Activplant Continues March Toward Global Manufacturing Intelligence Standard for Automotive

DETROIT, March 10 -- Activplant(TM) Corporation announced today at the 2004 Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) World Congress that its enterprise manufacturing intelligence system Activplant is now in use at six of the world's largest automakers, including Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Toyota.

Each of these companies is using Activplant to monitor production and quality from a wide variety of sources in real time. By feeding data real- time into a manufacturing intelligence solution, users can more quickly identify factors affecting quality and throughput and more quickly prevent issues leading to downtime or lost jobs. Unplanned maintenance is reduced, recalls and warranty issues become more manageable, resources are optimized, and the link between the plant floor and enterprise systems such as ERP becomes measurably stronger.

"In 2001 we set out to establish Activplant as the de facto standard for a manufacturing intelligence solution in the automotive industry," said Activplant president and CEO Dennis Cocco. "Today our market momentum with OEMs, Tier 1, and Tier 2 auto suppliers shows we are achieving that objective. Automotive manufacturers need to know what they can do with the information from the plant floor to gain a competitive advantage. The manufacturing process itself needs to be an active part of the competitive process and that is what Activplant delivers."

Activplant is also collecting production metrics from thousands of plant floor machines at many of the world's largest Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers including: Accuride, ArvinMeritor, Bridgestone, Dana, Delphi, Draexlmaier, GKN, Hayes Lemmerz, Lear, Magna, Robert Bosch Australia, Tower Automotive, TRW, Visteon, Webasto, Wescast Industries and ZF. Built with Microsoft's .NET, Activplant provides solutions that enable scaleability, connectivity, and ease of integration both within and throughout the enterprise.

About Activplant

With headquarters in London, Ontario, Activplant Corporation (formerly Executive Manufacturing Technologies/VisualPlant) is a leading provider of enterprise manufacturing intelligence systems. The Activplant solution enables manufacturers to drive performance improvements by collecting, storing, analyzing, and distributing critical information throughout the manufacturing enterprise in real time, activating raw plant-floor data as an actionable decision-making tool. For more information, please visit the company website at www.activplant.com or email info@activplant.com or call toll-free 1-877-809-6444.

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