Dassault Systèmes

DMS Expo/Conference 2001 – Tokyo, 6th July, 2001- Daikin Industries, Ltd., a global leader in the manufacture of commercial and industrialuse air conditioning systems, and DELMIA Corp., a Dassault Systemes company (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) announced today that DELMIA/QUEST solution has helped Daikin to create innovative and highly efficient production systems which resulted in 30% productivity improvement and significant reduction in investment.  DaikinIt wasannounced by DAIKIN at “DMS Expo/Conf Special Seminar” held in Tokyo today. <br/>

Daikin has launched the production innovation program called “Transform to Highly Cycle Production System”.  Various targets includ ing further reduction of product inventory, design & build flexible production line, and drastic reduction of supply lead time.  To meet such high targets, Daikin realized deployment of the simulation software is needed when designing and validating the line.  After extensive benchmarks, Daikin decided to select QUEST, discrete event simulator with proven  experiences in various industries. <br/>

In order to detect bottlenecks of the current production line and to check the various alternatives, conventional methods such as trial run or observation of the production lines had been used at Daikin, which costs them a lot and takes long time to validate.   By using QUEST, production line is modeled in 3D, so that problems can be detected easily, and many alternatives can be tested freely in the virtual environment.  As a result, Daikin has successfully achieved the target to improve the productivity of its existing production line by 30%.  Daikin also utilizes QUEST in other areas such as production line design and distribution system validation. <br/>

 “QUEST gave us a freedom for us to try and error manyalternatives as we wantin the virtual environmentwhen designing and validating production lines.  In the production line design project, for example, all the related team members such as production engineers, shop floor engineers and equipment manufacturers  can discuss the design from various points of view.  Know-how and requirements from all parties could be incorporated in the design from the early phase.  This cannot be achieved without powerful 3D simulation software,” explained by Takayoshi Inoue, Home Air Conditioning Div., DAIKIN Industries, Ltd. <br/>

Rob Barlow, President of DELMIA Japan, Ltd. Commented, “We are so pleased that DAIKIN, a global leader in airconditioner market has chosen DELMIA/QUEST to challenge of the shortest lead time in the market with success.  The extensive/successful deployment at DAIKIN provesthe unlimited capability of QUEST in all the industry” domains.”

Daikin Industries , Ltd. is a global leader in the manufacture of commercial- and industrial-use air conditioning systems and holds more than one-third of the market share in Japan. The Company is also a leader in fluorochemicals, with an approximate 20% share of the worldwide market. Daikin boasts an unparalleled combination of mechanical, electronic and chemical expertise as well as robust R&D capabilities. The Company is commetted mto leveraging these strengths to create new, innovative products and flexible, highly efficient production systems. Daikin is a dynamic global company with a well-established presence in five major areas; Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. Thus, Daikin is poised to excel in an increasingly borderless business environment.

Information about Daikin is available at - http://www.daikin.co.jp

DELMIA Corp. develops e-business solutions for manufacturing by implementing a process centric solution to define, plan, validate, monitor and control production systems from single device work cell, production line, factory material flow to extended enterprise production flow. DELMIA serves industry segments where continuous transformation and optimization of the manufacturing processes are critical such as Automotive, Aerospace, Fabrication and Assembly, Electrical and Electronics, Consumer Goods, Plant and Shipbuilding. DELMIA constitutes the core offering for Digital Manufacturing and Production, serving the product life cycle. DELMIA solutions are interoperable with major CAD, PDM and ERP systems.

Information about DELMIA is available at - http://www.delmia.com

Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) is the premier global software developer for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and SmarTeam, as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D design-centric and collaborative PDM software solutions based on Windows and the internet. Spatial, also part of Dassault Systemes family, is a market-leading provider of world-class 3D software components and services (for 3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability) to meet the requirements of 3D in Internet-based e-commerce and B2B applications.

Information about Dassault Systemes is available at - http://www.3ds.com .

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