MINNEAPOLIS, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Third Wave Systems (TWS) is pleased to announce the opening of an office in the United Kingdom. The Company's first international office will be located in the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing in Sheffield. Primary activities at the office will be AdvantEdge(TM) sales, project engineering, and software support for the UK and continental Europe.

"Engineers in the UK and continental Europe have been open to the new world view in machining process optimization provided by AdvantEdge(TM) machining modeling technology. We are excited to extend the cooperation with our colleagues at the AMRC with Boeing in both the marketplace and in research," said Kerry Marusich, President of Third Wave Systems.

Professor Keith Ridgway, Research Director of the AMRC, commented, "We are pleased and proud to welcome TWS to be our partner. The work we do is complementary, and we both focus on the implementation of machining technologies to reduce the cost of manufacturing parts."

"We are delighted that TWS has selected South Yorkshire as the base for their European operations. We look forward to their continued growth in the Region," said Mr. Les Pynn of Yorkshire Forward, and Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Sheffield.

Founded in 1993, Third Wave Systems provides machining modeling software and services used by Fortune 500 aerospace and automotive companies to dramatically reduce costs in product design and manufacturing. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Third Wave also has offices in Detroit, MI, and major distribution in Japan and Europe.

Web site: http://www.thirdwavesys.com

Luis Zamorano, Applications Engineer of Third Wave Systems, +1-952-832-5515, or fax, +1-952-844-0202, or sales@thirdwavesys.com