Michigan Economic Development Corporation Speaker to Kick Off DELMIA's Worldwide User Conference

    TROY, Mich.--Sept. 16, 2002--At 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 17 at the Somerset Inn in Troy, Mich., Kathy Walsh, senior vice president of Business Development Services for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) will announce DELMIA's relocation and expansion to Auburn Hills, Mich. DELMIA, which plans to invest up to $9.2 million in the expansion and create up to 111 new jobs, has received a Single Business Tax credit valued at $2 million over 10 years from the MEDC.
    The announcement will kick off DELMIA's Worldwide User Conference which is attended by companies across the globe and inclusive of speakers such as Ron Harbour, president of manufacturing and management consulting company Harbour and Associates (Troy, Mich.), Toyota Motor Company's Takatoshi Negishi, general manager of vehicle information research, Vehicle Planning & Production Engineering division, BR Advanced Development Department; Wolf-Peter Seuffert, Senior Manager head of the department "ITP/PP, Produktions Planung/ Mfg Engineering Passenger Cars Division, DaimlerChrysler AG; and Bernard Charles, president & CEO of Dassault Systemes.
    "Announcing our expansion plans to DELMIA's user audience instills in them the confidence that we are committed to the future and will continue to be the cutting edge supplier of digital manufacturing technologies," says Phillippe Charles, CEO, DELMIA Corp. "We are grateful for the support of the MEDC and pleased to be remaining in Oakland County where we have established many fine relationships with local government and business."
    DELMIA Corp., a Dassault Systemes company , is the leading provider of lean digital manufacturing solutions, focused mainly on software that can be used to streamline manufacturing processes. DELMIA serves industry where optimization of the manufacturing process is critical including automotive, aerospace, fabrication and assembly, electrical and electronics, consumer goods, plant, and shipbuilding.