Welcome to KW-Software

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Welcome to KW-Software To manage the future, you must think about tomorrow... today. Creativity, capability and concentration are the necessary qualities when coping with this challenge.

2 Welcome to KW-Software To manage the future, you must think about tomorrow... today. Creativity, capability and concentration are the necessary qualities when coping with this challenge. KW-Software is the leading supplier of solutions and technologies in industrial control and safety. Our customers are international manufacturers of automation products and solutions from the machinery and plant manufacturing industry. Our goal is to be a real system partner; thus cooperation with our customers is planned for the long term. We provide reliability and responsibility in this cooperation to offer safety for man, machine and environment. Hexenbürgermeisterhaus in Lemgo We are targeted at offering our customers a competitive advantage through leadership in technology: only products that look to tomorrow are good enough for today.

World class solutions from an ideal setting Since 1981, the employees of KW-Software have been working in the ancient Hanseatic town of Lemgo in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; a region known for

3 World class solutions from an ideal setting Since 1981, the employees of KW-Software have been working in the ancient Hanseatic town of Lemgo in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; a region known for serenity and innovation. Here we focus our creativity on developing the high-performance solutions that let our customers meet stiff international competition. Continuous development and optimization of our products and services is our main goal. Only in this way do our customers receive essential support for their daily work, offering them maximum benefit. Our work is based on concentrating on the requirements and demands of our customers. Who knows what reality in future factories will look like? In accordance with the wishes of our customers, we think about this aspect and develop software which is always ahead of its time, allowing our customers to manage tomorrow today.

We enjoy an exciting spirit you can see in our software Due to their modular and open architecture, the products of KW-Software are easily adapted to existing designs.

Through our knowledge and experience, our customers gain safety, independence and the highest possible flexibility.

4 We enjoy an exciting spirit you can see in our software Due to their modular and open architecture, the products of KW-Software are easily adapted to existing designs. Our world class products including MULTIPROG and ProConOS can easily be integrated into any existing structure. Through our knowledge and experience, our customers gain safety, independence and the highest possible flexibility. The intense support of our customers through training courses helps them to face practically any challenge and, when problems do arise, our professional support team guarantees quick resolution. The solutions of KW-Software make the customers flexible. They offer a platform that allows them to manage complex requirements. The reason is our willingness for innovations and our desire to let these innovations influence the product development. We really enjoy thinking about tomorrow... today.

We are everywhere you need us Innovative, global leaders in automation in Europe, Japan and the United States rely on MULTIPROG and ProConOS as the foundation for their most

The main application fields of the software are: automotive, mining, printing machines, building automation, industrial robotics, presses, process controls in steel and

5 We are everywhere you need us Innovative, global leaders in automation in Europe, Japan and the United States rely on MULTIPROG and ProConOS as the foundation for their most critical products and systems. Each day, our products prove their quality and reliability in hundreds of different applications in nearly all of the industrial branches. The main application fields of the software are: automotive, mining, printing machines, building automation, industrial robotics, presses, process controls in steel and chemical works, turbines, packaging machines, weighing technology and wind wheels. And you can rest assured that whatever the application demands for tomorrow, we are planning today.

6 Our most important asset

History of KW-Software 1981 Foundation of Klöpper und Wiege GmbH 1983 MULTIPROG PLC software on CP/M 1986 MULTIPROG available for MS-DOS 1988 First MULTIPROG exports to Japan, the USA, Switzerland,

7 History of KW-Software 1981 Foundation of Klöpper und Wiege GmbH 1983 MULTIPROG PLC software on CP/M 1986 MULTIPROG available for MS-DOS 1988 First MULTIPROG exports to Japan, the USA, Switzerland, Italy etc First Version of the CPU independent PLC operating system ProConOS 1993 MULTIPROG supports IEC standard KW-Software is a founding member of PLCopen, an association of organizations taking care of distributing the IEC 61131standard in the market MULTIPROG available on Windows Foundation of KW Software GmbH - Far East Office, located in Tokyo, Japan 1997 First version ProConOS based on 32 Bit Research project MOVA (modular, open, distributed function block systems for the automation industry), in union with the bmb+f (German Federal Ministry for education and research) 1998 First version MULTIPROG based on 32 Bit Windows technology 1999 Opening of the offices in Beijing, China Foundation of KW Software Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA More than 40 employees enjoy working for our customers each day. Team spirit and personal responsibility form the basis of our work. The goal which we face each day is the continuous development and optimization of our products to keep our customers ahead of their competition. We see it as a process that can only take place through continuous, open dialogue with our customers. It is your vision of what is needed tomorrow that drives our development today Entry into the safety technology with SAFEPROG and SafeOS KW-Software is an active member of the IDA group which is a member of the IAONA organization KW-Software becomes an independent subsidiary of Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. ProVisIT, the easy and effective machine visualization Managing Director: Andreas Orzelski

8 Deutschland KW-Software GmbH Lagesche Straße Lemgo Germany Phone Fax Art.-Nr. E Far East KW-Software GmbH c/o Euro-Far East Co. Ltd. Lilas Nogizaka Bldg. #901 Minami-Aoyama Minato-Ku Tokyo Japan Phone Fax japan-info@kw-software.com USA KW-Software USA, Inc Airport Road Suite 2A Cincinnati, Ohio USA Phone Fax info@kw-usa.com

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