Press reports November 2001 deal with EDM/PDM
Needham, MA, November 28, 2001
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PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company™,
today announced that Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGEY) and
PTC will open a joint training center to deliver training
on Windchill® software, one of the leading CPC tools allowing
comprehensive Product Life cycle Management (PLM)in France.
This will provide a more complete service to European
customers of the Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC)
market.
http://www.ptc.com
Waltham, Mass. and Milano,
Italy, November 28, 2001 -
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, today announced that it has
acquired the Italian product data management (PDM) business
unit of Imation Corp. (NYSE: IMN), a worldwide leader
in data storage and information management.
In accordance with Eigner corporate policy, terms of the
deal were not disclosed.
Based in Milano, the Imation PDM unit is one of Italy's
leading providers of product data and document management
solutions for medium- and large-sized manufacturing organizations.
The company's solutions are based on Eigner technology
and its customers include some of the world's most respected
manufacturing organizations such as Olivetti, ItalTel
and Fiar.
http://www.eigner.com
Westford, Mass., November
27, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), a leading provider of
product collaboration solutions for the value chain, today
announced that Elcoteq Network Corporation of Finland
has selected eMatrix™ for collaborative product information
management. MatrixOne partner Technia, a leading supplier
of product collaboration solutions in the Nordic region,
will lead the implementation for Elcoteq's 9,000 employees
and manufacturing operations in thirteen plants located
in twelve countries worldwide. This initiative will support
Elcoteq's global operations as well as enhance collaboration
with employees, partners, customers, and suppliers.
http://www.matrixOne.com
Needham, MA, November 27,
2001 -
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company™,
today announced that its Windchill® version 6.0 software
has achieved certification under the SunToneSM Certification
and Branding program led by Sun Microsystems, Inc. By
accomplishing this certification, PTC's Windchill Collaborative
Product Commerce (CPC) software has SunTone's "seal of
approval."
http://www.ptc.com
Needham, MA and Bad Homburg,
Germany, November 27, 2001 -
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Europe's leading computer company,
and PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company™,
today announced their decision to broaden their joint
activities to include solutions for the Collaborative
Product Commerce (CPC) space. The CPC space is rapidly
growing, and is estimated to be a nearly $50 billion market
by 2005 (Source: Aberdeen Group).
http://www.ptc.com
Lexington, Mass., November
19, 2001 -
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) (Nasdaq: WKGP),
a leading provider of collaborative product data management
(PDM) solutions, announced that it will unveil its new
ProductCenter™ collaborative PDM solution release, ProductCenter
8.0, as well as provide an early preview of its upcoming
ProductCenter integration to Autodesk® Inventor™, at the
ninth annual Autodesk University® to be held at the MGM
Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from November 27 through
30, 2001.
http://www.workgroup.com
Westford, Mass., November
14, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), a leading provider of
product collaboration solutions for the value chain, today
announced that it has reached a new milestone of more
than 100 partners in its Alliance program. Through this
extended network of partners in approximately 40 countries
around the globe, MatrixOne customers worldwide receive
the quality services of system integrators, resellers,
independent software vendors (ISVs), and application integrators
to configure and deploy integrated product collaboration
solutions. These solutions help MatrixOne customers get
competitive products to market faster and at a reduced
cost, which increases the return on investment for customers.
http://www.matrixOne.com
Bremen, Germany and Paris,
France, November 13, 2001 -
The Space Infrastructure business division of ASTRIUM
GmbH today announced it has selected IBM and Dassault
Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY) Product Lifecycle Management
solutions, including Dassault Systemes’ ENOVIAVPM solutions
at its three design and manufacturing sites. These sites,
already up and running with Dassault Systčmes’ CATIA 3D
design solutions, are the locations for development for
the international space station and are already equipped
with CATIA 3D design workstations used by their design
teams, which are comprised of over 100 engineers.
http://www.enovia.com
Needham, MA, November 13, 2001
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PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company™,
today highlighted its success in the defense industry,
focusing on the role PTC solutions have played in the
Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program as it moves to the
System Development and Demonstration phase. The Joint
Strike Fighter is a stealthy, supersonic, multi-role fighter
designed using a customized platform base for the U.S.
Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as the U.K.
Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. An international team
led by Lockheed Martin recently won the contract to produce
the plane. PTC solutions were used by a number of weapons
system contractors on the JSF Concept Demonstration Program.
"Using PTC's Windchill Solutions, the Lockheed Martin
Joint Strike Fighter program gains unprecedented insight
into performance metrics throughout the program," said
John Burdett, JSF Integrated Management Framework project
manager. "This comes with the added feature of accessing
real-time working data through a single, Web-enabled portal."
http://www.ptc.com
Westford, Mass., November
12, 2001 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), a leading provider of
product collaboration solutions for the value chain, today
announced that Heidenheim, Germany based Voith Siemens
Hydro Power Generation GmbH & Co.KG, one of the world’s
premier manufacturers of hydroelectric power plant equipment,
has selected MatrixOne product collaboration solutions.
Implementing MatrixOne solutions will increase Voith Siemens
Hydro’s efficiency by bringing together and managing information
about products for the company’s comprehensive solutions
and services to global energy producers. This unified
view of product information gives Voith Siemens the ability
to speed more innovative technology to its customers,
ultimately resulting in lower operating costs for its
customers’ hydro power plants in a market that is experiencing
increased competitive pressure from globalization and
deregulation.
http://www.matrixOne.com
Westford, Mass., November
8, 2001 -
For its implementation of MatrixOne’s eMatrix™ product
collaboration platform, Pace Micro Technology, the world’s
largest dedicated developer of digital home gateway technology,
has been named as a "Supply Chain Innovator" by Supply
Chain Systems Magazine. This award is given to companies
who have implemented solutions to gain higher efficiencies,
lower costs, and improve service levels in their supply
chain, which in turn leads to increased revenues and new
opportunities.
http://www.matrixOne.com
Waltham, Mass., November
6, 2001 -
Eigner + Partner today outlined a series of announcements
aimed at helping the company deliver its production-proven
solutions to the rapidly growing product lifecycle management
(PLM) market.
Effective today, Eigner + Partner has officially changed
its name to Eigner. The company also introduced its new
senior management team, announced that it has relocated
corporate headquarters to Waltham, MA and announced that
it has received a $17 million investment from Ampersand
Ventures.
http://www.eigner.com
Waltham, Mass., November
6, 2001 -
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, today unveiled its new senior
management team as part of an overall company global introduction.
Frank Azzolino will serve as Eigner's president and chief
executive officer. Azzolino brings a proven track record
of building successful global sales and marketing organizations
for leading hardware and software organizations. Most
recently, Azzolino served as CEO of NetSuite, a leading
developer of network design and discovery software. Azzolino
joined NetSuite as an early stage start-up, and grew the
company through its acquisition in early 2000. Prior to
NetSuite, Azzolino was vice president of corporate development
and general manager of acquired technologies at Parametric
Technology Corporation (PTC). During his nine years there,
the company grew from pre-revenue to over $600 million
in annual revenue. Additionally, Azzolino established
PTC's Asian distribution operation and held a variety
of sales and sales management positions. Prior to PTC,
he held technical marketing and business development positions
at NEC, Cognition and ComputerVision. He holds a BSCE
from Tufts and an MBA from Babson College.
Reporting to Azzolino will be Dr. Martin Eigner as chief
technology officer, Mike Benjamin as chief financial officer,
Everette Jordan as vice president of advanced technologies,
Charly Wachtel as vice president of software application
development, Ben Cesare as vice president of North American
sales and service, Martin Allemann as vice president of
European operations, Paul Giaconia as vice president of
product marketing, and Frank Waldman as vice president
of business development.
http://www.eigner.com
Waltham, Mass., November
6, 2001 -
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, today announced that it has
received a $17 million investment from Ampersand Ventures.
The funds will be used to continue the company's product
development and customer support initiatives, and to expand
the company's sales, marketing and business development
programs as it begins an aggressive strategy to enter
new world markets.
http://www.eigner.com
Waltham, Mass., November
6, 2001 -
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Siemens
Audiologische Technik GmbH, the worldwide leader in manufacturing
and sales of hearing instruments, has deployed a product
lifecycle management solution based on Eigner technology.
Siemens' PLM solution provides users in Germany and Singapore
with real-time access to engineering and production information,
resulting in increased collaboration between design teams
and faster product development. The solution features
Siemens-specific reporting capabilities and is integrated
with other critical design and business systems such as
BaaN, Pro/Engineer and office productivity applications.
http://www.eigner.com
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