A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company Selects Dassault Systemes PLM Solutions to Streamline Global Product Development

Business Wire, March 28, 2007

Electrical Systems Giant Deploys ENOVIA MatrixOne to Seize Control of Data, Processes and Projects for Maximum Business Impact

WESTFORD, Mass. -- Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ:DASTY) (Paris:DSY), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company, a $1 billion division of A.O. Smith Corp. (NYSE:AOS), has purchased the ENOVIA MatrixOne PLM solution. ENOVIA MatrixOne will help A. O. Smith Electrical Products Company integrate global design, manufacturing and resource planning to deliver products more quickly to market. The company is one North America's largest manufacturers of electric motors for residential, commercial, and industrial applications.

"We're adopting ENOVIA MatrixOne as the technology foundation of a comprehensive PLM strategy to optimize our global engineering organization, which spans the United States, Mexico and China," said Steve Robbins, A.O. Smith's vice president of engineering and information technology. "We aim to drive costs out of our product introduction efforts, gain real-time control of multiple projects, and make decisions that most benefit our customers, partners, suppliers and shareholders."

The company selected the ENOVIA MatrixOne PLM solution to implement a wide variety of high-priority business initiatives, including:

* Leveraging global design in one integrated solution;

* Centralization of product data for universal accessibility and reuse;

* Deployment of common development systems and processes;

* Efficient management of product changes; and

* Sharing of data among all enterprise systems.

ENOVIA MatrixOne provides best-in-class collaborative product development processes for enterprises across a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, apparel, consumer products, high-tech/semiconductor and medical devices. By helping companies reduce development costs, gain access to real-time data and speed product introductions, ENOVIA MatrixOne PLM is enabling companies to increase the potential return on their new product innovations.

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About A.O. Smith

A. O. Smith Corporation, with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wis., is a diversified manufacturer serving customers worldwide. A. O. Smith employs approximately 19,500 people at facilities in the United States, Mexico, China, Canada, and Europe.

About Dassault Systemes

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systemes brings value to more than 90,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systemes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. The Dassault Systemes portfolio consists of CATIAfor designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIAfor virtual testing and ENOVIAfor global collaborative lifecycle management, including ENOVIA VPLM, ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam. Dassault Systemes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA and SolidWorks are registered trademarks of Dassault Systemes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries. All other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.