of strategic value for us to operate competitively as a global enterprise.”

About Esmena
Established in 1956 as a small metal parts fabrication company in northern Spain, Esmena, today part of the Gestamp Corporation, has developed into one of the world’s leading providers of large capacity, multi-level storage systems. Esmena specializes in the design, manufacture, and installation of steel rack structures for storing hand-loaded and palletized goods. The company, with more than 50% of its business designated for export, manufactures a wide range of storage systems, from hand-loaded boltless shelving systems to automated high-bay warehouse, mezzanines, shelving-fitted raised tiers, and safety modular walling systems for industry. Esmena maintains a technical center in Spain, has manufacturing facilities in Spain and Brazil, and distributors and regional branches in 50 countries. For more information, visit
http://www.esmena.com.

About SmarTeam Corporation
SmarTeam Corporation Ltd. develops, markets, and supports rapidly implemented, yet totally customizable, product lifecycle collaboration solutions that drive efficiency, quality and responsiveness for customer centric organizations and their value chains. Founded in 1995, SmarTeam is one of the fastest-growing companies in the PLM market with over 2,800 customers worldwide, and a broad solutions portfolio that enables manufacturing organizations and their supply chains to efficiently manage and collaborate on product information from concept through retirement. SmarTeam's solutions help companies gain improvements in product quality, reduce costs, expedite project turnaround, comply with industry standards, and shorten time-to-market. SMARTEAM is a Dassault Systèmes and IBM PLM solution and is delivered by world-class resellers on every continent.

About Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 65,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire life cycle of products from conception to retirement. Its offering includes integrated PLM solutions for product development (CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SMARTEAM), mainstream product design tools (SolidWorks), and 3D components (SPATIAL). Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges.

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