Moldflow Announces Moldflow Plastics Xpert 3.1 and Shotscope 2.4 Software Now Available On Same Hardware Platform

Manufacturers Can Bolster Productivity With Powerful Dual Capabilities on One Machine

WAYLAND, Mass. - October 22, 2001 - Moldflow Corporation (Nasdaq:MFLO), the world leader in software solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastic products, announces the availability of Moldflow Plastics Xpert (MPX) 3.1 and Shotscope 2.4 software, which are now integrated on one hardware platform.

The streamlined package helps organizations reduce the overall costs of ownership while enhancing functionality with new, powerful capabilities.

Peter Rucinski, Moldflow's director of product marketing, says, "Traditionally, each of these software products required separate data acquisition devices and touch-screen computers. Ultimately, this redundant hardware adds to the costs and complexity associated with injection molding manufacturing operations. Today's announcement demonstrates Moldflow's commitment to streamlining products and processes to help manufacturers become more productive and reduce costs and shows the speed with which Moldflow can integrate acquired products."

MPX is a software product for the setup, optimization, and control of the injection molding process. MPX 3.1 contains major new features to help customers increase the value that MPX adds to injection molding processes including:

• Common hardware platform: Both MPX 3.1 and Shotscope 2.4 support the A9800 data acquisition unit and can run simultaneously on the same touch screen computer.
• Enhanced configuration utilities: A new Moldflow desktop application includes a comprehensive set of graphical user interface-based configuration utilities for easy setup and configuration of MPX.
• Dynamic configuration: Configuration utilities are now directly available within the Setup, Optimize, and Production Xpert modules. This results in easy and dynamic application-specific customization of any Xpert module.
• Optimize Xpert/Design of Experiments (DOE) enhancements: Significant improvements to the Optimize Xpert user interface increase the DOE ease of use.
• Local language support: The comprehensive MPX online tutorials have been localized to support the French and German languages. The user interface and help systems have French and German versions as well.

The Moldflow Shotscope process monitoring and analysis system is a comprehensive product suite which collects critical data in real time from injection molding machines on the factory floor, then records, analyzes, reports and allows access to the information for use in critical decision making. It can be used for both plastic injection molding and metal die casting operations.

Shotscope 2.4 includes the following enhancements:
- - ERP/MRP interface: The interface to Enterprise Resource
Planning and Materials Resource Planning applications allows
for resources and jobs to be imported into Shotscope and for
production data to be exported from Shotscope.
- - Blended materials tracking: This feature facilitates the
creation of a blended material that can be tracked by lot
number for the complete blend or by lot numbers of the
individual components of the blend.
- - German and Spanish local language support: The latest release
includes both German and Spanish versions of the operator
interface.

Rucinski adds, "While we're very pleased with the enhancements that have been added to the software packages individually, the bigger picture is the overall convenience measures that we have implemented as a result of streamlining the performance of both packages on one hardware platform. Most Shotscope installations today, for instance, can easily be upgraded with full MPX functionality on the same machine. That increased capability at a reduced cost is very powerful, especially during a time when manufacturers are looking for efficient ways to optimize their operations."

Moldflow will ship both new software products and associated hardware on October 22, 2001.

About Moldflow Corporation

Moldflow (Nasdaq:MFLO) is the world's leading provider of software products and services to increase the speed, efficiency, quality and cost savings of the design and manufacture of injection molded plastic products. 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. Our 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, Moldflow has offices and R&D centers in the United States, Europe, Australia and the Asia Pacific region.

www.moldflow.com 

 

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