June, 2003. CADvision SAS of Paris has been appointed as French distributor for Zuken’s CADSTAR desktop PCB design solution. CADvision is a leading provider of software and services for both IC and PCB design. CADSTAR is a Windows-based tool suite for PCB design that spans schematic capture, placement, routing, library creation and management, signal integrity, EMC analysis, and production of manufacturing data.

Julien Markarian, President of CADvision, commented:
“CADSTAR is a popular and highly respected set of tools that has been continuously developed to meet the changing needs of our customers. We are very pleased to signed reached this new agreement with Zuken and we’re confident of achieving significant gains in market share for this product in the French market.”

Jeroen Leinders, Zuken’s European CADSTAR Distribution Manager, added:
“CADvision are a technically highly skilled distributor who are able to help customers solve both their IC and PCB design problems. Increasingly, effective system-level design demands an understanding of both areas of technology and CADvision are ideally placed to support their customers in both respects.”

CADvision, a subsidiary of the French industry ING europ group, is established in the centre of Paris. More information about the company can be found on the web www.cadvision.fr

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For further information and reader enquiries:
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

Editors' note:
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 centres 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.