ABAS Software is proud to announce that its software partner in China, Abas Business Solutions (PRC) Ltd., has once again been distinguished as the "Winner of Enterprise Resources Planning Software". This award was presented by the editorial staff of Linux Pilot magazine during the "Linux & OSS Best Solution 2008" ceremony held on April 17th. It is the third time that the abas ERP system has been distinguished with this award.

Since 1993, the ABEL GmbH & Co. KG in Büchen near Hamburg has optimized their business processes using the abas Business Software. This decision was also made in 2002 by the Spanish subsidiary ABEL EQUIPOS S.A. in Madrid. In 2008, abas will be implemented at the US subsidiary ABEL Pumps, L.P. in Sewickly, PA. The innovative ABEL pump technology not only requires mature, highly-developed technology, but also intelligent after-sales solutions with the goal of keeping the pumps reliable long-term with a minimum level of effort. ABEL provides it's customers with mature service concepts with services for positive displacement pumps. The implementation and future support of the US subsidiary will be carried out directly by the ABAS-USA Inc.

The abas partner Nittmann & Pekoll GesmbH was able to convince two companies - the Austrian companies Albert Maschinenbau GmbH and Inkoma Maschinenbau GmbH - at once of the advantages of the abas Business Software. The Albert Maschinenbau GmbH is a leading company in the area of mechanical drive engineering. It is mainly active in the production of high-quality lifting spindles in standard and special finishes, and is known as the leading manufacturer of innovative and customer-specific system solutions. Through the integration in the INKOMA-GROUP is was possible to significantly expand, especially the lifting spindles, product group and in doing this to gain the leading position in this business sector.

The ABAS Consulting GmbH & Co. provides the Fachhochschule Würzburg with 50 free of charge training installations. The university established in 1971 offers Diploma, Bachelor, Master and dual degree programs.The cooperation with the technical college in Würzburg should provide the students with an idea of the compulsory optional subject "abas ERP" for medium-sized companies and will prepare the participants for working in an IT environment in a medium-sized business. The students were given the possibility of doing a final diploma thesis or doing a training period at a regional software partner.