APEX, N.C. (May 31, 2007) – Computational Engineering International (CEI) announced today that the Chinese firm SeaStars Co., Ltd. will distribute all of the American developer’s visualization software throughout China. Best-known for its industry-leading EnSight software, CEI produces a full range of software applications for the scientific and engineering community covering all aspects of simulation, including meshing, plotting, process workflow, animation, and visualization.

“We’re very pleased to be represented by SeaStars,” said Darin McKinnis, CEI’s vice president of marketing and sales. “Their experience and strong reputation in China will help CEI to further expand its client base in one of the world’s largest and most explosive economies, and we’re very optimistic about the many possibilities that this new partnership holds for us.”

One of China’s leaders in high-performance computing, CAE, and virtual reality, SeaStars distributes numerous CAE applications throughout China and offers its clients integration services and support. The company is also among China’s first to invest in the research and development of virtual reality technology.

CEI’s EnSight suite and its other advanced visualization applications will complement the technology that SeaStars currently offers, broadening the company’s CAE expertise. “CEI’s products will further enhance our capabilities and offerings, and we are very pleased to partner with them to offer their unique technology to our customers in China,” said, Zhu Guangtao, chief operations officer at SeaStars.

For more information about CEI or any of its software, visit www.ensight.com. To visit SeaStars’ site (in Chinese only), go to www.seastars.com.

About CEI CEI (www.ensight.com) offers a complete suite of engineering and scientific visualization tools, from meshing to plotting to animation, on all major operating systems. The company’s products can be run on everything from laptops to workstations, clusters and supercomputers, with animations displayed in stereo and in immersive VR. CEI has corporate headquarters in Apex, N.C., and authorized distributors around the world.

About SeaStars SeaStars Co., Ltd. (www.seastars.com) is an integrations firm specializing in solutions for high-performance computing and virtual reality. Since its founding in 1993, the company has designed and installed over 1,000 software and hardware application systems for customers throughout China. In addition to representing various international software products in China, SeaStars is among the first in the Chinese market to invest in the research and development of virtual reality technology. Headquartered in Beijing, the company has offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi’an, Hefei and Hong Kong.

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Contact: Amanda Baley Computational Engineering International (CEI) (919) 363-0883 amanda@ensight.com