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UGS PLM Software Announces "Upgrade to UGS Femap" Offer

PLANO, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 23, 2007— UGS PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced a UGS Femap(TM) software upgrade for all users of mid-market standalone FEA products including Algor, CosmosDesignStar and Ansys DesignSpace. Users of these products will receive a credit for a portion of their existing investment, seat for seat, against the cost of purchasing Femap(R) with UGS NX(TM) Nastran, which will potentially result in savings of up to 75 percent on the software purchase, depending on their current product and level.

Transitioning to Femap provides users with access to extended simulation functionality not limited by more simplistic process wizards. In addition, quality results are assured through leveraging the NX(R) Nastran solver.

"With Femap, I can make choices that other software forces upon the user, and because I can control the execution of analysis step-by-step, I analyze what I need and not what the software wants," said Gianluca Camparini, Structural Design manager, MDT Mc Drill Technology. "While very intuitive, Femap with NX Nastran has proved to be the most effective solution."

Femap, the CAE component of the UGS Velocity Series(R) portfolio, is an advanced engineering analysis environment that is both CAD and solver neutral. Small- to medium-size companies often operate in a mixed CAD environment, therefore they benefit from a standalone simulation offering that can access data from different CAD systems.

Femap's advanced functionality and full exposure to all finite element modeling entities and methods allows users to go beyond the modeling limits of their current tools while maintaining their current levels of ease of use. Femap's depth of functionality helps users simulate real world complex engineering problems efficiently and accurately. Femap coupled with NX Nastran brings about a best-in-class solution that provides the assurance and robustness of a world-class solver with a rich simulation environment designed specifically for engineers.

This offer is available for a limited time. For full details, visit www.ugs.com/upgrade2femap.

About UGS PLM Software

UGS PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D), is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.4 million licensed seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, UGS PLM Software's open enterprise solutions enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and services. For more information on UGS PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/ugs.

About Siemens Automation and Drives

The Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D), Nuremberg, Germany, is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide. Products supplied by A&D include standard products for the manufacturing and process industries and for the electrical installation industry as well as system solutions, for example for machine tools, and solutions for whole industries such as the automation of entire automobile factories or chemical plants. Supplementing this range of products and services, A&D also offers software for linking production and management (horizontal and vertical IT integration) and for optimizing production processes. A&D employs 70,600 people worldwide and in fiscal year 2006 (to September 30) earned a group profit of EUR 1.572 billion on sales of EUR 12.848 billion and orders of EUR 14.108 billion, according to U.S. GAAP. Further information about A&D is available in the Internet at www.siemens.com/automation.

Note: Siemens and the Siemens logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. UGS, UGS NX, UGS Femap and Solid Edge are trademarks or registered trademarks of UGS Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries.

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