ICON names Rainer Ackermann Chief Financial Officer

Karlsruhe/Santa Clara, September 30, 2005. ICON Supply Chain Management, a leading provider of collaborative supply chain management solutions, today announced the appointment of Dr. Rainer Ackermann as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for its worldwide operations.

As member of the executive management team, Dr. Ackermann is responsible for directing all facets of finance, administration, investor relations and legal functions.

Dr. Michael Keppler, CEO states: "We are pleased to be able to fill the CFO position with Rainer. He brings with him a broad range of experience and has significantly contributed to the success of ICON for a number of years”.

Rainer Ackermann joined ICON in 2002 as Independent Consultant in Germany and shortly thereafter assumed the role of Business Manager at ICON Inc. in Santa Clara, CA. Prior to ICON he worked in a multitude of international positions. He earned a degree in industrial engineering and a doctorate in economics from the Technical University of Berlin as well as an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.


About ICON:
ICON provides flexible, agile, and collaborative supply chain management (SCM) solutions for discrete manufacturing companies and its suppliers. ICON solutions provide exact and reliable global plans for every phase from raw material to the finished product. ICON serves the automotive, general manufacturing and high-tech computer electronics industries. Customers include BMW, Renault, Siemens VDO, Hewlett-Packard and Sanmina-SCI. The company is based in Karlsruhe, Germany, with subsidiaries in Santa Clara, USA and Asia.
For more information please visit www.icon-scm.com.


Contact:

ICON Supply Chain Management

5255 Stevens Creek Blvd. #372
Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA
Phone: +1 408 879 2351

Amalienbadstr. 36, RaumFabrik Bau 31
76227 Karlsruhe, Germany
Phone: +49 721 79008-34

info@icon-scm.com
www.icon-scm.com

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