ELSA to be Featured in MICROCADAM Classroom at Autofact '97

ELSA providing GLoria-L/MX card for Helix Product Training Attendees

SANTA CLARA, CA - November 4, 1997 - ELSA today announced its partnership with MICROCADAM, Inc. and Dell Computer Corporation for the Autofact '97 hands-on Helix product training. Dell's Workstation 400 will be equipped with GLoria-L/MX cards for this training class organized by MICROCADAM. The class will be offered eight times during the show, and training attendees will be able to enter a drawing for an ELSA GLoria-L/MX graphics accelerator.

"ELSA is proud to be a sponsor for this event. This once again shows ELSA's commitment to the CAD market. The partnership with MICROCADAM also shows ELSA's continued efforts to support the growing international markets," says Thomas Neubert, vice president of sales and marketing at ELSA Inc.

"One of the critical decisions for an engineer is the selection of the correct 3D graphics board," says John Sunderland, marketing director of MICROCADAM, Inc. "Compliant boards for the Helix Modeling module need to have superior performance so that a user can visualize a 3D part or assembly on a 2D screen. Graphics cards with the performance level of the ELSA GLoria-L/MX card make the 3D shape spring into life. Our field reps report that this card rips!"

"I have been using in production the GLoria-L/MX 3D graphics board for the design of aircraft interiors. As a service the measurement of my engineering design successes are in the reflection of the color shaded renderings of the Helix Solid Models in my customers eyes. If successful, without a physical mockup, my customers will receive an order from their clients for hundreds of galleys and interiors for new and refits of commercial airline seating compartments," says Mark TenEyck of FCI Systems in Burbank, CA.

About GLoria-L/MX:

The ELSA GLoria-L/MX is a high-end graphics solution for CAD and visualization professionals. With excellent 2D and 3D performance, the GLoria-L/MX provides the highest possible graphics performance for today's PCs. The board is optimized for visualization, animation, modeling, 3D CAD, VR and simulation applications, while delivering the ELSA Software Advantage in API drivers, application drivers and productivity utilities.

MICROCADAM, Inc. is a leading vendor of desktop mechanical CAD/CAM systems. MICROCADAM, Inc. offers a full range of cost effective, production-proven CAD/CAM products under the name Helix Design Systems available on PC and workstation hardware and software environments.

MICROCADAM, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CADAM Systems Company, Inc. (CSC), of Tokyo, Japan. CSC, founded in 1984, is a joint venture between IBM and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. CSC is the leading supplier of desktop mechanical CAD/CAM systems in Japan and among the top CAD suppliers in terms of worldwide revenue. MICROCADAM, Inc. headquartered in Los Angeles, California, has offices in the United Kingdom, France and Singapore as well as a joint venture, TCM TransCAT MICROCADAM, in Germany.

ELSA Inc. is a subsidiary of ELSA AG, a company based in Aachen, Germany. Founded in 1980, ELSA has built a world-class reputation in high-performance 2D and 3D graphics solutions in addition to a wide ranging ISDN and videoconferencing product family.

Helix Design Systems and Helix Drafting are trademarks of MICROCADAM, Inc. ELSA is a trademark of ELSA Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are hereby acknowledged and recognized.

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