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31 March 2009

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Dassault Systemes’ Commitment to Footwear Industry Strengthened by Recent Partnership

Dassault Systemes (DS) announced it has strengthened its position as an industry leader in the PLM market for retail, footwear and apparel (RFA) through an agreement with i-generator, a specialist in brand creation for global footwear brands. i-generator is an industry leader in the areas of footwear creation and related services and specializes in applied research (ergonomics, biomechanics, and neurology), biomedical engineering, mechanical and industrial design, development and sourcing.

i-generator and Dassault Systemes’ ENOVIA brand will work together to design and deliver ENOVIA solutions to global footwear manufacturers and their supply chains to help them reduce cost and streamline their product development processes. i-generator will also join forces with ENOVIA in leadership initiatives including its strategic customer council for footwear, industry events and global sales activities.

Peter Rueegger, partner, i-generator said, “In today’s market, global footwear companies can no longer afford slow, inefficient and out-of-date product systems and processes. The speed of the marketplaces, changing consumer tastes, and the sheer scope of footwear product ranges no longer allow for these very costly inefficiencies, and therefore make PLM a competitive necessity. We are thrilled to join forces with Dassault Systemes to deliver industry leading solutions to the footwear market that are the platform for both in-house as well as external supply chains, and sourcing partners.”

“In the fast moving world of footwear it is imperative that companies select technology partners and solutions that can help them strengthen innovation and implement best business practices,” says Michel Tellier, CEO, ENOVIA, Dassault Systemes. “We are pleased to engage with footwear industry expert i-generator to help our customers meet consumer demand quickly with the best products while managing their business for sustainable growth in this challenging economic climate.”

Dassault Systemes has established close relationships with a number of leading global RFA brands such as Guess, Under Armour, Pacific Brands and REI.

In addition, ENOVIA’s technology provides the core of the Dassault Systemes V6 platform, a single PLM platform for managing product lifecycle business processes that will enable customers to implement industry standards and best practices. For RFA, ENOVIA has specifically developed two commercially available, off-the-shelf, Product Lifecycle Management solutions which include the ENOVIA® Apparel Accelerator™ for Design & Development and the ENOVIA Apparel Accelerator™ for Sourcing & Production. These accelerators enable companies to deploy a, scalable enterprise solution for apparel design and development to take products from trend to design to sourcing to manufacturing to the customer.

About i-generator

Since 2000 i-generator has helped companies such as Under Armour, Timberland, Rockport and SCOTT create new product concepts from ideation to production. i-generator specializes in applied research (ergonomics, biomechanics, and neurology), biomedical engineering, mechanical and industrial design, development and sourcing. On the strategic side i-generator works as an interface between the technological and marketing worlds. i-generator helps its clients to define new strategies, understand and exploit new and existing business opportunities, optimize processes and enter alliances with other organizations. I-generator’s services in the strategic field include vision and value planning, innovation workshops, consumer insights, process consulting as well as market- & portfolio assessment.

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