INTRODUCING A BREAKTHROUGH IN ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARDS
-- PolyVision Demonstrates the Industry’s First Multimedia Whiteboard at
Presentations & Training Conference --

Atlanta, Ga. (February 24, 2003) – A few months ago the concept of a ‘walk up and use’ multimedia whiteboard was as far fetched as the Internet during the seventies. Today, it is as easy as walking to booth 609 to see the Impulse™ LTX system, the industry’s first multimedia whiteboard in action at Presentations 2003.

PolyVision Corporation, a Steelcase Inc. Company (NYSE:SCS) and worldwide visual communication leader, developed the Impulse LTX multimedia whiteboard system with one goal in mind – simplicity. Michael Dunn, chief executive officer of PolyVision says, “When people can walk up to our products and understand how to use them immediately, we have a winner. We had to create an integrated whiteboard solution that was so easy to use, no training was required. Our development team learned through research and our experience with our CopyCam Image Capturing System, that if you provide basic functionality in an easy to use, intuitive package, you eliminate a major barrier to adoption.”

The Impulse LTX system was specifically designed for corporate and learning environments where there is a need for size and simplicity. Adoption rates are highest where communities of users needed to combine spontaneous capture of whiteboard work with the redisplay of archived information, either written or projected. The new multimedia whiteboard system allows users to:

• Walk up and use the first electronic whiteboard in the industry that does not require pre-meeting setup for use – it doesn’t need to be turned on to operate, it doesn’t need a computer, and the user doesn’t have to be trained;
• Capture written notes spontaneously through patent pending technology that instantly saves images at the click of a button allowing users to:
  • Print to a wireless printer,
  • Save it to a disk,
  • Save to an internal archive for access later from the board or from the local area network;
• Use infinite whiteboard surface allowing seamless brainstorming by instantly recalling written notes or presentations made on the board and stored in its internal archive;
• Instantly connect a laptop to the board and display images and information without having to load any software;
• Interact with projected images without standing in the way by projecting on any part of the board and navigating from anywhere else on the board, a technology called relative mousing. Print and archive the combined information with the touch of one button; and redisplay when needed;
• Add multimedia functionality to presentations through integrated audio speakers.

With sizes up to 4’ x 12’, the Impulse LTX system is the largest and only interactive whiteboard available on the market today and is scheduled to begin shipping in April 2003. Following successful beta testing at national and international corporate and learning environments, customers are already on a waiting list for the first deliveries.

About Steelcase Inc.

Steelcase Inc., a Fortune 500 company, helps individuals and organizations around the world to work more effectively by providing knowledge, products and services that enable customers and their consultants to create work environments that harmoniously integrate architecture, furniture and technology. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the company has led the global office furniture industry in sales every year since 1974. Its product portfolio includes interior architectural products, furniture systems, technology products, seating, lighting, storage and related products and services. Fiscal 2001 revenue was approximately $4 billion. Steelcase Inc. and its subsidiaries have dealers in more than 800 locations, manufacturing facilities in more than 30 locations and approximately 20,000 employees around the world. The company's Class A Common Stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol SCS. For more information, visit www.steelcase.com.

About PolyVision Corporation

Founded in 1954, PolyVision includes four business units: Visual Communication Products, Interactive Products, Visual Communication Surfaces, and Commercial Signage. It is the leading supplier of light-gauge ceramicsteel, critical in the manufacture of quality writing and projection surfaces. The company also produces menu and merchandising boards for food service and banking institutions. PolyVision has approximately 1,150 employees globally and manufacturing plants and/or offices in Alabama, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, Belgium, Denmark and France, among others. Approximately 20 percent of the company’s business is conducted internationally.

Webster, CopyCam, and Impulse are trademarks of PolyVision Corporation.###

Contact:

Megan Gajdos/Wendy Froehlich
PolyVision Corporation
770.447.5043, (c) 404.509.0160
mgajdos@polyvision.com
wfroehlich@polyvision.com

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