Yavne (Israel), July 13th, 2000 - Valor Computerized Systems, a global leader in providing productivity software solutions to OEMs and CEMs in the electronics design and manufacturing industry, today announced the appointment of Robynne Hanus as Product Marketing Manager for the Enterprise 3000 DFx product range.

Robynne Hanus joins Valor with over 10 years experience in the electronics design automation (EDA) industry. Before Valor, Hanus worked at PCB CAD/CAM company Zuken for 5 years where she was, more recently, responsible for US Operations Field Marketing, following previous technical roles in marketing consultancy and applications engineering. Prior to Zuken, she worked for General Instruments and Sundstrand Power Systems in various technical support, training, systems administration and product design positions.

“Valor is experiencing rapid growth in the DFM market with the Enterprise 3000 PCB/PCA analysis product,” said Julian Coates, VP corporate marketing at Valor. “Robynne Hanus will be responsible for marketing Enterprise 3000 to the OEM sector as we continue to strengthen our product offerings in the areas of design-for-manufacture analysis and physical design verification. With her extensive experience in the PCB design market, her role will also focus on CAD to CAM data standards, continuing to establish ODB++ as the preferred, open data exchange format in the electronics interconnect industry."

“Valor is now a public company listed on the Neuer Markt Frankfurt stock exchange and we are growing at a fast pace. In the first quarter of 2000 we achieved record results with revenues up by 64% on last year and profit up 133%. Our aggressive product development program for the Enterprise 3000 system will consolidate this growth trend by expanding the scope of the product overall," he added.

About Valor

Valor is a global leader in providing business productivity tools throughout the design-through-manufacturing electronics supply chain. Valor is a public company listed on the Neuer Markt of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company's powerful software tools, based on ODB++, the Valor-funded data format which has quickly become the format of choice for high-level data exchange, ensure the rapid transfer of optimized data from design through manufacturing. Enterprise 3000 DFx system for physical design verification, Trilogy 5000 for assembly and test engineering, and the unique Valor Parts Library on-line data service are utilized by designers and engineers to deliver enhanced productivity, higher yields, shorter cycle times and increased product quality. All Valor products are sold and supported by a worldwide network that includes global subsidiary offices, VARs and OEM channels. More information about the company can be found at http://www.valor.com.

Caption: Robynne Hanus, Product Marketing Manager for Valor’s Enterprise 3000 DFx product range.

Note to Editors: Pictures of Robynne Hanus, or Valor products, can be obtained from Sharon Graves of Pentacom on +44 (1242) 525205