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Customers from 25 Countries Convene in Frankfurt Germany to Attend 2004 International Moldflow User Group Conference.


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WAYLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2004

Moldflow Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ
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: MFLO), the world leader in software solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastic products, today announced the successful completion of its Third Annual International Moldflow User Group Conference (iMUG) held in Frankfurt, Germany from May 17-19. Approximately 240 attendees from 25 different countries listened to over 30 different technical and industry presentations which were simultaneously translated into 4 languages. Go to www.moldflow.com and click on the iMUG logo to see pictures from the event.

The 2004 iMUG featured a keynote presentation from Mr. Peter Kennedy Peter Kennedy may be:
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, chief technology officer, Moldflow Corporation and talks given by invited speakers from both industry and academia, including Dr. Charles Tucker from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880
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; Professor Michele Laus from the Universita degli Studi del Piemonte Oriantale, Italy; Dr. Gerrit W.M. Peters from Eindhoven University of Technology The Eindhoven University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven or TU/e, and formerly Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven or THE) is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. , Netherlands; Dr. Vito Leo Leo, in astronomy
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, Principal Scientist from Solvay SA; and Felim McNeela, Managing Director of Avenue Mould, Ireland.

The Conference featured a variety of Moldflow user presentations from multiple industries, 7 presentations from key Moldflow development, product line and executive staff and several professional and student poster presentations. Further, a variety of Special Interest Groups and Forums were held to give users the opportunity to collaborate with Moldflow to help define future versions of the software.

Mr. Roland Thomas, president and chief executive officer of Moldflow noted, "The iMUG Conference is an exciting and important yearly event for Moldflow. The Conference not only provides Moldflow customers the ability to talk directly with key Moldflow staff to assure that our products meet and exceed expectations, but it also offers the Moldflow user community an opportunity to network and discover new and innovative ways to use the products from each other. The feedback Moldflow receives from this interaction allows us to continually offer a comprehensive suite of products that help companies optimize the entire product design through manufacture process to gain the competitive advantage they seek."

Attendees of the iMUG conference were given the opportunity to run the latest versions of Moldflow Design Analysis and Manufacturing Solutions software in the iMUG computer lab sponsored by Intel and Silicon Graphics, and learn more about the latest products and technologies being offered conference sponsors such as Materialise, Solidworks, Datapoint Laboratories, Altair and PEG GmbH.

About Moldflow Corporation

Moldflow (NASDAQ: MFLO) is the leading global provider of automation and optimization software Free and Open Source software
  • ASCEND — mathematical modelling system
  • OpenOpt (license: BSD) — toolbox with connections to lots of solvers, for Python language programmers
  • COIN-OR SYMPHONY — integer programming, Common Public License
, enabling hardware and hot runner A hot runner is an injection mold component containing a series of channels that distributes molten plastic within a mold to increase molding productivity through reduced waste, as the runners arent wasted each cycle by being ejected, as the plasic stays molten and gets used on the  process control solutions for the plastics injection molding injection molding
n.
A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold.
 industry. Companies use Moldflow's complete suite of products to address plastic part design issues at the earliest possible stage as well as to maximize productivity and profitability on the manufacturing floor. Moldflow's collaboration with academia, industry and customers around the world has led to a reputation for constant innovation in the complete design-to-manufacture process. Headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,100 at the 2000 census.

For geographic and demographic information on Cochituate, which is part of Wayland, please see the article Cochituate, Massachusetts.
, Moldflow has offices, manufacturing and research and development centers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Australia and Asia.

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