Atlanta, GA, October 20, 2006 – Lectra, the world leader in software, CAD/CAM equipment and related services dedicated to large-scale users of textiles, leather and industrial fabrics, announced it’s participation in the annual International BoatBuilders’ Exhibit & Conference (IBEX) 2006 (Lectra Booth No. 2235).  The event, to be held at the Miami Convention Center in Miami, Florida, November 1-3, will assemble marine industry professionals to learn about the next generation of boatbuilding technologies and innovations.

As the leading provider of 2D and 3D design software and automated cutting solutions to the marine industry, Lectra develops highly customized solutions for maintaining quality control at every stage of the product lifecycle. 

At its booth, Lectra will demonstrate the company’s newest innovations in marine technology. From 3D design and simulation to manufacturing, Lectra will showcase the value of several design and product development solutions, including:

• DesignConceptTechTex - a design and prototyping solution for developing 2D templates from 3D designs, which enables companies to reduce costs and development time while enhancing control of product quality.
• Formaris - a pattern design solution for the marine, automotive, and aerospace industries, which permits companies to avoid repetitive tasks while ensuring product quality and optimal communication between collaborators and significantly reduce time to market.
• DiaminoTechTex - an interactive and automated marker making solution with state-of-the-art fabric optimization technology as well as functions to enable marker creation and nesting at high productivity levels designed to reduce material costs. 
• Vector2500TechTex - an automated cutting solution tailored to manufacturing of technical components and recognized for its performance, reliability and adaptability to a wide variety of industrial materials. 

“Lectra’s participation at IBEX validates our commitment to providing high technology solutions to the marine and transportation manufacturing industries,” commented Greg Sumners, Senior Vice-President of Sales for Lectra North America. “We are focused on creating technologies that offer our clients quality, high-precision and flexibility at an optimized cost and added-value through increased productivity and efficiency.”
 
Lectra’s innovative solutions span the entire product lifecycle, covering design, product development, prototyping and manufacturing.  The company provides unrivaled and highly integrated technologies to the marine fabrics.  Lectra solutions enable customers to meet today’s strategic challenges of shortening time to market, reducing costs, improving productivity and dealing with globalization