Annapolis, MD - April 9, 2003. Atlantec Enterprise Solutions, an international consulting company specializing in interoperability solutions for engineering and production for shipbuilding, has received an SBIR Phase II contract from the U.S. Office of Naval Research. The project, entitled Connector Architecture for CAD and CAM Systems is a 24 month project totaling US$850,000.

Based on open standards, the Connector Architecture will streamline and simplify the information flow required to support production processes. It will also facilitate collaboration between shipyards, design agents, and subcontractors on navy and large commercial contracts.

As part of the project, Atlantec will develop two shipbuilding CAM applications. With Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) Ingalls Operations and Sandia National Laboratories, Atlantec will develop and test a commercial version of AUTOGEN, an automated-robot-control system developed by Sandia. Working with Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) Kiel Germany, Atlantec plans to develop and demonstrate an automatic nesting module for shipbuilding.

"This project is a great opportunity for Atlantec to leverage our core competencies - engineering and production in shipbuilding," said Bryan Miller, President of Atlantec.

The SBIR Program, sponsored by various U.S. federal agencies is the largest source of early stage R&D funding in the U.S. for small, high tech companies. The goal of SBIR is to spawn product development for both defense and commercial applications.

Atlantec Enterprise Solutions provides consulting and software solutions to the global shipbuilding industry. The company has offices in Annapolis, MD and Hamburg, Germany.

Atlantec Enterprise Solutions will develop software interfaces and applications integrated with alma's nesting and robot welding solutions for shipbuilding customers worldwide.

Hamburg, GERMANY - January 14, 2003. alma CAM Systeme and Atlantec Enterprise Solutions have signed an agreement which enables Atlantec-es to integrate alma CAM products with shipbuilding CAD Systems.

As a first step under the agreement, Atlantec-es plans to work together with Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) to link the alma nesting solution with Tribon Mx and Catia V5. A nesting-control application will also be added to provide automatic nesting of parts created in shipbuilding applications such as Tribon.

This work is being funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, as part of a project entitled "Connector Architecture for CAD and CAM Systems". Other participants are the U.S. shipyard Northrop Grumman Ingalls and Sandia National Laboratories. The goal of the project is to reduce implementation costs and provide greater flexibility in selecting CAD and CAM systems. Importantly, the connector architecture will also facilitate enterprise collaboration between shipyards, design agents and other subcontractors using different systems.

"The agreement with alma is an important step in Atlantec Enterprise Solutions' goal to develop partnerships with key suppliers to the shipbuilding industry. Vendor partnerships are basic to our business plan to provide solutions in the design-manufacturing area of shipbuilding," said Bryan J Miller, President of Atlantec-es.

"It is very interesting for alma group to work together with a partner in the shipbuilding industry, who is not only well known but also has a lot of experience in interface and management questions," said Markus Kempf, Technical Manager of alma Germany.

Atlantec Enterprise Solutions is an international consulting and software-development company founded in December 1999 and based in Annapolis, US and in Hamburg, Germany. The company's core competencies are production engineering, systems interoperability, and data exchange in the shipbuilding industry. Atlantec-es provides consulting services and develops and markets the Topgallant™ software suite for shipbuilding.

alma CAM Systeme is the German subsidiary of alma SCOP which was founded in 1979 in Grenoble, France. The alma group consists of different subsidiaries and dealers in Europe and other countries around the world. alma CAM Systeme offers leading software solutions for the control of 2- and 5-axis cutting machines, punching/nibbling machines and cutting- and welding-robots. alma is well known in the shipbuilding industry and has already installed its automatic nesting solution in a number of shipyards and engineering offices, as well as in the machine and automotive industries.

Atlantec Enterprise Solutions will develop new applications using the Tribon Developer's Toolkit to extend the solutions for Tribon shipbuilding customers world wide.

MALMÖ, SWEDEN - September 18, 2002. Tribon Solutions and Atlantec Enterprise Solutions have signed a Tribon Software Systems Developer Co-operation Agreement.

Atlantec Enterprise Solutions will use the Tribon Developer's Toolkit to develop additional functions in Tribon, e.g. for interfaces to ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), PDM (Product Data Management) and Document Management systems.

The Tribon Developer's Toolkit is a collection of tools allowing customers to develop their own application functions based on Tribon.

Tribon Vitesse makes it possible to develop programs for design automation according to the shipyards' own rules and with direct access to the Tribon Product Information Model (PIM). Tribon Vitesse can be applied from the smallest design standard to complete sections of ships thus reducing design man-hours and improving quality.

Tribon Production Data Interface (PDI) makes Tribon data available for customer specific needs. It is implemented as an Oracle database, in which various applications store selected Tribon data. PDI is specifically suited for the reuse of Tribon data in a planning or materials administration system.

Atlantec Enterprise has joined the Dassault Systemes' software community program as CAA V5 Adopter. As it's first CAA V5 product Atlantec-ES will develop a processor for the import and export of pipe structures in ISO STEP AP227 format from/to CATIA V5.

The CAA V5 Adopter program was created to propagate development of cutting-edge complementary 3D PLM solutions to the CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA install base and serve as a catalyst for expansion of the CAA V5 platform into new markets.