October, 2002. Westford, MA – Zuken USA, a leading provider of professional software solutions for the design of PCB/MCM/IC packages and systems, has today announced that Tim O’Neill has been named Director of its CADSTAR Business Unit.

O’Neill is responsible for Zuken’s CADSTAR business, directing the deployment, marketing and sales efforts of this family of applications and services in North America. He will work closely with engineers and CAD teams to help them integrate the product development process from prototyping to production.

"We’ve hired Tim for this position to provide customers with a spokesperson who understands the complex business challenges they face when selecting PCB solutions," commented Mike Messer, President, Zuken USA. “Tim’s experience and understanding of the board design flow will ensure that our customers are best positioned to realize a rapid return on their investment through the CADSTAR team’s commitment to exceeding customer expectations from every perspective."

"Joining the Zuken team represents an opportunity that is rare in the industry today," commented O’Neill. "Being offered the position to manage an expert team of channel partners and application engineers, as well as technically excellent software to a market that is increasingly demanding better price-performance alternatives is a great opportunity."

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About Zuken
Established in 1976, Zuken provides solutions that maximize the efficiency of the design and manufacturing processes of electronics companies. Zuken holds a global share of the PCB/MCM/HIC software market in the field of electronic design automation (EDA). Listed on Level 1 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the company is headquartered in Japan and has development, sales and support centers in 10 countries, including the US, Germany, UK and France. Zuken's customers include the world's top 30 electronics manufacturers from automotive to aerospace, communications to consumer electronics, and medical to military.

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