New York and London, October 21, 2005 – With 25 years of experience, CD-adapco was involved in PLM and VPD long before the acronyms (for Product Lifecycle Management and Virtual Product Development) became fashionable. Capitalize on our quarter century of experience and let us demonstrate how you can reach your goals and gain business payback by integrating our fully associative software into your VPD processes.

Visit us in Booth R2 at daratechDPS2005 for demonstrations of our CAE solutions and software including STAR-CD, STAR-CCM+ and our fully CAD-embedded STAR-CAD Series. As one of the sponsors daratechDPS2005, we would like to invite you to visit our booth, enjoy the Monday luncheon on our behalf and celebrate with us as we congratulate our partners of the Renault F1 Team on their winning season.

The 2005 Top20Auto survey ranks CD-adapco's STAR-CD as the top CFD code in the automotive industry. The survey, compiled by "Top500 SupercomputerSites", places STAR-CD convincingly ahead of our rivals in terms of the number of installed gigaflops for each package. Using this criterion, STAR-CD also ranks as the fourth top automotive CAE application overall. The survey also notes that CFD is the fastest growing CAE application in the automotive industry.

Richard Johns, CD-adapco's Director for the Automotive Sector, is pleased but not surprised. "To have your leadership confirmed in an independent survey is always flattering, but the result comes as no great shock", he said. "Our aim is not just to be the de facto industry leader, but to have the greatest impact upon the VPD process of our partners."

Dennis Nagy, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at CD-adapco, sees increased dominance in the future, "We are the only CFD vendor to offer Full Spectrum Flow Simulation software and services. No other CFD solution provider can cope with the full range of flow simulations and VPD process situations required by the automotive industry. From individual CAD parts, to entire vehicle systems, STAR-CD can handle it".

CD-adapco is the leading global provider of full-spectrum engineering simulation (CAE) solutions for fluid flow, heat transfer and stress, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, CAD-embedded CFD options, CAE consulting services and training. Its principal offices are in New York, London and Yokohama with subsidiary offices across the world. http://www.cd-adapco.com