MOLDFLOW ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF SHOTSCOPE4.0 AND MPX4.0

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MOLDFLOW ANNOUNCES IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF SHOTSCOPE4.0 AND MPX4.0
03 June 2006 - Moldflow Corporation

Moldflow Corporation the leading global provider of design through manufacturing solutions for the plastics injection molding industry, today announced the immediate availability of two enhanced manufacturing solutions products, Moldflow Plastics Xpert 4.0 and Shotscope 4.0. New features in both products will help to improve manufacturing productivity and efficiency. Both Shotscope and MPX are part of Moldflow's Manufacturing Solutions offerings.

MPX is a patented expert system for automating the setup, optimization and control of the injection molding process. MPX 4.0 allows manufacturers to maintain optimal injection molding processing conditions to produce the best quality parts at the lowest possible costs. Enhancements include a new revolutionary viscosity control method that automatically compensates for changes in plastics material flow characteristics during production. A new process setup routine helps determine an optimum injection velocity from the relative viscosity shear rate curve, which is one of the most accurate methods for determining an appropriate starting injection velocity. With these new enhancements users can realize improvements in manufacturing productivity and the quality of plastic injection molded parts. MPX 4.0 also interfaces with current injection molding machine control technology and provides online process correction technology developed exclusively for the plastics injection molding industry.

Shotscope is a critical quality analysis technology designed specifically to prevent defective parts from entering the supply chain. New features for Shotscope 4.0 include automatic part diversion after machine downtime, automatic reject counting of auxiliary equipment and new labor tracking options that allow for swipe card login and multiple operator logon per machine.

"Today's announcement of MPX 4.0 and Shotscope 4.0 represents our next step forward in improving quality, manufacturing productivity and efficiency for our customers. Most importantly these new tools and technologies help reduce direct and indirect costs for manufacturers," explained Tim Triplett, Moldflow's executive vice president and general manager, Manufacturing Solutions.

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About: Moldflow Corporation
Moldflow is a global provider of optimisation and automation software, enabling hardware and hot runner process control solutions for the plastics injection moulding industry. Companies use Moldflow's complete suite of products to address plastic part design issues at the earliest possible stage as well as to maximize productivity and profitability on the manufacturing floor. Moldflow Plastics Labs (MPL) offers state-of-the-art material testing and consulting services. Its extensive materials database is also used in Moldflow software products. Headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts, Moldflow has offices, manufacturing and research and development centres in the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia and collaborates with academia and industry around the world.

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