SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Mar 21, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Autodesk, Inc., (Nasdaq: ADSK) the world's leading design and digital content creation company, today announced the winners of its Platinum Club 2002, a prestigious group of channel partners awarded for top sales performance and excellent customer service in fiscal year 2002. The Platinum Club winners will be recognized at an all-expense paid, luxury weekend at the Ritz-Carlton resort in Cancun, Mexico, March 21-24, 2002.

"We are proud to work with such a dedicated and talented group of professionals, and are pleased to honor them with our exclusive Platinum Club award," said Ray Piontek, vice president of the Americas at Autodesk. "Total commitment and hard work epitomize these partners, which have enabled them to transcend a difficult economic environment and provide our mutual customers with customized solutions that increase their design and process efficiencies. We applaud their hard work."

To qualify for the Autodesk Platinum Club, Autodesk channel partners must exceed their sales expectations, and achieve top total revenues, top vertical product sales, highest overall growth or be the leading education or government partner in their Americas sales region.

Platinum Club 2002 Winners

Autodesk Platinum Club 2002 winners in the United States, including Western, Central, Southern and Eastern regions, are as follows: Central Visual Information Systems; Avatech of Nebraska; INCAT Systems, Inc.; Avatech Solutions, Inc. (East); DTI Technologies, Inc.; Avatech Solutions, Inc. (South); ECAD, Inc.; IMAGINiT Technologies West; Portland Precision Instruments; Taylor Technologies, Inc.; Microsol Resources Corp.; Seiler Instrument & Mfg Co., Inc.; A/E/C Technologies, The CAD division of ID8 Media; CAD Technology Center, Inc.; Robotech CAD Solutions, Inc.; APPLIED SOFTWARE Technology, Inc.; Teaching Systems, Inc.; and DLT Solutions.

Award winners in Canada are IMAGINiT Technologies (Ontario); Continental Imaging Products; Le Groupe Buscom, Inc.; and Solid Caddgroup, Inc. Latin America winners are Microgeo Ltda.; Grapho Productos e Serv. Em Comp. Ltda; Mapdata Technologies, Inf., E. Com. Ltda; and Unisel Chile USA.

Platinum Club winners will be recognized and awarded in front of their peers and Autodesk senior management at the Platinum Club awards ceremony, March 22, 2002.

About Autodesk

Founded in 1982, Autodesk, Inc. is the world's leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company. The company serves a diverse portfolio of markets, including building design, geographic information systems, manufacturing, digital media, and wireless data services. By delivering tools that foster innovation and creativity, Autodesk helps customers throughout the value chain leverage digital design data to work better, faster and smarter. For more information about the company, see www.autodesk.com.

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