Venlo (the Netherlands), - Océ Technologies BV (Nasdaq: OCENY, Amsterdam Exchanges: OCE) and Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY, Bourse de Paris) announced today the signing of a Component Application Architecture (CAA) V5 development partnership. The purpose of this agreement is the integration of Océ printing applications in the CATIA V5 environment. This will enable the integration of customers' critical processes - from design up to printing and plotting - into a single environment. Manufacturing and engineering companies worldwide focus on cost-effective management of their printing processes on an enterprise-wide basis. Today's market demands effective and centralized control of output devices of all different types, wherever they are located in the organization. Amongst a wide range of functionalities, CATIA V5 offers standard printing possibilities on UNIX and NT environments. Most of the current graphic standards for printing are natively supported within CATIA V5, whose printing capabilities have been validated for major plotters and printers. Via this CAA V5 development partnership, Dassault Systemes and Océ give CATIA V5 users comprehensive and seamless access to all available document printing and distribution resources, regardless of the device types and where they are located. This saves time and cost, and promotes efficient, enterprise-wide information sharing within the organization. Maximum return on investment is ensured by enabling use to be made of all the available printing functionalities throughout the enterprise.