John Crane Purchases 300 Licenses of Solid Edge from UGS for Global Mechanical Computer-Aided Design

    CYPRESS, Calif., Sept. 17 UGS today announces
that John Crane, the recognized global leader in engineered sealing solutions,
has purchased 300 licenses of Solid Edge to accomplish its worldwide
mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) work.
    Solid Edge replaces John Crane's previous 2D CAD system and was selected
after a thorough evaluation of five systems. The company cited Solid Edge's
ease of use and technical support as the deciding selection factors.
    "Support was a big issue for us," says Joe Haas, Engineering Manager, John
Crane Inc.  "Only Solid Edge offered support from both corporate-based and
reseller sources. Solid Edge also proved easiest to use and provides the
highest levels of functionality. Another factor in the selection was that
Solid Edge was industry tested and proven, as opposed to some of the other
systems we evaluated."
    A multi-discipline international team at John Crane selected Solid Edge
for implementation in major engineering and manufacturing sites across North
America, South America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and
Asia/Pacific.

    Machinery Design Productivity: The Solid Edge Advantage
    Solid 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, Groupe
Moulinex-Brandt, Groupe SEB, Groupe BENETEAU, Electromagnetic Sciences,
Liebert Corp., Kaeser Kompressoren,  Prodrive, USSC Group, Seiko, Hyundai,
Daikin and NEC Engineering.

    About John Crane
    John Crane has been designing, manufacturing and supplying mechanical
seals and packaging since 1917.  With over 50 active patents, John Crane
employs more than 9,000 people worldwide at more than 200 facilities in over
47 countries.  Its unrivaled global service capability includes more than
1,000 sales and application engineers, 25 manufacturing plants; more than 135
service centers. With world-class technology centers in Slough and Manchester,
UK, and Morton Grove, IL, USA, John Crane is part of the Sealing Solutions
Division of Smiths Group, a major UK-based engineering company, operating
globally.  In addition to mechanical and polymer seals, Smiths Group has
market leading positions in three other sectors: advanced aerospace systems;
healthcare devices and critical care equipment; and air moving and specialized
interconnect products. Further information on Smiths can be found on the
company's website, http://www.smiths-group.com . For a detailed description of John
Crane, please visit http://www.johncrane.com .

    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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