Geometric's DFMPro? awarded Solution Partner status by SolidWorks

Geometric Limited (BSE: 532312, NSE: GEOMETRIC), a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions and technologies, today announced that their revolutionary Design for Manufacturability (DFM) product, DFMPro has achieved 'Solution Partner' status from SolidWorks Corporation. Fully integrated with SolidWorks® 3D CAD, DFMPro facilitates upstream manufacturability validation and identification of design areas that are difficult, expensive or impossible to manufacture.

Commenting on the new partner product status, Ms. Efrat Ravid, Director of Marketing and Alliances at SolidWorks said "DFMPro is a unique add-in within SolidWorks that checks manufacturability issues right at the design stage. Since it is fully integrated within SolidWorks, it can be effectively used by our customers to reduce overall product development costs".

Dr. Vinay Kulkarni, COO "� Desktop Products & Technologies, Geometric Limited said, "This recognition from SolidWorks Corp. reflects our commitment to customers to ensure greater efficiencies in product realization. DFMPro is our niche offering in the DFM space, which helps to get designs right the first time."

Used at the designing stage, this tool allows quick and in-depth examination of product manufacturability. DFMPro performs rule based checks which can predict manufacturing problems early in the designing stage. It considerably reduces the design review steps, thereby pushing new products into the manufacturing stage swiftly.

DFMXpress, a lighter version of DFMPro is shipped with every seat of SolidWorks® 2008. Geometric recently announced the launch of DFMPro 2008 EX, the latest release of DFMPro, which permits organizations to build their own custom rule libraries easily and quickly.  A limited period trial version of DFMPro 2008 EX is available at www.dfmpro.com.

About SolidWorks Corporation

SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. company, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or an online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America, call +1-978-371-5000).

About Geometric

Geometric is a specialist in the domain of engineering solutions, services and technologies. Its portfolio of Global Engineering services and Digital Technology solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) enables companies to formulate, implement, and execute global engineering and manufacturing strategies aimed at achieving greater efficiencies in the product realization lifecycle.

Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geometric was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges. The company recorded consolidated revenues of 4.86 Billion Rupees (121.6 Million US Dollars) for the year ended March 2008. It employs close to 3000 people across 10 global delivery locations in the US, France, Romania, India, and China. Geometric is assessed at SEI CMMI Level 5 for its software services and ISO 9001:2000 certified for engineering operations.

Geometric's Desktop Products and Technologies (DPT) business unit develops cutting-edge point productivity solutions that enhance design and improve manufacturing operations. The end-user products from Geometric include CAMWorks®, eDrawings® Publisher, DFMPro and GeomCaliper®. The key technologies from Geometric are NestLib®, Feature Recognition (FR), GeomDiff and 3DSearchIT®. Geometric licenses these technologies to OEM partners and also designs and implements customized process solutions using these technologies for industrial customers.