CADKEY Corporation Web Site Wins Award from Inc Magazine for Excellence in Customer Service

Customer-oriented design and "e-Services" educate CADKEY.COM web visitors

Marlborough, MA– November 15, 2001 - CADKEY Corporation, a leading developer of Windows®-based mechanical design and drafting software for designers and manufacturers worldwide, announced today that it has won Second Place in Inc Magazine's prestigious 2001 Web Awards for small businesses in the Customer Service Category. This year, 800 small businesses nationwide, with revenues under $75 million, applied for the awards.

Members of the Inc Magazine editorial staff screened all applications, eliminating ineligible entries and selecting finalists in six categories: Customer Service, Design, Management (intranets and extranets), Marketing, Return on Investment (ROI), and Sole Proprietors. A panel of 30 outside judges then reviewed the web sites and submitted comments and recommendations. Based on the judges' input, Inc Magazine selected the winners. Details can be found online in the www.inc.com articles, "The 2001 Inc Web Awards: Winners" and "The Best Small-Business Sites in America."

Karen L. Bean, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of CADKEY Corporation, stated, "Cadkey.com is truly a company-wide team effort. Representatives from each department meet regularly to discuss ideas on content and 'e-Services' to implement for our customers, and traffic data is compiled weekly. Our goal is to provide comprehensive, current, useful information that benefits customers and prospects in an easy-to-navigate, enticing format, using state-of-the-art technology. The site is programmed entirely in-house. We are very proud of this recognition from Inc Magazine."

About CADKEY Corporation
CADKEY Corporation, a Boston-area company, develops and markets the price/performing CADKEY and CADKEY-integrated 2D/3D PC-CAD product lines¾ CADKEY DESIGN SUITE®, CADKEY®, CADKEY PARAMETRICS™, CADKEY WIREFRAME™, FastSURF®, DRAFT-PAK®, CADKEY POWER-PAK™, CADKEY TRUE TEXT™ and CADKEY TRANSLATORS™. First in its industry to fully embrace e-Commerce, the company offers its entire product line, training materials, and best-in-class e-Partner products for engineers at www.cadkey.com/webstore. Dedicated to the mechanical CAD marketplace, CADKEY Corporation's software development efforts focus on innovative hybrid modeling advancements. With over 275,000 copies shipped worldwide, CADKEY Corporation's award-winning products are widely used in the global marketplace in more than 40 countries. For late-breaking news, visit the CADKEY World Wide Web site at www.cadkey.com.