BUHLER, Switzerland — November 8, 2011 — The Eschler Group, which specializes in textiles, is
considering the closure of its sites in Bühler (AR) and Münchwilen (TG). The production of a
massively reduced product range is to be relocated to its existing subsidiary companies in Germany
and Thailand. At the Bühler site, a technology and innovation centre will be created for special
textiles. The planned restructuring of the Group is a consequence of the substantial worsening of
economic conditions in Switzerland.

As the management of the family-run company has announced, the discontinuation of production
in Bühler and Münchwilen will lead to job cuts affecting 75 people. At its plants in Thailand and
Germany, Eschler will increasingly focus on the manufacture of niche products in the fields of
sport, workwear, technical textiles and lingerie. These two sites are to be further developed as
centres of excellence in their specialist fields. The headquarters of the group will remain in
Bühler, where a technology and innovation centre is to be retained with around 15 jobs engaged in
development and research work for future new products.

The planned measures by the Eschler Group are a reaction to developments on which the company
has no influence. For some time, the textile industry has seen quality products replaced by cheap
goods from the Far East, leading to enormous pressure on prices and crumbling margins. These
developments have also left their mark on Eschler. The continuing trend now affects not only the
mass production of low-cost textiles, but also products in the medium to high-end segment. The
strength of the franc has also had the effect of squeezing margins even further and has hugely
compromised the competitive position of Eschler Switzerland with exports accounting for almost 80%
of its business.

The planned optimization of production sites and the focus on highly innovative products is
designed to safeguard the continued success of the company that is so steeped in tradition.The
management firmly believes the planned restructuring can preserve the competitiveness and hence the
know-how of the company.

Source: Christian Eschler AG

MIAMI — November 1, 2011 — NGC® today announced that Swatfame, a global, multi-brand women’s and
girl’s fashion company headquartered in Los Angeles, has gone live on NGC’s Extended PLM software.
The rapidly growing, $130-million brand has seen vast improvements in communication and
collaboration throughout its global supply chain as a result of NGC’s software — enabling Swatfame
to quickly react to changes, reduce lead times for design and production, and dramatically improve
overall efficiency.

With high-profile customers that include Nordstrom, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Kohl’s and
JCPenney, design excellence and speed to market are essential to Swatfame. However, prior to NGC,
Swatfame relied on a combination of homegrown systems and spreadsheets that couldn’t keep pace with
the company’s expanding business. The company needed a solution that could help Swatfame take its
business to the next level. After comparing software from a number of PLM vendors, Swatfame
selected NGC’s Extended PLM, which combines PLM and Supply Chain Management (SCM).

NGC’s integrated PLM and SCM solution was the single biggest factor in Swatfame’s decision.
“Most PLM systems that we saw were standalone, but NGC’s software was unique in tying together both
production and PLM,” said Jonathan Greenberg, executive vice president, Swatfame. NGC’s software
offers a single repository of information that includes history by style, costing, and
collaboration and communication history, as well as visibility throughout the company and with
suppliers.

Swatfame has seen a number of benefits from implementing NGC’s software, including:

Improved collaboration.
The collaboration engine in NGC’s Extended PLM is essential to helping Swatfame manage
changes for a complex, fast-changing business. “We are in and out of styles very quickly; we do a
large amount of styles per month, and our product needs are always changing,” says Greenberg. “We
add and subtract styles constantly, and we need to be able to react to changes quickly. NGC’s
collaboration tool allows us to do that by putting everyone on the same page, and it’s been really
important for us.”

Better access to information.
Access to information has improved dramatically with NGC’s software. Since all
information is stored in a web-based system, “our overseas vendors can access information while
we’re sleeping, eliminating the need to use email,” Greenberg says. “Anyone can look up information
at any time, and know that they have the most up-to-date information. This has drastically reduced
the amount of time that’s required to get things done.”

Improved business planning.
Extended PLM has helped Swatfame improve its design processes and planning. “We now have
greater visibility and awareness of our design and production functions, and because of that, a
better ability to plan our business,” according to Greenberg. “Also, by having better access to our
design history, we’ve become smarter about design moving forward.”

ERP integration.
NGC’s Extended PLM software integrates with Swatfame’s ERP system, allowing the two
systems to seamlessly share and update information. “With NGC’s software, our users enter the
information once and it filters through all the systems that are used in manufacturing; you don’t
have to keep re-entering,” Greenberg says.

“Extending PLM throughout the supply chain is essential for realizing the greatest gains in
efficiency and lead time reduction, and Swatfame is an excellent example of that,” said Mark
Burstein, president of sales, marketing and R&D, NGC Software. “NGC has developed a close
working relationship with Swatfame, and we’re excited to help position them for continued growth
and expansion.”