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AleniaAermacchi Selects VISTAGY's FiberSIM(R) 5.1 Software As Composite Design Tool for Commercial Airliners; Leading Italian Aircraft Manufacturer Expands Use of Composites Engineering Software

Posted on: Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 09:00 CDT

VISTAGY, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized engineering software, today announced that AleniaAermacchi, one of the world's most renowned jet manufacturers, has selected VISTAGY's FiberSIM(R) 5.1 software as its specialized composite design environment in the CATIA V5 CAD system. AleniaAermacchi engineers have used FiberSIM for more than two years on a variety of design projects and utilized the software to design, simulate and manufacture complex composite aircraft parts for commercial airliners.

With headquarters in Venegono, Italy, AleniaAermacchi turned to VISTAGY to help automate its end-to-end product development process. Using FiberSIM software, AleniaAermacchi engineers will generate detailed documentation early in the design phase, and efficiently share composites information and detail across the organization from within one design application. AleniaAermacchi will utilize FiberSIM's zone-based design and new automated plybook capabilities to ensure products are designed and manufactured accurately, within specification, and meet the demanding deadlines of its current aerospace customers.

"VISTAGY has more than fifteen years of aerospace engineering expertise, and leading companies like AleniaAermacchi turn to us to help them innovate their aircraft designs and manufacture products that give them a competitive edge," said Steve Luby, president and CEO at VISTAGY. "AleniaAermacchi is an important partner that prides itself on adopting the very latest design technology for more efficient and cost-effective product development. We look forward to continuing our work with AleniaAermacchi to improve the efficiency of their design processes for composite parts on commercial airliners."

For more information about AleniaAermacchi, please visit www.aermacchi.it/index.htm.

About AleniaAermacchi

AleniaAermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, is one of the most modern manufacturers of jet trainers and light close air support aircraft - always at the forefront in military and major commercial aircraft design and production. The company has constantly displayed an exceptional capability of properly assessing contemporary requirements in its area of endeavor for more than 90 years.

About FiberSIM(R)

FiberSIM(R) is a suite of software products, powered by VISTAGY's unique EnCapta(R) technology, that turns commercial CAD systems into tools specialized 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 the entire product development process as well as flexible design methodologies for a wide variety of materials and manufacturing methods. 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.

About VISTAGY, Inc.

VISTAGY, Inc. develops engineering software that provides specialized functionality to significantly improve the value of 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 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. For more information, contact VISTAGY in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, at +1.781.250.6868 or visit www.vistagy.com.

"VISTAGY. Empowering engineers."(TM)

VISTAGY, the VISTAGY logo, EnCapta, FiberSIM, and Empowering Engineers are registered trademarks or trademarks of VISTAGY, Inc., in the United States and in other countries. All other companies and products referenced herein have trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Source: Business Wire

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