Inform Software Corporation - Company Overview - © INFORM Slide 1 of 7 INFORM GmbH, Germany Inform Software Corp., Chicago Toyo/Inform, Tokyo INFORM GmbH, Germany Inform Software Corp., Chicago Toyo/Inform, Tokyo International Sales & Support Network

X XSoftware Company and Consulting Firm in Intelligent Control X XMarket Leading Software Products: fuzzyTECH ®, NeuroFuzzy™ Module, FuzzyCluster™ Module X XLargest Fuzzy Logic Project Team Worldwide X XFounded in 1969, Private Ownership X XContinuous Growth from 5 (1985) to 105 (1996) Employees (Cash-Flow Funded Growth) X XSince 1985, Every Fiscal Quarter Profitable X XSoftware Company and Consulting Firm in Intelligent Control X XMarket Leading Software Products: fuzzyTECH ®, NeuroFuzzy™ Module, FuzzyCluster™ Module X XLargest Fuzzy Logic Project Team Worldwide X XFounded in 1969, Private Ownership X XContinuous Growth from 5 (1985) to 105 (1996) Employees (Cash-Flow Funded Growth) X XSince 1985, Every Fiscal Quarter Profitable Inform Software Corporation - Company Profile - © INFORM Slide 2 of 7 Inform’s Experience Combines Both Fuzzy Logic Applications and Software !

X XIntel, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Microchip Technologies, Siemens, SGS-Thomson, Mitsubishi INFORM’s Partners: - Embedded Control - © INFORM Slide 3 of 7 In 1992, Inform Introduced the First 16-bit Fuzzy Processor to the Market !

X XAllen-Bradley, Klöckner-Moeller, Siemens, Bosch, ABB INFORM’s Parters: - Industrial Automation - © INFORM Slide 4 of 7 In 1993, Inform and Klockner-Moeller Introduced the fuzzyPLC™, Which Combines Fuzzy Logic and Conventional Automation ! In 1994, Inform and Allen-Bradley Introduced Portable Fuzzy Logic Function Blocks to Be Used on Standard PLCs ! In 1996, Inform Introduced PLC Code Generation for the SIMATIC S5 and S7 Line of PLCs !

X XFoxboro/Eckardt, Bailey/Hartmann&Braun, Wonderware, Iconics, Siemens, USDATA, Intellution, National Instruments INFORM’s Partners: - Process Control - © INFORM Slide 5 of 7 In 1995, Inform and Hartmann&Braun Introduced and Distributed Fuzzy Logic Components for Process Control Systems !

The fuzzyTECH Editions © INFORM Slide 6 of 7 X XComplete Visual Design CAE Frontend With All Standard Interfaces X XBackends for Microcontroller, PLC, and Process Control Hardware X XEmbraces Emerging IEC Fuzzy Logic Standard and ISO 9000 X XComplete Visual Design CAE Frontend With All Standard Interfaces X XBackends for Microcontroller, PLC, and Process Control Hardware X XEmbraces Emerging IEC Fuzzy Logic Standard and ISO 9000 With More Than 10,000 Installations Worldwide, fuzzyTECH Has Enabled More Successful Fuzzy Logic Applications Than Any Other Fuzzy Logic Design Software !

fuzzyTECH Application Portfolio © INFORM Slide 7 of 7 X XAbout 1100 Successful Fuzzy Logic Applications Have Been Published (an Estimated 5% of Those That Exist) X XFuzzy Logic Has Become the De-Facto Standard Solution for Multi- Variable Control X XApplications Range from Embedded Control (28%), Industrial Automation (62%) to Process Control (10%) [IEEE 96] X XIn a Recent Review [IEEE 95] of 311 Fuzzy Logic Applications, Fuzzy Logic Slashed Design Time By More Than Half in 90% of Cases X XIn This Review, 97.5% of the Designers State That They Will Use Fuzzy Logic Again in Future Applications X XAbout 1100 Successful Fuzzy Logic Applications Have Been Published (an Estimated 5% of Those That Exist) X XFuzzy Logic Has Become the De-Facto Standard Solution for Multi- Variable Control X XApplications Range from Embedded Control (28%), Industrial Automation (62%) to Process Control (10%) [IEEE 96] X XIn a Recent Review [IEEE 95] of 311 Fuzzy Logic Applications, Fuzzy Logic Slashed Design Time By More Than Half in 90% of Cases X XIn This Review, 97.5% of the Designers State That They Will Use Fuzzy Logic Again in Future Applications Fuzzy Logic Will Play a Major Role in Control Engineering !

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