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FEI Company automates complex microscope quotes for sales reps in the field

SANTA BARBARA, CA – May 1, 2008 – Experlogix, Inc., the leading developer of web-based sales and manufacturing configurator solutions, announced today its customer, FEI Company, a leading provider of electron-optics and focused-ion beam microscopes, was featured in a Microsoft-sponsored supplement of Manufacturing Business Technology, May 2008.

Experlogix empowers Microsoft Dynamics users to correctly customize complex products based on multiple options and item-specific business rules. The solutions combine to form a powerful engineering and product management system, automating bill-of-materials (BOMs), costing and routing information and dramatically cutting manufacturing lead times.

FEI Company discussed their successful Experlogix deployment for their more than 300 sales reps worldwide in the Manufacturing Business Technology article. They identified several key benefits for FEI since going live with Experlogix and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, including faster and more exact customer quotes, improved delivering timing and accuracy, offline quoting and better manufacturing production planning.

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About FEI

FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) is a global leader in providing innovative instruments for nanoscale imaging, analysis and prototyping. FEI focuses on delivering solutions that provide groundbreaking results and accelerate research, development and manufacturing cycles for its customers in semiconductor and data storage, academic and industrial R&D and life sciences markets. With R&D centers in North America and Europe, and sales and service operations in more than 50 countries around the world, FEI's Tools for Nanotech(TM) are bringing the nanoscale within the grasp of leading researchers and manufacturers. More information can be found online at: www.fei.com

About Experlogix

Experlogix, founded in 1997, is a Microsoft certified product configurator developer dedicated to providing fully integrated quote and order automation solutions for the Microsoft Dynamics platform. Available via the web or offline, Experlogix Configurators deliver the scalability and flexibility needed to handle virtually any complex quote and order requirement at a low total cost of ownership. More than 500 companies worldwide in a variety of industries rely on Experlogix. www.experlogix.com