"Oscar Winners" Design with CoCreate CAD Product 

iF product design awards 2005 winners use OneSpace Designer Modeling

Sindelfingen, May 3, 2005 - CoCreate Software GmbH & Co. KG, makers of flexible CAD and collaborative PLM software applications, announced today that 30 winners in the iF design award 2005 competition designed their entries with CoCreate's OneSpace Designer Modeling 3D CAD software.

The iF awards, also called the Design Oscars, is now in its 52nd year and is widely considered one of the most important competitions worldwide. A total of 2322 contestants from 32 countries competed for the coveted Gold iF seal of design quality.

In the product design discipline, Designer Modeling users won five gold awards. Seiko Epson, Agilent, Festool and Festo, who earned two award Oscars, received a specially designed golden sculpture at an elaborate ceremony held at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover. Oscar winners also received membership to the distinguished design group known as the iF gold selection 2005.

In addition, 25 iF seal of design quality awards went to finalists Seiko Epson, BenQ, Oce', Festo, Daiko, Yokogawa and SICK-all of whom designed their entries with OneSpace Designer Modeling.

An international jury of design experts selected the winners based on criteria that include design quality, innovation and functionality. "Consumers are focusing less on technology and more on style when selecting products, in particular, electronics," said jurist Bill Moggridge of IDEO, Palto Alto/USA. "Personal products are taking the market by storm, which is opening up new options for designers."

About CoCreate 

CoCreate's flexible CAD and collaborative PLM applications enable manufacturers to take advantage of changes within their supply chains and markets. Our software provides the competitive advantage manufacturers need to quickly adapt to new opportunities and gain sustainable top line growth. Our mechanical CAD product, Designer Modeling, is for designers who need freedom to create and change 3D designs without misunderstandings or delay. Model Manager, a data management product, is for teams who can't afford to work on the wrong revision of a 3D CAD model or 2D drawing when creating assemblies. OneSpace.net collaboration software is for project teams who are overwhelmed by the complexity of a design process that stretches across sites, contractors, or outsourced teams. We help teams design products, manage CAD data, and share ideas so they can reach their time-to-market goals. CoCreate can be found in more than 30 countries.

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