P+Z ENGINEERING SELECTS VISTAGY'S FIBERSIM SOFTWARE AS SPECIALIZED DESIGN TOOL FOR COMPOSITES DIVISION

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P+Z ENGINEERING SELECTS VISTAGY'S FIBERSIM SOFTWARE AS SPECIALIZED DESIGN TOOL FOR COMPOSITES DIVISION
26 June 2006 - VISTAGY

WALTHAM, Mass. (USA), March 24, 2006—VISTAGY, Inc., the developer of engineering software that provides specialized functionality to commercial CAD/PDM/PLM systems, today announced that P+Z Engineering GmbH of Munich, Germany has purchased FiberSIM software as its composites design tool. In addition, P+Z Engineering recently established a composite materials division and will leverage VISTAGY's experience and knowledge of composites to automate the design and manufacturing processes for commercial and military aircraft and automotive part development.

P+Z Engineering will use FiberSIM to design and simulate new products made of advanced composite materials. Specialized capabilities in FiberSIM such as grid-based design and detailed 2D and 3D documentation will help engineers streamline engineering tasks and processes. The company expects to greatly reduce development cycle times and costs, and more accurately manufacture parts based on customer specifications.

"At P+Z Engineering, we've established a composites design team to augment engineering and design services for our customers," said Andreas Gundel, manager of business development at P+Z Engineering. "FiberSIM will be the standard composite design tool for the team. We plan to realize many product development efficiencies as a result. Our partnership with VISTAGY will give us a competitive advantage in the expanding composite product development space."

"The use of composite materials is growing rapidly, both in the volume of business and in the complexity of the parts being designed for major airliners and automobiles," said Alex Edwards, general manager, Europe at VISTAGY, Inc. "We have seen increased customer growth in Europe as a result of these new market opportunities, and we have added many new capabilities to FiberSIM in response to customer demands."

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About: VISTAGY
VISTAGY, Inc., is a leading developer of engineering software that enhances commercial 3D CAD systems. VISTAGY’s specialized engineering environments enable engineers to capture and communicate complete digital product definitions within CAD, thereby increasing productivity, improving the communication of product information throughout the product’s lifecycle, and allowing better-informed decision making early in design. VISTAGY software is used throughout the world in the aerospace, automotive, marine, medical, sporting goods, and transportation interiors industries. The company also offers training and consulting services.

FiberSIM is a suite of software that turns major CAD systems into advanced tools for designing and manufacturing composite parts. The software enables engineers to create a complete digital product definition of a composite part within their 3D modeling environment. FiberSIM supports flexible design methodologies for a wide variety of materials and manufacturing processes and automatically generates design details all the way from complex ply and zone drop-offs to variable offset surfaces for mock-up and tooling. The software simulates how composite material deforms over complex curvature and generates manufacturing information including documentation, flat patterns, and data to drive downstream manufacturing equipment. FiberSIM also uses XML technology to share composites data with people and applications throughout the enterprise.

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