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Factory Pulse System Selected As Finalist In Plant Engineering's Award

11 November 1998

Factory Pulse System Selected As Finalist In Plant Engineering's Product Of The Year Award

    EVANSTON, Ill., Nov. 10 -- The Factory Pulse(TM) System, by
FactoryWare Inc. has been selected as a Product of the Year Finalist by the
board of judges of Plant Engineering magazine.  The Factory Pulse(TM) System
is a revolutionary diagnostic tool for analyzing cycle time and downtime
issues from discrete manufacturing processes for a complete picture of
manufacturing productivity.  The Factory Pulse(TM) System, among other
finalists, will be featured and voted upon for Product of the Year in the
General Maintenance Software Category in the November, 1998 issue.
    Plant Engineering magazine is industry's most respected and best read
publication.  The Product of the Year award is highly regarded by plant
engineers and maintenance professionals.
    Headquartered in Evanston, Ill., FactoryWare, Inc. has been providing
hardware and software related to process improvement since 1996.  FactoryWare
offers cost effective, results oriented, easy to use information tools for the
manufacturing industry.  FactoryWare's flagship product, the Factory Pulse(TM)
System is the industry's first portable, integrated, hardware and software
system designed to analyze productivity through cycle time and downtime
analysis.  The company has a diverse customer base with expanding nationwide
distribution.  If you are interested in viewing additional information on
FactoryWare, please visit the company's web page at
http://www.factoryware.com.
    For more information, contact President John Oskin at 847-869-0566 or
oskin@factoryware.com