Waltham, Massachusetts-based AICorp’s plans to launch its Knowledge-based Management System expert system building tool for IBM mainframes (CI No 868) are now running well ahead of schedule: the system has been available in the US since March and will be launched in the UK and Europe in June; the company is currently setting up a distribution network throughout Europe, and aims to establish two new sales and support subsidiaries in France and Germany by the end of the summer.