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Nordic Recycling and Environmental Services Leader Selects webMethods Fabric for Business Process Integration Stena Metall Group to More Efficiently Connect With Trading Partners and Optimize Enterprise Business Processes STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- webMethods Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business integration and optimization software company, today announced that webMethods Fabric(TM), the company's flagship solution for helping enterprises increase Business Process Productivity, has been selected as the integration infrastructure for Stena Metall Group, a leader in recycling and environmental services for the Nordic region. The adoption follows an exhaustive five-month review process in which four vendors' integration solutions were rigorously tested and evaluated in head-to-head competition. According to Patrik Mattsson, Stena Metall's integration infrastructure team leader and IT architect, "webMethods' platform stood out at an early stage as a stable and robust product with a great ability to expand as our company grows. The criteria used to evaluate webMethods Fabric included stable integration of our internal business and operations systems, as well as the security and strength of electronic data interchange (EDI) connections to external customers, with additional judging of the scalability and reliability of the overall suite." webMethods Fabric is being employed by Stena Metall to simplify and extend integration of numerous globally-deployed, heterogeneous systems spanning the company's nine business units as well as to support information exchange with hundreds of global trading partners operating across a number of industries, including metals, paper, electronics, petroleum, hazardous waste and chemicals. By selecting webMethods Fabric, Stena Metall is now able to address all of the company's diverse business processes, including customer records management and real-time integration with external, third-party customer portals. webMethods Fabric also encompasses webMethods' expertise in the materials processing sector, which helps Stena Metall comply with overlapping regional, national and global certification requirements that can make data management and sharing increasingly complex. "With over 50 customers in the materials processing industry, webMethods recognizes the unique challenges these companies face in efficiently communicating with trading partners and optimizing their supply chain in a constantly fluctuating environment," said Matthew Willis, vice president, Process Industries, webMethods. "With webMethods, companies like Stena Metall have realized a tenfold reduction in integration costs along with similar improvements in their overall responsiveness. By reducing operating costs, improving time-to-market, and extending business visibility to enjoy greater predictability, these enterprises are leveraging webMethods Fabric to increase their Business Process Productivity." About webMethods Inc. webMethods (NASDAQ:WEBM) provides business integration software to integrate, assemble and optimize available IT assets to drive business process productivity. webMethods delivers an innovative, enterprise-class business integration platform that incorporates proven integration technology with next generation capabilities into one interoperable set of tools that delivers a unique combination of efficiency, agility and control. webMethods combines industry leadership with a zealous commitment to customers to deliver tangible business value to more than 1,300 global customers. webMethods is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan. More information about the company can be found at http://www.webmethods.com/. The webMethods name and logo are registered trademarks, and webMethods Fabric is a trademark, of webMethods, Inc. All other marks mentioned are trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. DATASOURCE: webMethods Inc. CONTACT: Nicola Males (UK), +44-1784-221623, , or Kim Cornwall (US), +1-703-460-5910, , both of webMethods Inc. Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/

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