Zuken and EDAconnect.com Partner to Deliver PCB Design Products in EDAstore
Agreement Calls for Global Delivery of PCB Tools with Subscription-Based Pricing

Scottsdale, Ariz., USA - Zuken, a world-wide provider of Electronic Product Design solutions, and EDAconnect.com, the first totally Internet-based EDA tools distributor, announce a major partnership agreement that will provide engineers and PCB designers with a new way of accessing Zuken's Entry-Level Solutions. The agreement between Zuken and EDAconnect.com provides for the Internet download and monthly subscription of the CADSTAR and Route Editor product lines in EDAconnect.com's newly-launched EDAstore.

Within the EDAconnect.com website, the EDAstore will feature CADSTAR and P.R.Editor products from Zuken offered on a pay-as-you-go monthly subscription basis. All transactions, including downloads, monthly subscriptions, support and updates will be performed completely over the Internet. Engineers and PCB designers will be able to download selected Zuken products directly to their desktops for free trial periods, then choose to subscribe for one month at a time.

The CADSTAR product suite is widely accepted as a price performance leader in PCB design, and operates on the Windows platform. P.R.Editor is a world-class interactive and automatic routing capability that performs advanced place and routing in a Zuken design solution environment, as well as plug & play into other PCB layout systems.

"We are pleased to announce this agreement with Zuken,'' Ben Franklin, president, EDAconnect.com, said. "It is an endorsement of our e-commerce model, and as one of the world's leading developers of innovative EDA software tools, Zuken will be a major contributor to the EDAstore."

"We have seen a tremendous growth in sales of CADSTAR and the P.R.Editor,'' Mark Ashton, head of marketing at Zuken EAO, said. "We are very excited about this partnership with EDAconnect.com. The pay-as-you-go subscription pricing will now make these products even more readily available to engineers and PCB designers around the world.''

Through the EDAstore, engineers and PCB designers have the opportunity to download next-generation software tools permanently on their desktops. By simply subscribing for a monthly authorization they can activate some of the world's leading electronic design tools for use in their projects at any time.

The EDAstore adds another aspect to the EDAconnect.com website currently full of design community content. The site features industry and technical resources specifically focused at the engineer and PCB designer.

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Press contact:

Ev Milker, Zuken Ltd.
1500 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4RF, UK
Tel: +44 1454 207800 Fax: +44 1454 207803
E-mail: Ev.milker@zuken.co.uk

About Zuken
Zuken specialises in professional software solutions for the design of PCB/MCM/IC packages and systems. These advanced tool sets facilitate schematic capture, placement, routing and analysis, and manufacture and test.

They operate under UNIX and Microsoft Windows. Zuken is a global organisation employing over 1000 people and capitalised at over $1billion.

For more information, visit http://www.zuken.com

About EDAconnect.com
EDAconnect.com is a privately held EDA company founded on a unique Internet-only business model. The company distributes IC, PCB and systems design products in their EDAstore. All transactions between the customer and EDAconnect.com are done interactively using the World Wide Web, including sales, delivery, licensing and maintenance. EDAconnect.com is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, and can be contacted at http://www.edaconnect.com or by phone at (480) 281-6201.