Cambridge, MA, May 23, 2005 -- Daratech, Inc. and e-Works Manufacturing Information Technology Co., Ltd. of China today announced a partnership to expand and deepen their world-class market research on global PLM market trends and technologies. This partnership will focus on what’s happening in increasingly important markets in China and will include and integrate significant manufacturing developments from around the world.

Key Daratech and e-Works research will now be jointly published in both English and Chinese, in the form of white papers, best practice reports, and online services. In addition, Daratech and e-Works will jointly sponsor conferences in China and in North America on PLM and plant creation in the process and power industries.

www.e-works.net.cn, is the best known manufacturing IT application portal in China. It is used by Chinese manufacturing concerns looking for information and opinion about CAD, CAM, CAE, PLM, ERP, CRM, SCM and other IT applications of interest to Chinese manufacturing enterprises. www.e-works.net.cn records over 100,000 page hits per day and has more than 145,000 subscribers. e-Works is also well known for its highly regarded IT research, training and the consulting services that it provides to Chinese manufacturing companies.

Daratech will leverage these resources to launch a "PLM News from China" page on it’s Web site in English, with e-Works’ launching a "PLM News Worldwide" page based on Daratech’s research on its Web site in Chinese. During the course of the year both companies plan to expand their coverage of one another’s markets with additional supply side and demand side research.

"I’m thrilled at the opportunity to be working with e-Works," said Charles Foundyller, CEO of Daratech. "China is a manufacturing power house and is destined to become an incubator for some of the worlds most valuable intellectual property in the not too distant future. Having a partnership with e-Works will help Daratech research the opportunity for collaborative product development and manufacturing in one of the hottest manufacturing markets on the planet. To have access to e-Works’ breadth of research and expertise is a real benefit to Daratech." Daratech delivers its research on the Web at www.daratech.com and at it’s five annual conferences attended by more than 2000 manufacturing and construction executives from around the world.

Dr Huang Pei, CEO of e-Works was equally enthusiastic. "The market in China for PLM is growing more than 20% per year. Our partnership with Daratech will give us access to worldwide markets for our research and Chinese market expertise and at the same time allow our subscribers to understand how to more closely collaborate with their ever growing range of clients outside of China," he said.

About Daratech

Daratech, Inc. is a leading provider of information technology market research and technology assessment, advisory and strategic consulting services, and executive-level conferences for manufacturing, engineering, construction and plant operations. Established in 1979, Daratech specializes in PLM, asset lifecycle management, CAD/CAM, CAE, PDM/EDM, MVP (mock-up, visualization and 3D publishing), AECO PLM (architecture, engineering, construction, operations, plant lifecycle management), document/enterprise content management, GIS and related areas.

About e-Works

e-Works Manufacturing Information Technology (China) Co., Ltd., is one of the best known IT research, training and consulting company serving Chinese manufacturing enterprises.

Its well regarded www.e-works.net.cn portal, which records over 100,000 page hits per day and has more than 145,000 subscribers, provides Chinese manufacturing companies information and opinion about CAD/CAM, CAE, PLM, ERP, CRM, SCM and other IT applications of interest to Chinese manufacturing enterprises.