Tokyo Metal Stamping Association Selects Solid Edge 3-D Mechanical CAD System From UGS for Japan's National IT Training Program

    CYPRESS, Calif., May 29 UGS , today announces
that the Tokyo Metal Stamping Association has selected Solid Edge as its
mechanical 3D CAD software system to quickly teach 3-D CAD courses under the
national Information Technology (IT) training program initiated by the
Japanese government.  The IT training program is held as part of the Japanese
government's "IT for the People Movement."
    A key objective of the course is to increase productivity in design by
using Solid Edge.  The program is expected to benefit 240 member companies of
the Tokyo Metal Stamping Association.  The course schedule, originally set to
run once a month, has been expanded due to demand and is now being run once a
week.
    "I believe Solid Edge to be a very suitable 3-D software system to
demonstrate the rapid promotion of IT and applications within the
manufacturing industry under the Japanese government's IT for the People
Movement," says Kiyoshi Ito, Executive Managing Director of the Tokyo Metal
Stamping Association.  "The Tokyo Metal Stamping Association expects hundreds
of engineers engaged in Japan's manufacturing industry can quickly acquire
state-of-the-art 3-D CAD skills and knowledge by attending the short three-day
course using Solid Edge."
    The Tokyo Metal Stamping Association spent three months benchmarking all
major 3-D mechanical CAD systems.  Solid Edge came out top of the evaluation,
being the easiest system to learn and use.  As a result, it was chosen as the
most suitable CAD system for the course.
    "Solid Edge has already been introduced to our company," says Hiroshi
Barada, President of the Metal Stamping Center Barada Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
( http://www.nuitemage.com ).  "Compared to other 3-D mechanical CAD systems,
we found Solid Edge has excellent, easy-to-use sheet metal design functions.
I have seen the real benefits of its use at our company.  Through this short
course, I think the benefits for Japanese engineers taking the training can be
realized not only by our company, but by all participating manufacturing
companies in Japan who can get a taste of Solid Edge's productivity," says
Hiroshi Barada, who also is contributing his time to the project as a course
lecturer.

    About the Tokyo Metal Stamping Association
    The Tokyo Metal Stamping Association is the only economic organization to
represent the metal stamping industry in Japan.  It was founded for the
purposes of promoting the modernization of equipment at small and medium-sized
enterprises in Tokyo and to initiate programs for the training, development,
promotion and welfare of employees.  There are over 200 member companies, who
are engaged in the design of automotive parts, electrical machinery,
equipment, office and computer products, precision components and research and
development in the city of Tokyo.  For more information, please visit
http://www.tmsa-jp.org/ .

    Machinery Design Productivity: The Solid Edge Advantage
    Solid Edge is the proven design engineering solution that can reduce time
to market by an achievable 50 percent using STREAM, an exclusive technology
that accelerates the engineering process.  The choice of leading machinery
designers worldwide, Solid Edge has been selected by companies such as Alcoa,
NEC Engineering and Volvo as a strategic tool to help them realize the
benefits of better quality, lower costs, and shorter delivery cycles.
    Solid Edge is uniquely positioned to deliver exceptional value to
machinery designers.  Solid Edge directly addresses the practical aspects of
design engineering with powerful CAD functions that are extremely easy to
learn and use.  With an unmatched ability to capture design intelligence,
Solid Edge ensures more accurate and rapid design change turnaround and
increased productivity for machinery development.
    The Solid Edge Voyager Program includes more than 150 downstream
engineering software applications in such disciplines as finite element
analysis, manufacturing, kinematics and dynamics, electro-mechanical, rapid
prototyping, standard parts, product data management, translation,
view/redline/animation and hardware solutions.
    Written for Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows ME
operating systems, Solid Edge is distributed in eight languages to customers
around the world, including Boeing, Kaiser Optical, Alcoa, Volvo, L-3
Communications, Ohio State University, Yale University, University of
Edinburgh, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, NASA, Pella Windows, Royal Air
Force, S&C Electric, Lincoln Electric, WMF, ULMA Group, Electromagnetic
Sciences, Liebert Corp., Kaeser Kompressoren, Prodrive, USSC Group, Seiko,
Hyundai, Daikin and NEC Engineering.

    About UGS
    UGS is one of the world's fastest growing and most successful
software and services companies, dedicated to helping manufacturers optimize
their product lifecycle process.  UGS' rich heritage and financial strength
have been established by consistently providing the industry's best product
development applications for over 25 years.  Today, UGS is distinguished as
the leading supplier of Internet-based product life cycle collaboration
solutions as well as the company that is creating the de facto industry
standards for the digital product.  With offices in over 30 countries around
the globe, UGS is the vendor of choice for open solutions that seamlessly
weave into any environment and create unprecedented value for the world's most
demanding customers.  In addition, UGS is the first company in its industry to
earn the ISO 9001/TickIT certification.
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represent a commitment on the part of UGS.

    CONTACT:  Mike Paludan of UGS-Solid Edge, 256-705-2544,
mike.paludan@ugs.com .

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