HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — September 28, 2009 — The 2009 COADE User Conference opened today in Houston with a record number of countries and companies represented and with 60 classes scheduled on the use and application of COADE software products for plant design and engineering analysis, including COADE CADWorx, CAESAR II, PV Elite and TANK.

Being held at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott in The Woodlands north of the city, the conference featured a golf tournament on Sunday and keynotes today by Thomas J. Van Laan, P.E., the president of COADE, and special guest performer Mike Rayburn, an award-winner speaker and entertainer known as the World’s Funniest Guitar Virtuoso.

In additional to the 60 educational classes, the conference includes roundtable discussions on plant design, networking socials and product-specific technical support discussions with members of the COADE product development team.

For information on COADE and its products, visit www.coade.com. Conference details are at www.coadeuserconference.com/2009/index/html. Follow the 2009 COADE User Conference on Twitter – hashtag: #cuc2009.

About COADE

COADE, Inc. is a provider of software for multiple plant design and engineering disciplines. COADE's aims are that design and engineering should share relevant information seamlessly, thereby maintaining accuracy and improving efficiency. COADE's product line conforms to those goals and includes: CAESAR II, the world's most widely used pipe stress analysis software; PV Elite for pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis; CADWorx Plant Design Suite for intelligent plant design modeling, process schematics and automatic production of plant design deliverables; and TANK for the design and analysis of oil storage tanks. COADE, CAESAR II, CADWorx, PV Elite, CodeCalc and TANK are registered trademarks or trademarks of COADE, Inc. For more information, visit www.coade.com.

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