SDL PLC
01 March 2006



              AGCO Cultivates Customer Service with SDL Technology



      AGCO implements complete integrated GIM solution for global service
                                 documentation



Maidenhead, UK - 1 March 2006 - SDL International, a leader in the emerging
market for global information management (GIM) solutions, announced today a Euro1m
agreement with AGCO Corporation, a worldwide designer, manufacturer and
distributor of agricultural equipment, to provide an integrated end-to-end
solution for the authoring, management and publishing of technical service
documentation to AGCO's global customers.



Having completed a number of acquisitions in recent years, AGCO was faced with a
mix of isolated authoring, content management and publishing processes across
its core brands of Challenger, Fendt, Massey Ferguson, SISU Diesel and Valtra.
SDL will deliver an integrated GIM solution that spans the entire content
lifecycle, enabling AGCO to consolidate technical publications, terminology,
content management, translation, web and marketing publications, onto one,
unified platform.  With up to 25 languages to support, the new solution will
substantially shorten time-to-market, improve the quality and consistency of
marketing and service documentation and is expected to provide an ROI within 18
months.



The GIM solution includes authoring of structured content in XML using Blast
Radius XMetaL integrated with SDL AuthorAssistant to ensure consistency of
language and terminology. SDL PhraseFinder will be used for terminology mining
and SDL MultiTerm for enterprise-wide web-based terminology management. Trisoft
InfoShare integrated with SDL Translation Management System will support all XML
content management, translation and publication processes, with SDL providing
the language translation services.



"We needed an integrated solution for the creation, management and publication
of global marketing and service documentation in 25 languages across many
different manufacturing lines," commented Kevin Worrall, Technical Service
Director at AGCO. "The SDL solution provides AGCO with a corporate common
platform for aligning our documentation processes with our manufacturing and
engineering centres. By maximizing the reuse of components and fully leveraging
our global information assets, we will deliver higher quality publications
faster and lower our costs by 30%."



"We have integrated best-of-breed XML technologies along the content lifecycle
to provide AGCO with a streamlined process that spans authoring to content
management to translation and publishing," stated Keith Mills, President
Technology Division at SDL. "Together with our best practice knowledge in
technology and language services, this GIM solution will help AGCO gain
significant competitive advantage in critical business areas such as consistent
branding, time-to-market and customer satisfaction."



About AGCO Corporation

AGCO Corporation, headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, is a global manufacturer and
distributor of agricultural equipment and related replacement parts. AGCO
products are distributed in more than 140 countries. AGCO offers a full product
line including tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage, tillage
equipment and implements through more than 3,900 independent dealers and
distributors around the world. AGCO products are distributed under the various
well-known brand names AGCO(R), Challenger(R), Fendt(R), Gleaner(R), Hesston(R),
Massey Ferguson(R), New Idea(R), RoGator(R), Spra-Coupe(R), Sunflower(R),
Terra-Gator(R), Valtra(R), and WhiteTM Planters. AGCO provides retail financing
through AGCO Finance. In 2005, AGCO had net sales of $5.4 billion.   For more
information, visit www.agcocorp.com.



About SDL International

SDL International (London Stock Exchange: 'SDL') is a leader in the emerging
market for global information management (GIM) solutions that empower
organizations to accelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingual content to
global markets. Its enterprise software and services integrate with existing
business systems to manage global information from authoring to publication and
throughout the distributed localization supply chain.



Global industry leaders such as Audi, Bayer, Best Western, Bosch, Canon,
Deutsche Bank, Kodak, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Reuters, and SAP rely on SDL to
provide enterprise software or full outsourcing for their GIM processes. SDL has
implemented more than 100 enterprise GIM solutions, has over 100,000 software
licenses deployed across the GIM ecosystem and its global services
infrastructure spans more than 50 offices in 30 countries.



For more information, visit www.sdl.com.



For more information on SDL, please contact:

Fiona Ribeiro

SDL International

Tel: +44 (0)1628 410120

Email: fribeiro@sdl.com



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