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MTS Advanced Technology Crash Tester Wins $2.5 Million Order

21 January 1999

MTS Advanced Technology Crash Tester Wins $2.5 Million Order from Asian Auto Component Maker

    EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 20 -- MTS Systems Corporation
announced today that it has received a $2.5 million order for
an advanced technology crash simulation system that features new, time saving
engineering and superior performance in setup speed and crash pulse
reproduction.  The system was ordered by Fuji Seat in Japan, a major producer
of automotive interior components.
    This is the third new technology crash simulator MTS has sold; the first
will be delivered this winter to a Japanese vehicle maker.
    "Car makers are very interested in the substantial improvements available
with our new technology crash simulators," said Dick Strand, manager of the
MTS Safety Testing Group. "This design was engineered in response to the cost
and performance pressures experienced by vehicle and component manufacturers.
Our new crash simulation systems allow testing and validation by minimizing
the need for crash testing expensive prototypes and result in a shorter
time-to-market," he said.
    "The new simulation technology developed by MTS provides major
improvements in both test setup and fidelity of reproducing crash pulses, and
also reduced iterations of the test, he said. "New control and data
acquisition software and a new mechanical concept in velocity generation give
more accurate reproduction of today's complex crash pulse waveforms, as well
as faster response and higher "jerk" capability (the ability to successfully
duplicate severe impact simulations)."
    MTS has demonstrated the simulator to several interested buyers, and will
demonstrate it via videotape at the SAE Show in Detroit during the first week
of March.
    MTS Systems Corporation manufactures computer-based testing and simulation
systems for determining the mechanical and acoustic behavior of materials,
products and structures, and control instrumentation products for the
automation of the manufacturing processes.