Moldflow Announces Beta 2 Version of Moldflow Plastics Insight 3.0; Revolutionary New User Interface and Powerful Functionality Hailed by Beta Users

Business Wire, Sept 25, 2001

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WAYLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2001

Moldflow Corporation (Nasdaq:MFLO), the world leader in software solutions for optimizing the design and manufacture of plastic products, announces the availability of the Beta 2 version of Moldflow Plastics Insight(TM) (MPI(TM)) Release 3.0 to all Beta test site customers.

MPI 3.0 represents the successful integration of the MPI and C-MOLD 2000 product families into one advanced injection molding software suite for predicting and eliminating potential plastics manufacturing problems before they occur.

MPI 3.0 Highlights Include:

-- New MPI/Synergy User Interface Module: The MPI/Synergy module is used for
model preparation, meshing, mesh editing, model validation, job setup, job
control, results post-processing and report generation. The new interface
supports all thermoplastic and thermoset analysis modules of the MPI and
C-MOLD(R) product lines as well as midplane, Fusion, and 3D tetrahedral mesh
models.

-- Improved CAD Interfaces and Geometry Representation: The integration of a
new NURBS based geometry system to the Moldflow Design Link (MDL) module
provides the ability to more accurately import and represent CAD geometry from
standard sources such as IGES, STEP, and Parasolid.

-- New Meshing and Mesh Editing Tools: MPI 3.0 provides a complete set of tools
to create, edit, and validate meshes for midplane, Fusion or 3D analyses. New
mesh diagnostics provide the ability to easily visualize the mesh quality in
areas such as aspect ratio, overlapping elements, connectivity, thickness, free
edges, and occurrence number. A new tetrahedral mesh generator is also
provided. Unique to this feature is the ability to control the number of
elements created through the thickness of a part.

-- MPI/Fusion Enhancements: MPI 3.0 offers the ability to display and change
the thickness of a Fusion mesh directly within the user interface on either a
global or local basis. In addition, Fusion technology has been extended to
support the MPI/Reactive Molding, MPI/Microchip Encapsulation and MPI/Underfill
Encapsulation analysis modules.

-- MPI/3D Enhancements: Flow simulation for MPI/3D has been enhanced to include
inertia effects to predict the flow imbalance of symmetrical cavities and to
include additional results for clamp force and shear rate for beams. In
addition, MPI/3D now works with MPI/Reactive Molding to simulate the injection
molding of thermoset materials.

-- New Design of Experiments (DOE) Manager: The Design of Experiments Manager
automatically sets up and performs a sequence of DOE analyses, varying
user-specified parameters, and also allows quick access to the results data.

-- Expanded Materials Database: MPI 3.0 provides the combined Moldflow and
C-MOLD materials database that includes properties for over 7,500 unique grades
of plastic resins.

User Quotes:

"The new 3D tetrahedral mesh generator works extremely well and helps save a significant amount of time. MPI/Synergy is the best user interface that Moldflow has ever provided." Andy Calder, Molding Analysis Engineer, Panduit Corporation

"We have been aggressively testing MPI 3.0 and using most of the modules that the product offers. We created a sample part, meshed it, and were very impressed with the performance. MPI 3.0 represents a great combination of C-MOLD and Moldflow functionality in one complete product." Sanjay Patel, CAE Program Manager, GE Plastics

Product Availability:

Moldflow Plastics Insight 3.0 is expected to ship during the fourth quarter of this calendar year. MPI 3.0 Beta 2 is available now for all qualified beta test site customers.

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. For more information about Moldflow, visit www.moldflow.com or call 508-358-5848; fax: 508-358-5868.

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