SAE and Cadpo Deliver Successful CAD Certification Course in Shanghai, China

WARRENDALE, Pa., Dec. 16, 2004 -- The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and Cadpo announce the successful launch of their first CAD Certification course in Shanghai, China. SAE Automotive CAD Certification is the industry's only international program that provides the standard for developing and measuring automotive CAD skills globally.

This first course was held December 9-13 at the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) Group's Training Center. State-run SAIC is the leading passenger carmaker in China. The class included 20 certification candidates from SAIC companies, including General Motors and Delphi, Shanghai Huizong Automotive Manufacturing Company and Automotive Gear Manufacturing.

"We are very pleased to work with Cadpo for SAE Automotive CAD Professional Training," said Jiang Jianhua, vice-director, Shanghai Automotive Industry Training Center (SAITC). "The Body/Structures training that has just completed was a great success. The benefit to the participants is excellent based on the feedback from the class in every area of training -- from the instructor to the content to the industry knowledge. We will definitely be running more SAE Automotive training with Cadpo in 2005."

"As SAITC companies move aggressively into automotive design, we need to continue to upgrade our design engineers to learn automotive design best practices," said Wang Ying Lin, associate professor and manager of Training Management. "The SAE Automotive CAD Professional Training and Certification program is very timely to meet SAITC and also China's design and development needs now."

While the experience of engineers/designers in this class varied from two months to five years, they found the class and industry projects equally challenging. Comments included:

   -- Qili Peng, design engineer, SAIC Engineering Academy: "The course
      content is excellent."
   -- Li Tao, design engineer, Patac (Shanghai GM): "It's a good course for
      a designer. I will recommend others to attend."
   -- Liu Zhao Hai, design engineer, Patac (Shanghai GM): "This course was
      very helpful for my work. I hope Cadpo will continue to help improve
      engineer's industry knowledge level in Asia."

"This program further strengthens SAE's China program," says Kevin Perry, manager, professional development, SAE. "We are encouraged by the positive feedback from these leading automotive manufacturers and are planning additional programs throughout 2005."

"We are excited to partner with SAITC in providing this leading edge certification program to Shanghai automotive companies," says Kevin Noe, president, Cadpo. "The level of interest validates the need for this certification program. With SAITC's support, we can effectively help automotive manufacturers in China apply rapid CAD technology changes to shorten their product development cycle."

Complete certification program information is available at http://www.sae.org/autocadcert . The SAE Automotive CAD Professional is a design engineer who has mastered Automotive Essentials and one or more of four disciplines: Styling, Interior Trim, Structures and Powertrain/Chassis.

About SAE

SAE is a non-profit engineering and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of mobility technology to better serve humanity. Nearly 85,000 engineers and scientists who are SAE members develop technical information on all forms of self-propelled vehicles, including automobiles, aircraft, aerospace craft, trucks, buses, marine, rail, and transit machinery. This information is disseminated through SAE meetings, books, electronic products and databases, technical papers, standards, reports, and professional development programs.

About SAIC

The Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation produces passenger vehicles, passenger trains, tractors, motorcycles, trucks, and automotive components and parts. SAIC is among the top three automotive manufacturers in China employing more than 60,000 workers. SAIC is also among the top 500 companies in China. There are more than 70 subsidiaries in the group including 58 joint venture companies with the leading automotive companies from Germany, the United States, Japan, England, France, and Italy.

About Cadpo

CAD Potential, Inc. ("Cadpo") empowers people through engineering knowledge with e-learning, training, and services offering expertise in CATIA, NX/Unigraphics, SolidWorks, Teamcenter Engineering, and others. Cadpo's i.get.it(R) is the only multi-application e-learning system in the MCAD/PDM/PLM industry. Established in 1988, Cadpo is a privately owned company headquartered in Westminster, Colorado with international offices in Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit http://www.cadpo.com/ .