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PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN Extends Usage of MSC.Nastran PSA PEUGOT CITROEN Uses MSC.Nastran to Meet New OEM Design and Performance Requirements, Reduce Development Time and Develop Better Prototypes MUNICH, Germany, 2004 EMEA Virtual Product Development Conference, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MSC.Software Corp. (NYSE:MNS), the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services, today announced that the second largest European car maker, France-based PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN, has extended the exclusive usage of MSC.Nastran for all its linear structural simulations and will purchase the new MSC.Nastran Implicit Nonlinear solution (Sol 600). "In today's competitive automotive industry, the major OEMs are working hard to meet and exceed customer demand for performance and reliability and that requires increasing investments in virtual product development technologies and techniques," said Frank Perna, chairman and CEO, MSC.Software. "Within VPD, the simulation of structural stress and deformation is the cornerstone of the testing process and MSC.Nastran is the best product on the market for performing these types of simulations easily and effectively. The best way for automotive companies to develop new cars and make money in the process is to decrease costly physical testing and increase the use of simulation technology like MSC.Nastran." In the past, engineers performing simulations of structures that involve contact, large displacement or material nonlinearity had to work with programs outside of MSC.Nastran to solve nonlinear problems. This creates an inefficient engineering process that requires manual reworking and conversion of a model into another format suitable for nonlinear simulation. By integrating the MSC.Marc nonlinear technology into MSC.Nastran, engineers can now run nonlinear simulations without leaving the MSC.Nastran environment. Simulating models containing 3D contact or deformable-deformable and rigid-deformable structures with basic nonlinear materials using MSC.Nastran inputs and outputs increases engineering efficiency by using a single model format and eliminating time and cost-intensive model recreation. In addition to the functionality of MSC.Nastran and Sol 600, the increasing number of MSC.Software solutions embedded in or interfaced with other PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN software suppliers, including Dassault Systemes CATIA, are also of interest to PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN. About MSC.Nastran MSC.Nastran is the simulation solution of choice in virtually every industry, including automotive, aerospace, medical, heavy machinery, electronic devices, and consumer products. Engineers around the globe rely on its powerful tools to simulate the performance of products and structures. MSC.Nastran's capabilities include: * Linear and nonlinear static analysis * Linear and nonlinear dynamic transient response * Steady state and transient thermal analysis * Linear and nonlinear buckling * Acoustic Analysis * Aeroelasticity * Design Optimization For more information on MSC.Nastran and other MSC.Software products, please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/. About PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN Automobiles PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN ranks among the world's leading automotive groups. A business with significant technological, industrial, financial and commercial presence, the Group draws its strength from its two volume brands, PEUGEOT and CITROEN, from the skills of its 200,000 employees around the world, and from a stable shareholder base. In 2003, PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN reported stable sales volumes with 3,286,100 cars sold worldwide and consolidated its position as Europe's #2 car manufacturer. Over the next few years, PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN will actively pursue a strategy of growth, driven by products, innovation and international expansion. The Group will continue to innovate, design and manufacture cars daily in order to meet the needs of customers the world over and to make the PEUGEOT and CITROEN brand names synonymous with progress. About MSC.Software Corporation MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS) is the leading global provider of simulation software, with related services, that helps 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 more than 1400 people in 22 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit http://www.mscsoftware.com/. DATASOURCE: MSC.Software CONTACT: press, Todd Evans, Media Relations, +1-714-445-3066, , or investors, Joanne Keates, Director of Investor Relations, +1-323-259-4263, , both of MSC.Software Web site: http://www.mscsoftware.com/products Web site: http://www.mscsoftware.com/

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