FAW-Volkswagen Selects MSC.Software's Enterprise Solutions to Improve Virtual Product Development Processes

Chinese Car Manufacturer Selects MSC.Nastran and MSC.ADAMS to Improve Their Product Development Process

SANTA ANA, Calif., Sept. 6 -- MSC.Software Corp. , the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) solutions including simulation software and services, today announced that FAW-Volkswagen, a leading large-scale joint venture passenger car manufacturer, has invested in MSC.Software's suite of integrated solutions including MSC.Nastran and MSC.ADAMS to improve their virtual product development processes. MSC.ADAMS is the worldwide standard in multi-body motion simulation and MSC.Nastran is the world's leading simulation and finite element analysis product.

"FAW-Volkswagen is committed to being the leader in the extremely competitive Chinese automotive market," said Dr. Qian Li, concept development division director, FAW-Volkswagen. "Without MSC.Software's best-in-class VPD solutions our mission would be nearly impossible or extraordinarily cost-prohibitive. We selected MSC's tightly integrated products MSC.ADAMS and MSC.Nastran to develop better products, faster."

"The PRC is one of the most important growth markets in the global automobile industry and is providing us with multiple opportunities to provide companies with the industry's best and most well integrated suite of solutions to accelerate the development of higher quality, more innovative products," said Dr. Christopher St. John, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific operations. "It is interesting to witness the speed at which our Chinese automotive customers deploy our enterprise solutions. These emerging companies understand that VPD will help them outpace more mature organizations in the race to serve both domestic and overseas markets."

MSC.ADAMS seamlessly integrated with MSC.Nastran provides the industry's best-in-class enterprise solution for the world's most demanding organizations. MSC.ADAMS and MSC.Nastran are part of the SimOffice suite of tightly integrated simulation solutions. SimOffice is an enterprise VPD environment based upon scaleable, interoperable products that help engineers in every industry solve complex product development challenges by testing integrated virtual prototypes within a single, unified framework. The SimOffice product line includes all of the stand-alone products from MSC.Software including the industry's most well respected tools for performing virtual testing of deformation, stress, fatigue, motion, hydraulics, controls, crash, thermal, vibration, acoustics, and other engineering disciplines.

About FAW-Volkswagen

FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. is a large-scale joint venture passenger car manufacturer of First Automobile Group Corporation and Volkswagen AG, with share investments of 60% and 40% respectively. FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. was established in 1991, with the first Jetta automobile rolling off the assembly line on December 5 of that year. The product offerings of FAW-Volkswagen have extended from the Jetta sedan to include the Bora (Jetta in U.S.), Golf, Audi A4, and A6. Production capability has surpassed an annual output level of 330,000 vehicles, 300,000 engines, and 180,000 transmissions. For additional information please visit http://www.faw.com/international/volkswagen.jsp

About MSC.Software Corporation

MSC.Software is the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) solutions, including simulation software and services, that helps companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1400 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit www.mscsoftware.com.