Chrysler Places Major Order for Digital Manufacturing Software From Deneb Robotics, Inc.; New Simulation Standard for the Auto Maker Goes Into High Gear.TROY, Mich.--(AutomotiveWire)--Aug. 4, 1998--Chrysler Corporation has purchased and received Digital Manufacturing software from Deneb Robotics, Inc., a Dassault Systemes S.A. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DASTY) company, to support their continuing DMAPS DMAPS Depot Maintenance Accounting and Production System (Digital Manufacturing Process Solution) implementation. This is the first order from Chrysler after last month's announcement that Chrysler has adopted Deneb's suite of Digital Manufacturing software for future car and truck programs. "We feel that these simulation tools from Deneb will enable Chrysler to meet their aggressive product launch cycle objectives," said Bob Brown, president, Deneb Robotics, Inc. "The product, process and resource management we're working on together with Chrysler will allow them to involve component and vehicle system suppliers, as well as tooling suppliers, from early in the new vehicle development schedule." Implementation of Deneb's Digital Manufacturing software has already begun at Chrysler's integration partner Progressive Tool & Industries (PICO Pico (pē`kō) [Port.,=peak], island (1991 pop. 15,129), 167 sq mi (433 sq km), Horta dist., in the N Atlantic, one of the central Azores. It takes its name from the volcanic mountain, Pico Alto [high peak], which rises to 7,711 ft (2,350 m). ), and Deneb reports that several other Chrysler suppliers are already in a position, or soon will be, to comply with this new Chrysler standard. Chrysler and their tooling suppliers now use IGRIP IGRIP Interactive Graphics Robot Instruction Program IGRIP Integrated Graphical Robot(ics) Instruction Program (R), QUEST(R) and ENVISION(R), with all the appropriate manufacturing options, to validate production concepts; develop tooling, fixtures and workcell designs; design and validate the human interfaces for manual tasks; develop and validate robot programs and PLC programs; and validate the plant floor layout, material handling equipment and material flow. "Chrysler's vision for process and product development, and their mastery of digital manufacturing, puts them in a class of their own. Deneb is proud to be a development partner in their Digital Manufacturing Process Solution (DMAPS) system. This is the same technology used for the Control Program Generation Analysis (CPGA (Ceramic PGA) See PGA. CPGA - Ceramic Pin Grid Array ) initiative that bridges process planning and control engineering and, as Chrysler Corporation has stated, will save them up to $20 million per plant," said Rakesh Mahajan Mahajan is an Indian surname, found among the Vaishya castes (business communities). In India surname Mahajan is used by two communities: - one residing in North of India(mainly on the Amritsar to Jammu belt) and another belonging to North Maharashtra. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Deneb Robotics. Deneb's software includes built-in libraries of robots, common production equipment, and application-specific options that include tooling such as clamp fixtures, weld guns, painting, etc. Deneb, which maintains geometry interfaces with all mechanical CAD databases, recently announced a direct interface with CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. . It's the only simulation software developer with this capability, and Deneb has a similar interface with Unigraphics Solutions, which eliminates the need for CAD translations. Deneb Robotics, Inc., a Dassault Systemes S.A. (NASDAQ:DASTY) company, is a worldwide recognized leader of multi-CAD digital manufacturing software. Deneb offers an integrated suite of tools that begin at the conceptual phase of product and process design enabling design for assembly, design for manufacturability and design for maintainability. Deneb's suite includes products for: discrete event simulation In discrete event simulation, the operation of a system is represented as a chronological sequence of events. Each event occurs at an instant in time and marks a change of state in the system [1]. for factory layout and throughput analysis; workcell tooling design and validation; assembly planning and analysis; human motion and task analysis; robotic off-line programming; CNC program validation; CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies. program verification; and simulation based training. All products can be viewed in a Virtual Reality environment, shared around the world using Deneb's Virtual Collaborative Engineering environment, and run on both UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and NT computers. The PC solution makes the technology affordable on the shop floor or in the field for operator instructions. Deneb Robotics' software is widely used in the aerospace, automotive, defense, environmental, nuclear and research communities. With offices in Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, India and the United States, Deneb Robotics has earned an international reputation for 3D physics-based simulation products that combine ease of use with state-of-the-art digital manufacturing technologies and methodologies. Deneb is located in Troy, Michigan, and can be visited via the Internet at http://www.deneb.com. 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CONTACT: Deneb Robotics, Inc.
Brian Huse, 248/267-9696
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