JANUARY 19, 2006                                                                    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Elaine Perry
Tel: 217-864-2326, Ext. 228
Email: elaineperry@hagerman.com

HAGERMAN & COMPANY OFFERS PROPLANNER SOFTWARE
AND IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES

MT. ZION, IL. – Hagerman and Company, Inc. today announced its association with Proplanner™, a leader in manufacturing process management software.

Proplanner software offerings are comprised of several modules, all focused on MPM technology. Hagerman & Company will offer the following Proplanner suites:

1)       Plant Engineering Suite: Software for factory and workstation layout and design. A full complement of software, training and support in one reasonably-priced package

2)    Process Engineering Suite: Software for manufacturing process design and management. Works separately or in conjunction with Autodesk® ProductStream™.  

“Hagerman is pleased to offer this groundbreaking software, which interfaces easily with software from Autodesk, Inc.,” said Dennis Hagerman, CEO, Hagerman & Co. “Proplanner will help our customers increase output and efficiency, reduce production costs and assembly errors.”

About Hagerman & Company, Inc.
Hagerman & Company’s products and services encompass three broad lines of business: CAD/CAM, Consulting Services (including design automation systems and systems for product data management and electronic document management) and Customer Relationship Management.   In addition the company both sells and supports the hardware, operating system, network, and Internet technologies and platforms that underlie these systems.  Hagerman & Company is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider and employs numerous Microsoft Certified System Engineers and Microsoft Certified Solution Developers.

The Company represents major software developers in the above industries including Autodesk, Inc., and Pathtrace Systems (CAD/CAM), Cyco (PDM/EDM), and Pivotal Software, Best Software, (Saleslogix) and Microsoft (CRM).

The company is headquartered in Mt. Zion, IL and maintains branch offices for sales and support in St. Louis, MO; Indianapolis, IN; Schaumburg, IL; Mishawaka, IN, Nashville, TN., Memphis, TN; Knoxville, TN and Chicago, IL.

About Proplanner
Proplanner is a leader in process engineering and management software for discrete manufacturers. These applications automate, streamline and integrate engineering activities for industrial and manufacturing engineers who design and plan production systems for new and modified products.

Built around the techniques of Lean Manufacturing and Total Quality Improvement and deployed via the Internet, Proplanner solutions reduce the time required to take newly designed products and launch them into manufacturing with better product quality and fewer product launch mistakes. Proplanner is a privately held Chapter C Corporation.