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Over 80% of 2009 Vehicles Debuting at Detroit Auto Show Designed in CATIA

Auburn Hills, Mich., January 13, 2009 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that CATIA, the company’s solution for virtual design, was used in the development of over 80 percent of the 24* introductory and concept vehicles making their world debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) taking place at Cobo Hall in Detroit, January 11-25. Additionally, CATIA was utilized in the design of all NAIAS 2009 North American Car of the Year and 2009 North American Truck of the Year finalists. With the automotive industry under extreme duress and scrutiny, optimizing vehicle development processes to reduce cost and time to market without sacrificing creativity or quality are key goals.

CATIA, with its knowledgeware capability, is able to positively and significantly impact these areas. Through the use of CATIA’s automated design templates, designers can streamline and standardize the design process. This creates ‘free engineering’ time to invest in innovation and deliver additional benefits in each concurrent model that is based upon that set of templates. Knowledge is accumulated and stored in a single data base for real-time sharing. Changes in design specifications are automatically propagated across all involved disciplines to ensure that everyone is working with the most current data. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology is increasingly impacting design as new capabilities allow collaboration between all the involved parties from creators to collaborators to consumers. Studies show that there exists a strong correlation between a company’s ability to find new uses for information and its ability to innovate.

Today, many of the automakers across the world are using Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions, such as CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, and 3DVIA. These solutions enable manufacturers to develop and optimize vehicle design and manufacturing processes in the virtual world to deliver higher quality products in a shorter time, at a reduced cost. The Dassault Systemes’ PLM portfolio offers increased engineering excellence, expanding PLM deeper into production cycles, accelerating PLM adoption for mid-size companies, broadening IP lifecycle management and further integrating the enterprise ecosystem. In addition, Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Automation virtual commissioning solution has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards, recognized around the world as the industry’s symbol of innovation, technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers.

CATIA is Dassault Systèmes Pioneer Brand and the World’s leading solution for Product Design and Innovation. Several thousands of companies in multiple industries Worldwide have already chosen the Virtual Design capabilities of CATIA products to ensure their products Real Success. CATIA delivers solutions for the enterprise from large OEMs through their supply chains to Small and Medium Businesses.

The 2009-2010 is the second edition for the “Master in Transportation &Automobile Design”, organized by the Politecnico di Milano University – Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion Department (INDACO) – in partnership with Fiat Group Automobiles.

Car Design SketchThe Master is open to a maximum number of 30 students with a degree in Industrial Design, Architecture or Engineering. Students will attend more than 1,500 hours of classes spread over a period of 15 months.

The total cost is 9,500.00 Euros. Requests for admission must be submitted within 20 December 2009.

The course is aimed at training new car designers, “focusing on the development of their creativity, in a peculiar and innovative way.

Virtual Room”A theoretical and academic approach will be integrated with practical training finalized to teach the full styling development process as typically used in car industry.  ”

“Special focus will be given on virtual development tools, on interior design and on understanding of materials and colors.”

The master course comes directly from the relationship established between teachers of  Politecnico di Milano and FIAT Group Automobiles car designers.

Fiat Group is already supporting several didactical initiatives for the Politecnico di Milano School of Design students, either with internships, or inviting students to participate to car design contests.

Fiat will support this Specializing Master course with direct teaching, to assure coherence with the car design market companies needs. Furthermore, Fiat will offer some students internships inside its Centro Stile.

The Specializing Master in Transportation & Automobile Design has been designed and promoted by Politecnico di Milano School of Design and will be managed by Politecnico di Milano INDACO Department. It will be 15 months long and has a value of 60 ECTS.

DELMIA V5 Release 21 for Digital Manufacturing allows manufacturers to interact with factory processes early in the design stage and months before actual production commitment. Engineers, management, and stakeholders can have a 3D visualization of the real world with the ability to evaluate “what-if scenarios,” make changes, optimize shop floor operations, and identify and eliminate costly errors and design mistakes. This allows any enterprise to facilitate higher quality and foster greater innovation.

DELMIA V5R21 continues to extend and enhance its industry leading PLM technology portfolio for manufacturers and their interaction with factory processes through the delivery of two new product introductions and highlighted enhancements.

Product Data Management (PDM)

Also from the Dassault stable, SmarTeam has the unique capability of interfacing with virtually EVERY known CAD/CAM product, to provide complete control over the end-to-end management of the product development process.

SmarTeam is a revolutionary web-enabled solution, providing easy and cost-effective collaborative data management and product development. SmarTeam gives an organization the ability to collaborate on vital product data within their extended enterprise and across the global supply chain.

In modern manufacturing organizations, product definition has been extended beyond geographical boundaries, with extended enterprises involved in the product development process and in worldwide manufacturing. In addition, supply chains have become complex to manage as they too become more globalized. These demands make a complete e-business product information collaboration solution essential.

SmarTeam gives your supply chain the power to collaborate as a virtual product community with the click of a mouse. A Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC) solution, SmarTeam allows companies to communicate and collaborate across the extended enterprise and supply chain, with remote personnel, OEM vendors and more, providing a business-to-business solution connecting all engineering, manufacturing, procurement and sales.

SmarTeam, the core of our PDM/CPC Solution, is the leading Windows-based, web-centric product data and workflow management solution for manufacturing businesses and departments of large enterprises.

Additional 3rd party integrations to SmarTeam are available for the following popular CAD applications:  CATIA TeamPDM1, developed by SmarTeam parent company, Dassault Systèmes, provides complete collaborative PDM capabilities for users of CATIA V5.  PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER   UGS/EDS’ Unigraphics   CoCreate’s ME10   Helix’s MicroCADAM.