Quantapoint and AVEVA Offer Aid and Services to Gulf Coast Process Industries; Will Enable Faster Startup of Facilities by Supporting Families and Speeding Design and Re-Construction

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2005

PITTSBURGH -- Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to the process industries in the Gulf Coast region. Quantapoint and AVEVA recognize the significant effort that will be required to restore operations to these facilities and are offering both aid and assistance. We will be making donations to provide humanitarian relief and will provide resources and assistance to bring projects and business operations back on line, helping to rebuild the region and its infrastructure for its people and the vital role it plays in the United States economy. AVEVA and Quantapoint will also accelerate the delivery of the Laser Model Interface, which enables Quantapoint laser scan data to be used within AVEVA's PDMS. By supporting families and providing a greater understanding of the current conditions and the repairs required, Quantapoint and AVEVA can help enable faster restoration of America's energy infrastructure.

To contact a Quantapoint representative, please call 1-412-653-0100 or info@quantapoint.com. To contact an AVEVA representative, please e-mail hurricaneassist@aveva.com.

About Quantapoint

With nearly 700 successful projects, Quantapoint, Inc. is the world's most experienced and trusted provider of as-built documentation using laser scanning for the offshore, power, process and architectural markets. Quantapoint is an industry leader and innovator, holding several key technology patents. Quantapoint as-built laser documentation provides more accurate and complete information for design, fabrication and construction decisions, including accurate dimensional fit-up, pre-fabrication and clash detection. The result is reduced costs, optimized schedules, increased quality and improved safety, with project rework being reduced by more than 80%, among other benefits. For more information, please visit our newly redesigned website at www.quantapoint.com.

About AVEVA

AVEVA Group plc is one of the world's foremost and fastest-growing lifecycle engineering IT solutions and services providers to the oil and gas, paper and pulp, power, chemical, pharmaceutical and shipbuilding industries. Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:AVV), the Group reported, for the year ended March 2005, a growth in turnover of 51% over 2004. The Group has grown consistently since 1967 on the strength of pioneering engineering technology that protects the information assets of its customers from the volatile nature of the IT industry.

The Group's history of innovation spans five decades and has produced most of today's major engineering IT technologies. Serving over 1500 clients, AVEVA has a dominant position in many market sectors both on and offshore. In May 2004, the Group acquired Tribon Solutions AB, the market-leading shipbuilding solution company and now serves 80% of the world's top 20 shipbuilders.

Headquartered in Cambridge, England, AVEVA Group plc and its operating subsidiaries currently employ more than 500 staff worldwide with offices in England, Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea and the USA.