BigMachines Lean Front-End(SM) (LFE) solution digitizes selling
processes and captures an organization's tribal knowledge to provide
online product selection, configuration, quoting, and ordering
capabilities for new products and aftermarket parts. BigMachines LFE
provides in-depth sales reporting capabilities and easily integrates
to existing ERP, CAD, and CRM systems.

Demand for bags and pouches will be driven by continued rapid growth for
stand-up pouches, based on advantages of excellent visual appeal, product
differentiation , convenience, portability, recloseability and freshness
protection.

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By transferring the burden of product
configuration and order accuracy to BigMachines' technology that could
consolidate its disparate systems and help their sales teams do a
better and faster job validating orders, Pearson hopes ultimately be
able to handle more orders with greater accuracy.com,
which will fully streamline their front-end business processes and
free up customer-facing internal resources to attend to more value-add
customer service activities and proactive selling.

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Business Editors/Technology Writers

CHICAGO + MUNICH, Germany----April 14,
2005--BigMachines, Inc. Pearson is
implementing the Lean Front-End with integration to Salesforce. These and other trends are presented in "Food Containers:
Rigid & Flexible," a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc.9
billion yuan (or approximately $4.

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Hoping to continue their long-standing track
record for premiere customer service, market -leading quality, and
rapid delivery - while positioning themselves for further growth -
Pearson Packaging turned to BigMachines to improve their
opportunity-to order processes. While metal cans will post marginal value growth,
the increased use of convenience features such as easy-opening and /or
resealable tops will provide opportunities.

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, a provider of web-based quote and proposal
software for manufacturers of complex products, announced today that
Pearson Packaging Systems, a manufacturer of packing machinery,
selected BigMachines' Lean Front-End(SM) to streamline its
configuration and quoting processes. Paperboard food
container demand will increase at a slower pace, with further growth
threatened by competition from plastic alternatives and maturity of a
number of applications . By 2014, packaging equipment demand in China will exceed that in
Japan, making China the second largest market in the world behind the US.
Food-related applications are expected to strengthen their already dominant
market position as population and employment gains, increased urbanization
and higher per capita income fuel consumption and output of convenience and
other packaged food products .

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Advances will be attributable to performance advantages over
competitive materials , as well as improved resin and processing
technologies.4 billion).

Packaging Machinery in China

Demand for labeling and coding equipment will outpace sales of other types
of packaging machinery, spurred by the growing need for shippers to
accurately identify and track items.

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Pearson Packaging
Systems' product line includes a wide variety of case erectors, tray
formers, case sealers, bag inserters, robotics and case packers, as
well as many other specialized products.

PRESS RELEASE US Food Containers Demand to Reach $20.7 Billion in 2009

China is one of the fastest growing markets
for packaging machinery in the world.

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Longer term, the company also plans to simplify aftermarket parts
and services processes to better leverage cross-selling opportunities:
The BigMachines' Lean Front-End online parts ordering module supports
quick + easy searches and on-line ordering for parts based on serial
numbers, Bills of Materials, and Drawings. and BigMachines AG

BigMachines, Inc.

PRESS RELEASE Packaging Machinery Demand in China to Grow 8.6% Through 2009

The
Northeast, Northwest and Southwest regions, for example, are underdeveloped
but being targeted economically by the central government's "Go West" and
"Reviving the Northeast" campaigns.

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Pearson takes pride in its ability to listen to its customers, and
deliver their project on time and on budget.

As a result , these areas will
continue to provide packaging machinery suppliers with the greatest sales
opportunities .

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About BigMachines, Inc. Demand for packaging equipment in
China is projected to climb 8.
These and other trends are presented in "Packaging Machinery in China," a
new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Glass food container demand
will continue to decline as a result of continued inroads by plastic
bottles and jars in traditional glass markets. Product sales will be driven
by growth in manufacturing, packaging materials use and associated fixed
investment activity as industrialization efforts continue and income levels
rise.

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Unit expansion will be aided by the growing popularity
of single-serving packaging, such as plastic cups and pouches, with such
formats increasingly meeting consumer demand for food offering convenience
and portability.

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The company has
constantly improved its processes and facilities to provide unbeatable
value to its customers. "The Lean Front -End's
intuitive interface and flexibility was a good match for our needs,"
said Randy Bell, CFO of Pearson Packaging Systems.

The food industry is the largest market for packaging machinery in China.

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By digitizing the
tribal knowledge previously trapped in the heads of a few and making
it broadly available, Pearson hopes to make all of its sales channels
more effective.bigmachines.7 billion in 2009, representing 249
billion units.

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Pearson Packaging Systems have been leading the industry with
innovative packaging solutions for over 50 years. The company recognizes
every customer's needs are unique, and that is why the company's
tagline is the promise to its customers -- "Innovation In Every Case.
US demand for food containers is projected to
expand 3. Demand for filling and form/fill/seal equipment will also climb
at an above-average rate through 2009, maintaining its position as the most
widely used type of packaging machinery in China. However, the Central-East and
Central-South regions together account for more than 70 percent of the
country's total manufacturing production.

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Pearson Packaging Systems

Pearson Packaging Systems is one of the largest and most respected
manufacturers of secondary packaging machinery. Plastic container demand will be propelled by improved heat
resistance and barrier properties as well as advances in panel-less PET
hot-fill bottle construction, which enhances container aesthetics and
achieves an appearance more like glass bottles.

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0 percent per year to $20 . Bag demand will increase more slowly due to maturity in many
applications as well as competition from pouches.

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The overall
benefits anticipated will allow an increased ability to accurately
translate the customer's product desires to deliver the product
correctly the first time and in the least amount of time. At the same time, nontraditional food containers
such as aseptic and retort cartons will gain a wider presence, often at the
expense of metal cans. Demand for equipment used to package
medical, pharmaceutical and personal care products is also projected to
rise at an above-average rate through 2009.

The size, growth and composition of packaging machinery demand in the six
regions that make up China vary considerably, reflecting differences in the
relative size and structure of local manufacturing activity.

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Machinery Manufacturer Pearson Packaging Systems Selects BigMachines to Improve Quote Management

Advances will be stimulated by an expanding population
base, rising disposable personal income levels, smaller household sizes,
consumer demands for more convenient prepared foods, and trends toward
value-added packaging, accentuated by high impact graphics and increased
barrier properties., a
Cleveland-based industrial market research firm.

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Food Containers study

Plastic containers , and bags and pouches will log the fastest growth among
major food container types, often supplanting paperboard, metal and glass
containers.6 percent annually through 2009 to 35., a Cleveland-based industrial
market research firm.

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The most compelling driver for the initiative was elimination of
multiple hand-offs and manual re-entering of data, which drain
productivity and cause errors . The company is constantly
improving its processes and facilities to provide unbeatable value.com ) provides
web-based software and services to help manufacturers streamline their
selling and customer service processes from customer inquiry-to-order. In addition, increased use of radio
frequency identification tags will bolster demand for associated labeling
equipment.

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