Press release February 1, 2005 - PlanMill Ltd, part of TJ Group Plc and provider of browser-based, user-friendly project business solutions, will deliver to Optiplan Oy, a company specializing in construction design and belonging to the NCC group, a browser-based PlanMill PSA 8.6 solution (Professional Services Automation) for approximately 150 users. The new integrated PlanMill PSA solution will replace a number of information systems previously used. With the real-time PlanMill PSA system, Optiplan will support and improve planning, monitoring and management of operative project work as well as management of project teams' time, invoicing, reporting, and consistency of operating methods.

According to Mika Soini, the CEO of Optiplan, the company was looking for a user-friendly and cost-effective system for managing its demanding sales, development and delivery projects in a more agile way. At the same time, the company wanted to make sure that the selected PSA system would be able to fulfil their customer business requirements also in the future.

- One important factor in the selection was the flexibility for customization based on the changing needs of our business.

- The agreement we have signed with Optiplan further strengthens PlanMill's position as a solutions provider for companies in project-based business. For project organizations that produce internal and external services, we are Finland's leading provider of  browser-based, user-friendly, real-time PSA solutions that improve productivity, says Thomas Hood, CEO of PlanMill Ltd.

The parties have decided not to disclose the financial value of the deal.

For additional information, please contact:
CEO Thomas Hood, PlanMill Ltd
Tel. 358 40 558 5138 or thomas.hood@planmill.com 

Accounting Manager Juha Kohonen, Optiplan Oy
Tel. +358 50 324 3017 or juha.kohonen@optiplan.fi 

PlanMill Ltd is a leading provider of user-friendly, real-time PSA (Professional Services Automation) solutions. Browser-based PSA solutions by PlanMill help to improve the control of customer relationships, projects and business processes, which in turn improves the customer companies' productivity and profitability. PlanMill solutions have been deployed to more than 60 leading service companies and IT and R&D divisions of companies in more than 10 countries. Its customers include Digita, Ilmarinen, Mondi Packaging, Nordea, Raiffeisen Informatik, Sentera, Sofia Digital, and TJ Group. The offices of PlanMill Ltd are located in Helsinki, Finland, and St. Gallen, Switzerland. The company has established an authorized dealer network to Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. PlanMill is a subsidiary of TJ Group Plc, which is listed in the Helsinki Exchanges. Additional information: www.planmill.com 

Optiplan Ltd is a conglomerate specializing in construction design. Its lines of business are housing, business premises and reconstruction. The areas of focus in its operation are designing housing, business premises and reconstruction. The designing includes architectural, structural, electrical and automation planning and planning of heating, plumbing and ventilation. The designing of reconstruction also includes inspections for condition and services for having the reconstruction done. Optiplan Oy was founded in 1990 and it is part of the international NCC group. Additional information: www.optiplan.fi 

This is a translation of the original Finnish release. In case the translation differs in meaning from the Finnish version, the Finnish version takes precedence.

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