Plexus Systems Selected as Technology Company of the Year Finalist

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 13 -- Plexus Systems LLC has been chosen as a finalist for Automation Alley's Technology Company of the Year Award. Finalists represent the top technology organizations that have made significant contributions to technology advancements throughout Southeast Michigan.

Located in Auburn Hills, the heart of Automation Alley, Plexus Systems designs, develops, and hosts Plexus Online, the only fully-integrated information system for manufacturing companies. Plexus Online can run a company's entire business: production, quality, shipping, customer releases, EDI, purchasing, accounting and more. Plexus Online is an online solution accessible to authorized personnel through the Internet so manufacturers avoid the cost and complexities of buying and maintaining software, servers and other IT infrastructure.

"We are proud to be a finalist for the Technology Company of the Year Award," said Jane Warner, president. "By increasing production throughput and quality, we believe our system provides a major benefit to local manufacturing companies trying to remain competitive in the global market."

Key customers include Metaldyne, EaglePicher, and GKN as well as many other metalforming, plastics, machining and assembly companies in the automotive, aerospace and defense, and medical devices sectors.

Plexus also was recently recognized as one of the Future 50 of Greater Detroit for 2005. This marked the third time the company appeared on that list.

Other finalists for Technology Company of the Year are DELMIA in Auburn Hills and TechTeam Global, Inc. in Southfield. Award winners, selected by a panel of judges, will be announced at the Fifth Annual Automation Alley Awards Gala on Sept. 23 at the Ford Conference and Event Center in Dearborn, Mich.

Founded in 1995, Plexus Systems (http://www.plex.com/ ) is the premier provider of online business solutions for manufacturing companies. The Plexus Online software consists of over 350 modules allowing companies to access all critical information in real time using a simple web browser. Plexus Online includes shop floor control, traceability, quality management, EDI, accounting and many other capabilities that can be configured as a fully-integrated system or as a point solution to augment other ERP software.