January 06, 1999 - ELSA Japan Inc. announces that the ELSA GLoria Synergy has been selected to power NEC Corporation's NEC Express workstation, and comes standard in the new Express5800/50 workstation line including the Express5800/53Wb, Express5800/55Wb and Express5800/56Wa. These workstations are available starting in December 1998.
NEC is one of the leading NT workstation vendors in Japan and shipped an estimated 10,000 workstations in 1998, representing an increase of more than 200% in shipments from the previous year (3,200 workstations).
Teijiro Namaritani, President of ELSA Japan Inc.: "ELSA Japan is pleased to be selected as the graphics vendor for the newest NEC Express Workstations, and ELSA places a very high value on this partnership between NEC and ELSA."
Theo Beisch, CEO of ELSA AG: "ELSA is pleased with the trust that NEC has shown in our company through the selection of the ELSA GLoria Synergy as the graphics solution for the new NEC Express Workstations, and this partnership with NEC is a critical step in our strategy to provide high-quality graphics solutions to customers like NEC in the Japanese market."
The award-winning ELSA GLoria Synergy provides the NEC Express Workstations with both 2D and 3D graphics power for increased productivity in professional engineering and design applications. In addition to accelerating 2D and 3D graphics operations, the ELSA GLoria Synergy provides the ELSA Software Advantage™ including: Application Settings, which automatically optimize the ELSA OpenGL® environment for more than 35 applications (e.g. AutoCAD®, 3D Studio MAX, SolidWorks etc.), ELSAview 3D, a 3D viewer for AutoCAD Release 13 and Release 14, POWERdraft 14, the only hardware-accelerated 2D driver for AutoCAD Release 14, and MAXtreme, ELSA's optimized driver for 3D Studio MAX and 3D Studio VIZ. This productivity software is available at no cost and the latest versions are available on the ELSA web site: http://www.elsa.com)
About ELSA Japan, Inc.
Established in December 26th, 1997 as a subsideries of ELSA AG (HQ: Aachen, Germany, CEO & President: Theo Beisch). The activities include sales and support of 3D graphics products developed by ELSA AG. ELSA Japan is actively developing closer relationships with ISV vendors with a focus on professional CAD/DCC/VR applications.
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(Source: Nikkei Market Access Report, December 1998, NT WS Vendor Share in Japan: 1997-1998)
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