Bangalore, 5th Sep 2006: EDS Technologies Pvt Ltd announced that it has entered into an agreement with ABAQUS Engineering India Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABAQUS, Inc. ABAQUS software is the foundation of Dassault Systèmes’ SIMULIA brand and a world leader in advanced Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

EDS Technologies Pvt Ltd, India’s largest PLM and Visual Simulation Services Provider and a premier business partner of IBM & Dassault Systèmes in India, has added yet another world-class solution to its PLM portfolio to address simulation market and key customer requirements in India. Under this agreement, EDS Technologies will leverage its large PLM installed base and key strengths to market ABAQUS products in India.

“We are very pleased to have this new marketing agreement with EDS Technologies”, stated Renuka Srinivasan, General Manager, ABAQUS Engineering India. “The combined strength of the two companies ensures that we will provide world class sales, service and support of simulation software to our customers locally.”

ABAQUS Engineering India Pvt. Ltd, markets, distributes and supports the ABAQUS suite of FEA software in India and provides engineering analysis services to industrial clients worldwide. ABAQUS India’s mission is to make its clients and customers more productive and competitive by providing them with the highest quality FEA software, and complementary services, including personalized technical support, customized training, engineering analysis, specialized software development, customization of ABAQUS, and development of vertical applications.

About EDS Technologies Pvt LTd.
EDS Technologies plays a vital role in implementing CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Enovia, SMARTEAM and CAA in India across various industry segments. We are supporting more than 2100 CATIA licenses across India for more than 600 customer sites over the past 11 Years. EDST has met with considerable success in executing the PLM neEDS of Automotive, Aerospace, Manufacturing clients and their suppliers in India. www.EDStechnologies.com

About Dassault Systèmes
As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 90,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing and ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, including ENOVIA VPLM, ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA and SolidWorks are registered trademarks of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries.

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