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22 June 2007

Implementation Investments

AES Moldes Purchases Moldflow Plastics Advisers Software; Growing Tooling and Engineering Solutions Provider to Offer Enhanced Services

Moldflow Corporation announced that AES Moldes Lda ., a growing mold tooling and engineering solutions provider based in Marinha Grande, Portugal, recently invested in Moldflow Plastics Advisers® (MPA®) products. The investment allows AES to expand their service offerings to include mold validation through the use of simulation and adds to their experience in mold design engineering and injection molding processing. MPA products allow Moldflow customers to predict and avoid injection molding manufacturing problems in the earliest stages of product development, when the cost of change is lowest and the impact on manufacturability is highest.

AES purchased 3 MPA modules - Mold Adviser, Performance Adviser and the Cooling Circuit Adviser - which together will allow AES to validate and optimize part geometry, make mold design decisions such as to determine the best injection locations, analyze mold filling characteristics to predict potential problems and evaluate alternative solutions, as well as design and optimize mold cooling circuits.

Jocelyne Marinaro, Moldflow's Sales Director for Western Europe explains, "We view AES Moldes' investment in Moldflow as a beneficial move for both companies. AES can now predict and solve potential manufacturing problems early in product development, thereby saving their customers considerable time and money." She continued, "For Moldflow, it further validates our position as the leading provider of injection molding simulation software in a growing region for us, and we look forward to supporting AES Moldes."

M. Rui Marques, President of AES Moldes, explains, "With MPA, we can combine our experience and knowledge of tool building with the verification capability of Moldflow." He continued, "Ultimately, our customers will be able to better understand the tooling and injection molding process before the mold is built and we will be able to minimize the qualification time and improve product quality."

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