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Delphi and SCATE Offer Training Program for Delphi's CAD/CAM Design Methods

Release Date: July 29, 2004

TROY, Mich. -- Delphi Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Delphi Corp. (NYSE: DPH), has selected SCATE Technologies Inc. to provide an online certified training program for its patented CAD/CAM methodologies - Horizontal Modeling™ (HM) and Digital Process Design™ (DPD).

These formal, structured methodologies lower product and process design costs and increase productivity throughout the design-to-manufacturing cycle. SCATE provides the MCAD/PLM industry with advanced web-based, vendor-neutral training and services.

"Our CAD/CAM design methods, which we developed internally and now license externally, have started to change the way the industry designs," said Michelle Drage, director of commercialization and licensing for Delphi Corp. "These proven methods have started to gain a lot of traction in the industry and internet-based learning systems have gained in popularity."

SCATE, using its eLearning system, will be able to bring HM and DPD to the next generation of designers and engineers by allowing them to learn the methods as part of their normal course work.

"Delphi's methods are the cutting edge of advanced techniques in CAD/CAM," said Stephen Sadler, chief executive officer of SCATE. "These new methods will help vastly increase enterprise efficiency, saving time and money, and shortening the design-to-production cycle time."

Using HM, designers can produce higher quality 3-D CAD models with their existing CAD systems. Editing and changing data is easier and all the data is available and usable in downstream functions. DPD starts with horizontal models to rapidly create master process models and their associated process sheets. When combined, these methodologies enable greater concurrency between product and process design, shorter design-to-product cycles, increased productivity and greater innovation.

"By teaching these methods to young designers and engineers on campus, these advanced techniques will become second nature," Sadler said. "We are pleased to partner with Delphi in this endeavor to help manufacturing companies increase productivity."

The training and certification program is available immediately from SCATE https://scate.com and includes a full self-paced internet based course and appropriate measurement of learning. Initially, the training is offered for the CATIA CAD platform and training in the Unigraphics platform is under development.

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For more information about Delphi's CAD/CAM methodologies and the Delphi Center of CAD/CAM Excellence, please visit http://www.delphi.com/dti/dcce.