Wonderware Launches FactorySuite Shipments On Schedule; First Package Delivered to Largest Customer: Mercedes-Benz AG.HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1997--Wonderware Corporation (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 :WNDR) began shipping its new FactorySuite(tm) of integrated industrial automation software on schedule this week -- with the first package being delivered in person to Wonderware's largest end user customer, Mercedes-Benz AG, at the company's exhibit booth at the Hannover Fair automation trade show. The FactorySuite was introduced as a marketing concept in early 1996, and the company announced in January of this year that it would begin shipments of the industry's first integrated suite of factory software by April 15. "We have met this target date, and shipments are now on their way around the world to our end user and system integrator customers, who have been eagerly awaiting this product," said Joe Cowan Joseph William Cowan (born September 15, 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born American college football wide receiver for the UCLA Bruins. High school He played at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, California. , vice president of marketing. The first package was presented by Roy Slavin, Wonderware president, and Edmund Segl, managing director of Wonderware GmbH, to representatives from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Rastatt, Germany, in a brief ceremony within the Wonderware booth (Hall 16, Booth D33) at the world's largest industrial trade show. The Rastatt plant began a complete remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling and expansion in 1995 for the manufacture of the new A-class of passenger cars beginning in the spring of 1997. This new "compact" Mercedes will extend the company's model line into a new market segment. The Wonderware InTouch(tm) operator interface software was selected for use as the standard for supervisory control and data acquisition (application) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition - (SCADA) Systems are used in industry to monitor and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via PLCs. systems in the renovated plant and it was the largest single order ever placed for InTouch. Wonderware offers two versions of its new suite, which integrate seven different software products for developing and deploying a wide range of manufacturing automation systems. The basic FactorySuite package provides core technology modules for process visualization, PC-based machine and process control, a new real-time plant database system, Internet/Intranet remote data viewing capabilities, and Wonderware's library of input/output servers to interface to factory equipment. In addition, a FactorySuite Plus(tm) offering incorporates all of these technologies and adds application modules for resource management and work-in-process (WIP WIP Work In Progress WIP Work in Process WIP World Internet Project WIP Women in Prison (movie genre) WIP World Institute of Pain WIP Wash-In-Place WIP Women in Publishing WIP Work In Place WIP Wireless Internet Protocol ) tracking as well as for flexible batch management. Both bundles run on the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (r) 4.0 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and make use of the Microsoft(r) BackOffice(tm) suite of network server products. "The strategic importance of the new suites is that manufacturing engineers The profession of manufacturing engineer is defined as a person having the education and experience to understand and control manufacturing systems such as processes and/or automation, including industrial processes and equipment used to produce goods. now have integrated packages of application development tools that cover the entire spectrum of factory floor usage," Cowan added. "They can mix and match functionality from any of the FactorySuite programs to create whatever applications they need in a manufacturing or process operation -- and all of this capability is priced almost the same as our original Wonderware InTouch(tm) operator interface software by itself. "We are following the product model developed for the Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. (tm) to provide the same high level of application performance for people in the factory -- at very cost-effective pricing," Cowan said. "Just as the Microsoft Office suite provides the integrated word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , spreadsheet, database and graphics applications needed by office workers to do their daily tasks, our FactorySuite products empower plant floor workers to handle their regular production tasks with flexible, low-cost solutions. In addition, since the new suites don't require hardware protection keys (or `dongles'), corporate information system (IS) managers will find our new license manager system helps them maintain their software inventory records more easily." Wonderware pioneered Windows-based ease of use for developing industrial automation applications with the introduction of the InTouch operator interface software in 1989. The new FactorySuite is the first suite of easy-to-use software tools for creating any factory application, providing the broadest range of functionality at the lowest price on the market. Founded in 1987, Wonderware is based in Irvine, Calif., and has regional offices in the U.S., Europe, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Asia to provide support to its network of nearly 150 distributor offices. The company reported revenues of $65 million for 1996. This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of Wonderware may differ materially from these statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to delays in introductions of products or enhancements, market acceptance of new products, competition and pricing in the software industry, general economic conditions in the company's geographical markets, and seasonality of revenues. For more information, contact Matthew Stein, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , Wonderware Corporation, 100 Technology Drive, Irvine, Calif. 92618; phone: 714/727-3200. Visit the Wonderware home page at: http://www.wonderware.com . CONTACT: Wonderware Corp., Irvine, Calif. Matthew Stein, 714/727-3200. |
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