Coveted Award from MSC.Software Worldwide recognizes INCAT’s efforts in growing MSC.Software’s Business

Pune, 10 September 2008: The Indian operation of INCAT, a global leader in Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO) and a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has been awarded the Asia-Pacific Business Partner Excellence Award 2007 by MSC.Software Asia Pacific. In a ceremony held in Phuket, Thailand on July 18th, 2008 the award was presented by Dr. Reza Sadeghi, Chief Technology Officer, MSC.Software, to Wishwas Julka, Business Manager, PLM Sales Asia-Pacific.

Commenting on this milestone, Mr. Samir Yajnik, COO INCAT Asia-Pacific, said: “We are thrilled to have won this significant recognition from MSC.Software. It is the result of the tremendous effort put in over the past year by our dedicated and focused team. The award is a boost for the team and an encouragement to perform even better in the future.”

INCAT India was one of four MSC.Software’s Business Partners in the Asia-Pacific region to win this annual award.

2007 was INCAT’s first year as an MSC.Software partner in India and despite the relationship being operative for only the final 8 months of the year, INCAT succeeded in meeting 120% of its annual target in India for the company, expanding business with existing customers and adding new customers to the roster of MSC.Software users in India.

“The Business Partner Awards allows MSC.Software the opportunity to recognize our business partners who have gone above and beyond to help customers reach their full business potential,” said Mr. Frank Kovacs, Vice President, Global Partners & Alliances, MSC.Software. “INCAT delivered significant value to our customers as part of the renowned and talented MSC.Software partner ecosystem. Our partners are the pinnacle of real engineering talent around the world. We look forward to working with INCAT to continue to raise the bar for customers to derive real value and benefit from our engineering solutions across various industries and applications.”
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About INCAT
INCAT, founded in 1989, is a Tata Technologies company. The company is a global leader in Enterprise IT Services and Engineering Services Outsourcing (ESO) to the global manufacturing industry. INCAT, through its pragmatic approach to engineering and manufacturing processes and its unique-in-the-industry Global Delivery Model, delivers best-in-class solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) and Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) to the world’s leading automotive, aerospace and durable goods manufacturers and their suppliers. INCAT is headquartered in the United States (Novi, Michigan), India (Pune) and Germany (Stuttgart). Tata Technologies is headquartered in Singapore. INCAT has a combined global work force of more than 3,000 employees serving clients worldwide from facilities in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. For additional information, please visit www.incat.com
About MSC.Software Corporation
MSC.Software (NASDAQ:MSCS) is the global leader of enterprise simulation solutions that help companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC Software's products and services, please visit www.mscsoftware.com.


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