Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - January 23, 2006 — Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced today that its SMARTEAM brand is helping Vermeer Manufacturing Company innovate its design processes, thereby speeding introduction of its new industrial and agricultural equipment products. Vermeer will be presenting this week at the SolidWorks World 2006 conference in Las Vegas.

In 2005 alone, Vermeer, based in Iowa, USA, introduced 13 new products. Its SMARTEAM solution has enabled the global manufacturer of six product lines and 128 products to work more directly and closely with customers, making better use of supplier input and expertise at each stage of development, and improving its ability to launch products more efficiently.

“We are introducing more time-saving innovation into our work processes than we ever imagined!” said Clint Hudson, Applications Specialist for Vermeer Manufacturing Company. Using SolidWorks and SMARTEAM, Vermeer has created an innovative automated data entry system that automatically creates title block and other data, which is then managed in SMARTEAM. “We brought in this technology to help our people find files; now we see we are managing our entire business better.”

Vermeer uses SMARTEAM to streamline communication among over 100 enterprise users in its different divisions, across engineering and manufacturing, as well as with off-site dealers. Users can quickly locate common parts and files, and drawings reach production faster, with design integrity intact. Providing support for viewing of native SolidWorks files, as well as viewing and markup for all popular CAD formats, SMARTEAM allows the Vermeer shop floor to see drawings without the original authoring tool and enables the manufacturer’s dealers to collaborate on data at every stage of the development process.

SMARTEAM delivers product lifecycle collaboration solutions worldwide to over 3,500 small to mid-sized enterprises and divisions of large companies, optimizing their data use and processes, including with value chain partners. SMARTEAM and SolidWorks, both Dassault Systèmes’ brands, execute on a common vision for collaborative design and processes. SMARTEAM is the only SolidWorks Gold Partner whose integration benefits from development resource sharing, with support co-located at SolidWorks headquarters.

Vermeer first implemented SMARTEAM when it transitioned to 3D modeling with SolidWorks five years ago. Today, SMARTEAM manages the growing quantity of Vermeer documents, drawings, and assemblies, as well as legacy AutoCAD data and related non-CAD information in Microsoft Excel, Word, and TIF files of parts catalog illustrations.

“SMARTEAM’s tight, virtually transparent integration with SolidWorks, and ability to help automate and improve product data management, has helped Vermeer streamline business operations and provide our dealers with the right products on time,” Hudson noted.

The Vermeer management team sees its in-place PLM system as a source of growth. “We are actively planning our next steps; high on our list is integration with our ERP solution, to bring mission-critical product information into our enterprise system, and vice-versa,” Hudson said.

Alignex, Inc., a premier SMARTEAM and SolidWorks reseller based in Bloomington, Minn., contributes to Vermeer’s CAD and PLM solution implementation success via front-line support and staff training.

About Vermeer Manufacturing Company

Vermeer Manufacturing Company of Pella, Iowa, USA., manufactures a full line of grinders, brush chippers, stump grinders, and tree spades as well as horizontal directional drilling systems, utility and track trenchers, and agricultural products. Vermeer offers worldwide sales, support, service, and parts through an independent, authorized dealer network. For more information, visit http://www.vermeer.com.

About SMARTEAM

SMARTEAM develops, markets, and supports rapidly implemented, yet highly 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 PLM brands worldwide, with more than 3,500 customers. Its broad solutions portfolio enables manufacturing organizations and their suppliers and customers to efficiently manage and leverage product knowledge and business processes from concept through maintenance. SMARTEAM solutions help companies of all sizes, including SMBs, 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, delivered by world-class resellers on every continent. For more information, visit http://www.smarteam.com.

About Dassault Systèmes

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 80,000 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 maintenance. Our offering includes integrated PLM solutions for product development (CATIA®, DELMIA®, ENOVIA®, SMARTEAM®), mainstream 3D design tools (SolidWorks®), and 3D components (Spatial/ACIS®). Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com.