Mechanical Dynamics' CEO Joins Commerce Secretary Daley On Trade Mission to Canada

4 August 1997
Mechanical Dynamics' CEO Joins Commerce Secretary Daley On Trade Mission to Canada

    ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 4 -- Michael E. Korybalski, chairman
of the board and chief executive officer of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc.
, worldwide supplier of software and services for the virtual
prototyping market, is among 16 business executives accompanying U.S.
Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley on his trade mission to Canada this
week.
    The trip is designed to help small-to-medium-sized U.S. businesses
capitalize on trade opportunities with the U.S.'s largest trading partner --
especially those afforded by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),
under which all duties on bilateral trade between the U.S. and Canada will be
eliminated on January 1, 1998.
    The mission began Sunday, August 3, in Montreal, will continue on to
Ottawa on August 5, and will conclude in Toronto on August 6.  Joining
Secretary Daley and the executives are U.S. Small Business Administrator Aida
Alvarez and New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen.
    "Mechanical Dynamics is honored to be among the select group of companies
represented on this mission," said Korybalski.  "The global market is becoming
increasingly important for small and medium-sized companies like our own.
Last year, exports accounted for over 60% of our sales, and Canadian
manufacturers have been a strong market for our software and services."
    Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Mechanical Dynamics pioneered the field of
mechanical system simulation, and has remained focused on this technology
since its founding in 1977.  Engineering teams use the company's ADAMS
software to build and test virtual prototypes, realistically simulating on
their computers the full-motion behavior of complex mechanical system designs.
Using ADAMS can help manufacturers reduce the number of costly physical
prototypes, improve design quality, and significantly shorten product
development cycles.
    ADAMS virtual prototyping products are used by thousands of engineering
teams from nearly every manufacturing industry, including automotive, defense,
aerospace, aircraft, off-highway equipment, rail, shipbuilding, industrial
machinery, mechatronics, biomechanics, and others.
    Additional information about Mechanical Dynamics can be obtained by
writing to the company at 2301 Commonwealth Boulevard, Ann Arbor, Michigan
 48105.  Phone: 313-994-3800.  Fax: 313-994-6418.  E-mail:  info@adams.com.
 World Wide Web: http://www.adams.com.

SOURCE  Mechanical Dynamics, Inc.