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Nissan Selects MTS as Strategic Partner

18 July 2000

Nissan Selects MTS as Strategic Partner

    EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Nissan Technical Center, Atsugi, Japan, announced 
today it has named MTS Systems Corporation as Nissan's partner in its new
initiative for long-range strategic testing innovation.  Simultaneously Nissan
placed a $2.3 million order with MTS for advanced software and hardware for
evaluating car designs.  Key elements of this order include recently developed
six-degree-of-freedom road simulation systems, new wheel force transducers and
the latest generation of road simulation software.

    "For many years, MTS has been a supplier to Nissan of equipment that
enhanced road simulation capabilities.  We are delighted to continue this
relationship in an even stronger role by providing not only the latest
state-of-the-art simulation capabilities, but also by helping Nissan
re-engineer their product evaluation activities," said Sidney W. Emery, Jr.,
MTS Chairman and CEO.  "This selection further validates MTS' growth strategy
of providing a full range of hardware, software and advanced technical
services to assist customers in accelerating designs to market."

    The six-degree-of-freedom road simulators are particularly well suited for
fatigue and durability testing of vehicle suspensions and full vehicles.  This
is a major advance in design that adds camber and steer to the traditional
vertical, lateral, and longitudinal translation and brake rotation.  The
result is improved fatigue and durability analysis and prediction in both real
and virtual prototype development.

    The patented spinning wheel integrated force transducer (SWIFT)
measurement systems acquire road and testing data from all six components of
motion at the vehicle spindle, both in the laboratory and on the test track.
They save weeks of instrumentation time, through ease of installation.

    New RPC Pro software adds intelligent diagnostics and automatic data
management to what already is the most widely used software product in vehicle
testing and development.  This newest version creates a more user-friendly,
open, and customizable environment, critical features that accelerate the
design evaluation process and free up engineers for improved productivity.

    MTS Systems Corporation manufactures computer-based testing and simulation
systems for determining the mechanical behavior of materials, products, and
structures, and measurement and control instrumentation products for the
automation and manufacturing processes.  The corporation had 2,400 employees
worldwide and revenues of $390 million in the fiscal year engineering
September 1999.