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Transom Joins ASPECT Program to Improve Automotive Seat Evaluation Tools

22 June 1998

Transom Joins ASPECT Program to Improve Automotive Seat Evaluation Tools

       Transom joins several prominent automotive organizations working to
       develop new physical seating manikin and posture prediction database
                              for computer manikins

    ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 22 -- Transom Technologies, Inc.
announced today that it has been invited to join the Automotive Seat and
Package Evaluation Comparison Tools (ASPECT) program.  ASPECT is a four-year
research and development effort initiated by the Society of Automotive
Engineers in 1995 to produce a new set of seat evaluation tools for designing
and measuring vehicle interiors.
    Transom joins several prominent organizations working on the ASPECT
program, including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Johnson Controls, Lear
Seating, Michigan State University, PSA Peugeot, SAE International, Toyota,
the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Volkswagen,
Volvo, and others.
    According to Senior Scientist Dr. Ulrich Raschke, Transom's ASPECT
representative, Transom's primary role is to implement automotive interior
design methods developed through the program in its human simulation software.
"Our job is to make the posture prediction equations derived from actual
seated subjects available in Transom Jack," he said.  "We're also providing
expertise on the form of a standard virtual manikin that can be used in all
modelers."
    James D. Price, president and CEO of Transom, said that the company's
involvement in ASPECT will make its Transom Jack software a more powerful tool
for automotive interior packaging applications.  "Our affiliation with ASPECT
will enable us to deliver the most advanced human-centered design tools to our
growing community of automotive customers," he said.
    Transom Technologies, a privately held company headquartered in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, is the world's leading provider of human modeling and simulation
software.  Commercial, government and academic organizations throughout the
world use the company's Transom(TM) Jack(R) software to improve the ergonomics
of product designs, refine manufacturing and maintenance processes, and train
personnel.  Transom customers include such prominent organizations as
Bombardier; British Aerospace; CSI; Case; Caterpillar; Deere; Ford; GE
Aircraft Engines; GM Delphi; Lockheed Martin; NASA; PACCAR; Pratt & Whitney;
Sikorsky; Toyota; the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy; U.S. NIOSH and NIST;
United Defense; and Volvo.
    Transom, TJ, Jill, "the digital people people," and the Transom logo are
trademarks of Transom Technologies, Inc.  Jack is a registered trademark of
the University of Pennsylvania, and is licensed exclusively to Transom
Technologies, Inc.  All other company, brand and product names are trademarks
of their respective holders.