HAVERHILL, MA (USA) January 17, 2002 – Intelligent Manufacturing Software, Inc. announced today that CCE (Ettlingen, Germany) is an authorized distributor of the IMSpost family of NC post processing products for users of the CATIA CADCAM solutions portfolio.

For years CCE has provided outstanding products and services to its customers, adding value to their business processes by delivering a variety of NC programming solutions. With CATIA Version 5, CCE delivers cost-effective solutions providing full associativity between the designed part and the NC program.

CCE is an ADVANCED partner of the IBM Product Lifecycle Management organization, for the entire CATIA and ENOVIA product set. CCE is licensed to resell IMSpost software solutions, which translate CAD/CAM software output into machine-specific control language, to customers utilizing Dassault Systemes CATIA software throughout Germany.

‘IMS postprocessors are technologically state of the art, provide great value for the money and are saving our customers money due to their flexibility’ says Willi Meinert, CEO and managing director of CCE. ‘CCE chose IMS as a partner because of the powerful solution which can handle all types of NC machine, as well as multiple CAD formats such as CATIA V4, V5 and others.’

Dan Wrenn, President and co-founder of IMS, Inc. adds: ‘CCE’s outstanding reputation for customer support and service, combined with their extensive industry knowledge make them an ideal partner for IMS. The integration of IMSpost with CATIA V5 allows customers to benefit from measurable improvements in the product development process while reducing costs.’

CCE is a subsidiary of the Matzner Group in Germany, an automotive supplier for car body parts, tools, dies, and fixtures. Expertise of the CCE staff is available in a range of manufacturing disciplines from 2 through 5-axis milling, turning, laser cutting, and wire EDM. Visit CCE on the web at http://www.cce.de’ target=’imspartner’>www.cce.de.

Intelligent Manufacturing Software, Inc., founded in 1989, is a recognized leader in providing NC post processing solutions and services to companies seeking a competitive advantage in the manufacturing industry. With headquarters in Haverhill, Massachusetts IMS post processing solutions are sold worldwide, addressing the needs of companies of all sizes, primarily in the automotive, aerospace and defense, general manufacturing and machinery, and electromechanical industries. Visit IMS on the web at www.ims-software.com>https://www.ims-software.com/’>www.ims-software.com

IMS Media Contact: Andy Brewster CCE Media Contact: Roland Reiss
Phone: 603-362-5050 Phone: +49 7243 5305 11
Email: andy@ims-software.com Email: rreiss@cce.de