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January 2009

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CIMPA at the Opening of the EADS Innovation Works New Technical Centre, Based in Newport, South Wales

CIMPA, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the AIRBUS division of EADS. CIMPA comprises three main business units, located in France, Germany and the United Kingdom employing around 1,100 experts.

CIMPA offers consultancy plus end-to-end IT lifecycle solutions (development, integration and support) - helping organisations to have leaner, safer and more competitive business processes.

With over 15 years of experience and numerous successful large-scale projects deployed within EADS and its divisions, CIMPA has an understanding of processes and technology, which is reflected in their range of consulting, training, technology and support offerings. Major clients include the EADS Group (comprising Airbus, Astrium, Eurocopter, MBDA, Sogerma, Defence and Security), DaimlerChrysler, Renault, Stork Fokker, Messier Dowty, Liebherr, GKN Aerospace and the NHS.

RFID-based lifecycle solutions for leaner, safer and more competitive business processes

CIMPA is proud to participate in and support this exciting event to mark the opening of the EADS Innovation Works new technical centre, based in Newport, South Wales. This event provides CIMPA with a good opportunity to reinforce our position within the EADS family as being the PLM service provider of the world's leading aircraft manufacturer.

With experience in system development, integration and implementation activities, CIMPA has been well positioned to develop its range of TrakLOGIK® products. These involve the conception, integration, deployment and support of flexible, scalable and cost effective Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based lifecycle solutions. RFID is a rapidly evolving technology that can improve visibility, control, operational efficiencies and customer service. RFID will fundamentally transform the way information about products, equipment and even people, is gathered and used in real time, thus providing new business opportunities.

At CIMPA, we are applying our PLM expertise and experience to integrate RFID technology into practical, flexible, scalable and cost effective solutions that deliver exceptional end-to-end visibility to enable leaner, safer and more competitive business processes.

Our solutions are being developed and deployed in a wide range of industries including those that share parallels with our core industry. For example, in the healthcare industry, our proven experience in developing and delivering safety critical solutions for the aviation industry is extremely desirable. This parallel was emphasised by the UK’s Chief Medical Officer in his 2005 annual report: “Aviation has a much better record on safety than the healthcare industry and much can be learned from them."

As well as providing technical design, RIFD consultancy and support for the PULSE demonstrator at EADS Innovation Works, CIMPA is pleased to have the opportunity to demonstrate some of its other RFID-based lifecycle solutions. Our demonstrations reflect our expertise in integrated RFID technology and include:

• Our TrakLOGIK® Blood Management Demonstrator: a solution to improve safety and efficiency throughout the blood transfusion process by combining RFID and barcode technologies with aerospace best practices to meet compliance with UK and EU blood regulations.

We are delighted to announce our latest contract award in healthcare for Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where we will implement our new TrakLOGIK® Blood Management Solution during the course of 2009.

• Our Landing Gear Demonstrator: this outlines our concept for how RFID technology could be used to improve configuration management control, reduce line of sight access requirements and automate configuration changes.

We have a number of other RFID items on display and we look forward to seeing you over the course of the event to discuss our RFID capability.

For further information about our products and services please contact us at:

CIMPA LTD.

New Filton House

Golf Course Lane

Filton, Bristol BS99 7AR

Tel: +44 (0) 117 936 1720

Fax:+44 (0) 117 936 4786

Email: enquiries@cimpa.uk.com

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