Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd. and Toon Boom Partner for Success

After touring North America and meeting Toon Boom's network of major studios, Animation Services Hong Kong decides to add 42 USAnimation seats over the next 18 months.

Montreal (June 6, 2001) - Toon Boom Technologies is proud to announce that Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd., one of its most prestigious customers in Asia, has decided to purchase 42 additional seats of USAnimation over the next 18 months. After productive meetings with Toon Boom's network of major studios in Los Angeles, Montreal Toronto and Vancouver, Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd. developed significant new business, leading them to add 42 to their current install-base of 14 USAnimation seats by 2002. "We are happy to install more seats in our studios to increase our capacity by double. We expect that USAnimation will enrich our creativity and eliminate number of retakes and production lead time", declared Steven Ching, President of Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd.

"It's in instances like this one that we truly appreciate offering our esteemed customers access to our world-wide network of users. As the industry standard, Toon Boom plays a partnering role among its customers with the purpose of delivering efficiency, productivity and quality", Ms. Joan Vogelesang, Chief Operating Officer of Toon Boom Technologies Inc.

Toon Boom will be showcasing USAnimation V5.3 at MIFA 2001, Booth 2.11. To set up a demo, please send your request to: karina@toonboom.com

About Toon Boom Technologies Inc.

Based in Montreal, Canada, Toon Boom Technologies Inc. is a world-leading supplier of 2D animation software for businesses and individuals. With a presence in more than 30 countries, Toon Boom Technologies provides a complete suite of high-performance, web-enabled animation tools and services to creators and producers of 2D animation, including USAnimation, USAnimation Web Edition and Toon Boom Studio. Founded in 1994,Toon Boom Technologies offers a 100% vector-based, resolution independent and multi-layer software system with multi-format output to HDTV, Film, DVD, Imax and Macromedia Flash. Toon Boom Technologies' products supply the 2D animation market with digital production tools for market-leader studios such as Klasky Csupo, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Paramount, MGM, FableVision Studios and Wild Brain. For additional information, visit Toon Boom on the Web at www.toonboom.com

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