Huntington Beach - Virtual product award  to ArvinMeritor

Press Release for immediate release

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2005) -- ArvinMeritor has received a leadership award for its work in virtual product development from MSC.Software Corp.

The award -- given at MSC's 2004 MSC Virtual Product Development Conference held in Huntington Beach, Calif. -- recognizes outstanding leadership in advancing the implementation of virtual product development tools and processes to improve product performance in the automotive industry.

"ArvinMeritor in recent years has gained a great reputation on its vehicle dynamics and system-level durability simulation and analysis capability through its industry involvement, customer technical support and its initiatives that drive its product development process," said Frank Perna, chairman and CEO of MSC.Software. source: Today's Trucking