Amcor PET Packaging NA Implements PLM Solutions

WOOSTER, Ohio & CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2006--TechniGraphics, a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) design and implementation, and Integrated Development Enterprise, Inc. (IDe®), the leading provider of Product Portfolio Management solutions, today announced that Amcor PET Packaging, a division of Amcor Limited (NASDAQ: AMCR - News), has deployed an integrated PLM solution. The solution from TechniGraphics and IDe will automate development processes, increase productivity and enhance innovation within their Product Development team. TechniGraphics' Professional Services and PLM Implementation team lead the deployment of the new environment at Amcor PET Packaging, the industry's leading polyethylene terephthalate (PET) food and beverage bottle makers. Amcor has been using world-class product development tools such as CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam for the past seven years to create, engineer and manufacture custom packaging solutions. This combined system, IDweb integrated with ENOVIA SmarTeam, provides the Amcor team with superior visibility into these product development details and enables informed decision-making based upon specific real-time project data.

Companies such as Amcor PET Packaging, with short product development processes and large numbers of discrete designs, need to decide early on which designs are most likely to succeed and which, therefore, to focus on. IDweb® from IDe brings clarity to Amcor's product portfolio management tasks and product development planning, with Dassault Systemes' (NASDAQ:DASTY - News; PARIS:DSY - News) CATIA V5 and ENOVIA SmarTeam acting as the product design, supplier and data management backbones.

"TechniGraphics' implementation team knew early on that the integrated IDweb, CATIA and ENOVIA SmarTeam product lifecycle management environment would be the best configuration for a company with a massive product portfolio to manage, as well as significant supplier and data management needs," said Frank Fernandez, senior director, PLM Operations, TechniGraphics. "The combination of best in class solutions from IDe and Dassault Systemes allows a company to meet and exceed customer requirements on time and on budget."

"Product development like ours requires early and clear visibility of customer requirements for inclusion into the design process and product portfolio," said Steve Barker, manager at Amcor PET Packaging. "Not only is design excellence key to our business, but the ability to roll up data to management, as well as easily drill down for details when needed, ensures that our processes remain lean, efficient and fast. This is what technology is for: keeping us at the forefront of our industry, where we have always been a leader."

"Amcor has clearly demonstrated its commitment to quality and excellence by focusing on improvements to their entire process from product ideation and development to delivery and automation with best of breed information technology from IDe and Dassault Systemes," said Craig Divino, president and chief executive officer of IDe. "We look forward to continuing our business partnerships with Amcor, TechniGraphics and Dassault Systemes and contributing to Amcor's achievement of optimal performance as they realize new opportunities to gain competitive advantage with IDweb and ENOVIA SmarTeam."

About Amcor

PET Packaging Amcor PET Packaging is the leading manufacturer of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic packaging for the global beverage, food and non-food industries, with 70 manufacturing sites in 20 countries. Its parent company, Amcor Limited, offers a broad range of packaging solutions and ranks as one of the top three packaging companies in the world. Amcor's extensive operations have grown in 2005 to include 240 plants in 39 countries. It is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia and, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, had sales revenues of US$8.5 billion. For further information, visit www.amcor.com.

About TechniGraphics, Inc.

TechniGraphics is a world-class information technology company headquartered in Wooster, OH, with offices across the United States. As a leader in Product Lifecycle Management, TechniGraphics strives to help customers cut costs and drive innovation through visualization and simulation of products, processes, and environments. The company focuses on being a trusted advisor in PLM transformation efforts. This includes implementation, design automation, design services, personalized training, and support in the deployment of the Dassault Systemes Product Lifecycle Management suite of products. For more information please visit www.tgstech.com.