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Scania Selects EAI's VisFactory(R) Solution

19 June 2000

EAI's Solution to Standardize Factory Design, Layout, Analysis and Visualization

      
    AMES, Iowa - Engineering Animation, Inc. , today announced that Scania, a
leading manufacturer of trucks and buses for heavy transport application based
in Sweden, has selected VisFactory, EAI's factory layout and design software,
as their international, corporate-wide standard.  Scania implemented
VisFactory to create more efficient layouts using its 2D and 3D factory
design, analysis and visualization capabilities.

    EAI's VisFactory enables Scania to move from a 2D layout drafting process
to a simultaneous 2D and 3D integrated analysis and visualization factory
modeling process.  This process will streamline factory layout methods at all
sites, analyze and design new manufacturing layouts and improve efficiency,
productivity and output.  VisFactory enables Scania engineers to reduce
factory planning time, verify factory designs before implementation and bring
factories online faster.

    "We are using EAI's VisFactory solution to standardize our factory design
and layout system.  VisFactory allows Scania engineers to create workstations,
production lines and factory layouts more effectively and in less time.  This
enables us to improve the quality, speed and presentation of our production
designs and bring new products to market faster," said Anders Ohlsson, project
engineer for Scania's production development department.

    Dave Sly, EAI vice president of Virtual Factory solutions, said:  "EAI's
next-generation factory design and layout system streamlines Scania's
processes, enabling users to easily produce 2D and 3D factory models using
industry standards.  EAI's VisFactory improves Scania's productivity by
enabling manufacturing engineers to evaluate, compare and recommend
alternative designs quickly and easily.  Scania's selection of VisFactory
further demonstrates EAI's leadership in providing full-spectrum visualization
solutions to the manufacturing industry, from product visualization and
digital prototyping solutions to factory design, layout and modeling
software."

    About Scania

    Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for
heavy transport application, and of industrial and marine engines.  With
25,800 employees and production facilities in Europe and Latin America, Scania
is one of the most profitable companies in its sector.  Scania products are
marketed in approximately 100 countries worldwide and some 95 percent of
Scania's vehicles are sold outside Sweden.

    About EAI

    Engineering Animation, Inc. is the leader in Internet-enabled visual
process management, collaboration, analysis and communication solutions for
extended manufacturing enterprises.  EAI's solutions, which include
e-Vis.com(TM) ( http://www.e-vis.com ), Open Enterprise Visualization(TM) and
Virtual Factory solutions, help manufacturing companies drive down costs while
improving business practices, efficiency, quality and time-to-market.  The
Company maintains its corporate headquarters and technology center in Ames,
Iowa, and has offices worldwide.