Valor and diplan announce cooperation in Germany

Valor announces the signing of an Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with Erlangen based diplan GmbH, a developer and distributor of software applications to the PCB industry.Under the terms of the agreement, diplan will resell, distribute and support the Valor product line consisting of Enterprise 3000, the leading DFM software solution for physical design verification of PCBs; Trilogy 5000 pre-production engineering platform to accelerate New Product Introduction ("NPI") as well as optimize assembly processes, and the Valor Parts Library ("VPL"), an unique online data service for accurate geometries of electronic components.In addition to being the distributor for the German market, diplan will represent Valor in the Swiss and Austrian markets. Valor expects to successfully penetrate into the German speaking markets and to increase its share of customers in these regions based on superior capabilities in the fields of design verification, assembly optimization and Manufacturing Process Simulation ("MPS").The cooperation will include a combined comprehensive technical support by Valor and diplan personnel to address the needs of the German market.Ofer Weingarten, newly appointed President of Valor Europe commented: "As one of the largest European markets for electronics we view Germany as an important key market to successfully penetrate, on the way to establishing ourselves in Europe, as the leading solution for assembly and NPI engineering." He added: " Knowing the German market we anticipate that our superior and field-proven solutions will generate additional revenues for Valor, once they are fully supported by our local representative. We have partnered with diplan to market our products in Germany as they have years of experience in selling to this market and provide strong contacts to the local electronics industry."Dr. Friedrich Nolting, Managing Director at diplan is confident in the Valor/diplan partnership and stated: "By adding Valor’s product line to our portfolio we have increased our scope of service and product offerings to our clients and prospects. Valor has already established itself world wide as the industry leading solution in DFM and pre-production process preparation, with an impressive blue chip customer base to support this market leader position. We are confident, based on our experience and market position, to extend the Valor success into the German market." About diplandiplan GmbH established in 1988, Erlangen, Germany to provide world class production software solutions for Siemens Industrial Automation Electronic Assembly Machine Division. diplan is a "Siemens SIPLACE Certified" leader, offering a complete product range for the control, optimization, verification, traceability, monitoring and analysis reporting of electronic production. The products and service at diplan may include support of other equipment manufactures (OEMs) Fujitsu, Universal, Philips etc. diplan’s continued growth and success during the recent economic slowdown can be directly attributed to the companies simple but effective focus on clear understanding and determination in fulfilling the customers current and future changing process needs and requirements. With the high level of customer satisfaction it is evident diplan will remain a market leader for years to come. More information about the company can be found at http://www.diplan.de