The Aliso Viejo, California company said that it would use the Softbank money to expand into new on-line markets. ZipLock already supports nine languages. It soon will allow on-line purchases in Japanese. San Jose, California-based Metrowerks is the supplier of the popular CodeWarrior integrated development environment solution.
Current plans call for upgrading the branch to a subsidiary in the spring.
CAE Solutions put up the remaining 35.75 percent of the new company's equity.