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CONTACTS:Lynne Saunders415.227.3800 ext. 1140 lsaunders@actify.com Alison Wellington-Toth 760.294.6611 alison@wellington-toth.com
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German ACTIFY SHIPS "SPINFIRE FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE" IN GERMAN LANGUAGE VERSIONAccess to 3D/2D Digital Design Data Now Available to German Microsoft Office UsersSan Francisco, CA - June 7, 2005 - Actify Inc., the worldwide leader in client-server design visualization and collaboration solutions for the high technology, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation and discrete manufacturing industries, today announced that SpinFire for Microsoft Office is now available in a German language version. Now, German Microsoft Office uers can access and distribute 3D & 2D CAD information using Actify's .3D format via the Microsoft Office Platform to streamline the digital design communication process. "The exchange of design information has typically been a major pain point for manufacturing enterprises," said Don Richardson, director, manufacturing industry unit at Microsoft. "SpinFire for Microsoft Office brings a new level of collaboration to the enterprise and is a great example of how ISV's are leveraging the Microsoft Office platform to allow product design information to be exchanged easily within the context of an already familiar application suite." 
To access this interactive 3D file, without SpinFire for Microsoft Office, download Actify's free reader, SpinFire Reader from www.actify.com SpinFire for Microsoft Office is an integrated application that works with the Microsoft Office platform allowing knowledge workers to leverage Actify's .3D file format to easily embed and widely distribute 2D and 3D CAD design data across the enterprise. Using SpinFire for Microsoft Office allows users the ability to access 2D and 3D CAD design information directly from Microsoft Office. Designs can be embedded directly into Microsoft Office documents to assist with quoting and estimating, technical documentation, product specification, design review presentations, maintenance manuals and more. "The inherent value of SpinFire for Microsoft Office is that it allows the entire manufacturing enterprise and its supply chain to gain greater visibility and access into design information that has typically been difficult to share with non-technical workers outside of engineering," said Randy Ochs, President and CEO of Actify Inc. "With Germany representing a large and growing portion of our existing install base, we are pleased to provide a German version of SpinFire for Microsoft Office for those German speaking customers and prospects ." For more information or to purchase SpinFire for Microsoft Office, please visit www.actify.com. About Actify Inc.Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions. Actify's SpinFire product line provides the lowest total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across manufacturing industries and through their supply chains. The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information please visit www.actify.com or call 415.227.3800. Product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. For further information please contact: pr@actify.com |
