PLANO, Texas – EDS today announced Modine Manufacturing Company has selected Solid Edge as its internal mechanical computer-aided design (CAD) software.  Modine plans to implement more than 70 licenses of Solid Edge over the next three years in support of its product lifecycle management (PLM) strategy.

Terms of the contract were not disclosed.  The agreement was finalized during the third quarter of 2001 and was included in EDS’ new contract totals for that quarter.

Modine will initially use Solid Edge software to design commercial heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration products as well as the machinery that manufactures them.  The company also plans to use Solid Edge for other applications such as proprietary tooling, plant design as well as in designing additional products.

A team of Modine engineers selected Solid Edge citing its superior modeling, drafting and data management capabilities.  “We felt Solid Edge best met the company’s business objectives, including the shortening of our design cycle and time to market for Modine products,” said John Binzak, senior project leader for the Engineering Systems group at Modine.

“Solid Edge is geared toward the productivity of machine designers,” says Jeff Eggert, design supervisor for the Manufacturing Engineering Services group at Modine.  “Solid Edge’s competitive price point allows Modine to expand CAD across more users, eliminating the current and inefficient use of several CAD systems.”

Colette Van Beek and Sheila Schnarr, product engineers in the Commercial HVAC&R Division at Modine, indicated that Solid Edge benefits will enable reduced design time, fewer errors and an easier way to maintain accurate drawings for the manufacturing floor.  “The software also provides a great new way to deliver excellent product information outside of engineering for use in catalogs and service manuals,” Van Beek said.

About Solid Edge

Solid Edge from EDS is powerful, 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software that can reduce manufacturing companies’ time to market by an achievable 50 percent. Solid Edge empowers designers of machinery, automotive tooling, electro-mechanical and other products to easily and quickly create, capture and share product knowledge across the entire engineering organization. The exclusive Solid Edge Insight knowledge-sharing technology embeds design data management capabilities directly within CAD to provide better quality products, lower costs, and shorter delivery cycles. Thousands of companies worldwide, including Alcoa, NEC Engineering and Volvo, cite Solid Edge for its innovative design capabilities and ease of use. The Solid Edge Voyager Program includes more than 150 integrated engineering software applications and computer hardware solutions.

About Modine Manufacturing Company

Modine specializes in thermal management, bringing technology to diversified markets. Core markets include vehicles, HVAC (heating, ventilating, air-conditioning), industrial, refrigeration, fuel cells, and electronics cooling.  Modine can be found on the Internet at www.modine.com.

About EDS

EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation and hosting for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy.  EDS brings together the world’s best technologies to address critical client business imperatives.  It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers’ trust and continuously seek improvement.  EDS, with its management-consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world’s leading companies and governments in 58 countries.  EDS reported revenues of $19.2 billion in 2000.  The company’s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the London Stock Exchange.  Learn more at www.eds.com.

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