IFS - Project Centric Babcock Marine continues to abound with IFS Applications

Store this angel in big sizeSCHAUMBURG, ILL. – December 22, 2008 - Babcock Marine has active a arrangement to apparatus IFS Applications to abutment its operations, advance ability and abate cost. The antecedent authorization amount of the arrangement is over $1.5M.

Babcock Marine is the UK’s arch provider of engineering and abutment casework to the Royal Navy currently accustomed out about three-quarters of the anniversary aliment and refit amount appropriate to abutment apparent ships. Babcock Marine is aswell the arch abysmal abutment provider to the Royal Navy, and beforehand this year was awarded the In-Service Support arrangement for the Canadian government’s four Victoria chic submarines.

The Babcock Group has been application IFS Applications back 2000 in their Marine, Defence Services, Rail, Networks and Infrastructure Services divisions. Babcock Marine will use IFS Applications apparatus for finance, accumulation chain, manufacturing, projects, maintenance, animal resources, amount and business performance.

Aerospace & Defense (A&D) is a targeted industry vertical for IFS, allowance its barter and ally to accommodated the approaching challenges of transformation through a low-risk, low absolute buying cost, step-by-step adequacy evolution. IFS Applications’ backbone in action asset administration (EAM), aliment adjustment and check (MRO) and aegis accomplishment is complemented by its absolutely chip activity tracking and artefact abstracts administration (PDM) capabilities. IFS Applications is a best-practice band-aid for agile management, MRO and accumulation alternation administration in A&D.

IFS barter aural the A&D industry cover the U.S., British, and Norwegian aegis organizations as able-bodied as the Eurofighter consortium. Commercial MRO shops and operators cover Finnair, Bristow Helicopters, Aero-Dienst GmbH, Hawker Pacific, and Jet Turbine Services. In addition, IFS provides solutions to aboriginal accessories manufacturers (OEMs) such as Lockheed Martin General Dynamics, BAE Systems, Saab, and GE Transportation. More data can be begin at www.ifsdefence.com.

About Babcock Marine
Babcock Marine is a cardinal UK provider of engineering and abutment casework to the Royal Navy. It aswell operates in specialized bartering markets. Its capital business activities are centered on four key operational sites: Devonport Royal Dockyard and the co-located Devonport Naval Base website in Plymouth, England; Rosyth Business Park in Fife, Scotland; HM Naval Base Clyde in Dunbartonshire, Scotland; and Babcock Integrated Technology in Bristol, England.

About IFS
IFS is a accessible aggregation (OMX STO: IFS) founded in 1983 that develops, supplies, and accouterments IFS Applications™, a fully-integrated, component-based continued ERP apartment complete on SOA technology. The aggregation has added than 2,000 barter in 54 countries and focuses on seven capital industries: aerospace & defense, utilities & telecom, manufacturing, action industries, automotive, retail & broad distribution, and architecture application & account management. IFS has 2,600 employees. More advice on IFS is accessible at www.IFSWORLD.com/us.

IFS Applications is a brand of Industrial and Financial Systems, IFS AB (publ). All added referenced aggregation or artefact names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their corresponding owners.
The advice is that which IFS is appropriate to acknowledge by the Securities Business Act and/or the Financial instruments Trading Act. The advice was submitted for advertisement on December 22, 2008.

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