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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Website Offers Innovative Solutions for the PTC� Customer Base

Fishbowl Solutions launches www.protoolkit.com website to highlight and market solutions that enable PTC customers to automate and integrate for competitive advantage.

Minneapolis, MN - October 5, 2004 - Fishbowl Solutions, a leading technology consulting and development firm, announced the launch of the www.protoolkit.com website.

www.protoolkit.com is all about making engineering/manufacturing organizations aware of solutions that will make them more competitive through automation, integration and customization around their PTC environment. The site highlights many out-of-the-box solutions, but it also offers ideas for possible custom solutions that a company may want to develop themselves, or have Fishbowl develop for them.

www.protoolkit.com has solutions broken down into four categories: Pro/TOOLKIT, Pro/INTRALINK TOOLKIT & Triggers, J-Link & Web.link and Combination applications.

The main solutions on the site help companies address the following:

• Automating menial tasks which will free up time for actual engineering work.
• Supporting lean or six-sigma initiatives.
• Reducing your rejection rate during the engineering release process.
• Integrating Pro/INTRALINK with MRP/ERP/PLM systems.
• Web-enabling your Pro/INTRALINK environment so people outside of engineering have quick, easy and secure access to information.
• Automating the creation of deliverables (i.e. PDFs, BOMs�etc.) upon promotion in Pro/INTRALINK.

"We believe that manufacturers must continue to innovate and improve in order to compete in today's economy," stated Tim Gruidl, Fishbowl Solutions' President. "Automation and integration frees up engineering teams to focus on creative work, rather than non-value added manual tasks like generating PDFs and re-keying BOM info. These opportunities are everywhere and they are too important to ignore."

About Fishbowl Solutions
Fishbowl Solutions www.fishbowlsolutions.com, founded in 1999, is a national leader in partnering with its clients to deliver innovative and effective services and solutions that provide competitive advantages in the mechanical engineering market. Fishbowl Solutions is differentiated by its unparalleled industry and technology expertise; its solid reputation for on-time delivery, value-added results and enhanced ROI; and its clear-thinking, accountable and knowledgeable people.

Fishbowl Solutions' areas of expertise include: PTC's Pro/INTRALINK�, Pro/ENGINEER�, Pro/TOOLKIT�, Pro/INTRALINK TOOLKIT� and Windchill� software solutions, as well as being a Gold Level member of the PTC Partner Advantage� Program; Stellent content management software solutions; and its own software solutions to web-enable manufacturing information and automate engineering processes.

Fishbowl Solutions references include companies such as Polaris, AGCO, Toro and Fargo Electronics.

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