Press reports March 2002 deal with EDM/PDM
Suresnes, France, March
29, 2002 -
Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ: DASTY) and 3Dconnexion, a Logitech
company, (NASDAQ: LOGIY) announced today that they have
signed a Technology Development Agreement. As long-time
Dassault Systemes technology partner, 3Dconnexion will
work closely with Dassault Systemes to develop a broader
use of 3D motion controllers and peripherals, and improve
integration with 3D PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
applicative environment. By investing in on-site development,
the two companies will consolidate their technological
cooperation.
http://www.ptc.com
Paris, France and Tokyo,
Japan, March 26, 2002 -
IBM and Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY) announced today
the signing of a strategic agreement with Toyota Motor
Corporation, a leading automobile manufacturer, to build
a world-class collaboration around PLM Solutions covering
end-to-end vehicle development processes. Toyota will
use Dassault Systemes’ 3D PLM solutions.
http://www.ptc.com
Needham, Mass., March 20, 2002
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PTC(r) (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company(tm),
today announced that TRW Inc. has successfully implemented
three Windchill applications in just six months to enhance
automotive production processes. In its continuing effort
to increase productivity during the current challenging
economic climate, TRW Automotive plans to apply PTC(r)
solutions purchased during the past three quarters to
additional business processes in the near term, demonstrating
its commitment to PTC solutions.
http://www.ptc.com
Burlington, Mass., March 20,
2002 -
Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC) (NASDAQ: WKGP),
a leading provider of Web-enabled, extended enterprise
collaborative product data management software solutions,
today announced that it has rejected an unsolicited acquisition
offer from Rocket Software, Inc.
http://www.workgroup.com
Waltham, Mass. and Stutensee,
Germany, March 20 2002 -
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, and Dr. Maier CSS, a leading
PLM consultancy and Eigner business partner, today announced
that J. Schmalz GmbH, a leading manufacturer of vacuum
handling technology, has implemented a PLM solution based
on Eigner technology.
http://www.eigner.com
Chicago, March 19,
2002 -
GlobalSpec, Inc., the only Web-based, integrated product
classification and discovery gateway, today announced
the release of SpecStation for MatrixOne at the Design
Show of National Manufacturing Week. SpecStation is a
Web-based component supplier management (CSM) application
for the classification and sourcing of component content
that allows engineers to search a rich database of parts
and automatically enter the data into their MatrixOne
system. Expanding on six years of expertise in providing
a solution for content management and technical product
discovery, GlobalSpec, in cooperation with MatrixOne,
created SpecStation for MatrixOne to fill a critical gap
in the enterprise value chain for managing product content
that is highly searchable, rapidly accessible, expertly
classified and specification-rich.
http://www.matrixOne.com
Needham, Mass., March
18, 2002 -
PTC(r) (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company(tm),
today outlined its efforts to deliver interoperability
with other enterprise applications in support of Product
First™, its recently announced comprehensive business
strategy to spur growth in the manufacturing sector. Today's
interoperability announcement includes a strategic partnership
with another leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
vendor, the announcement of a new partner program, and
a review of PTC's direct data integration solutions. (See
related release on agreement with EDS.)
http://www.ptc.com
Plano, Texas and Needham, Mass.,
March 18, 2002 -
In an initiative targeting over $1 billion in annual costs
associated with the lack of interperoperability in manufacturing
software, EDS (NYSE: EDS) and PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) today
announced the signing of a technology exchange agreement.
Under the terms of the agreement both companies will share
toolkit technology and exchange end-user products. Both
EDS and PTC will have the ability to provide interoperability
between their respective product lifecycle management
(PLM) solutions.
The lack of interoperability in the automotive supply
chain alone carries an estimated price tag of $1 billion
per year, according to the National Institute of Standards
& Technology (Interoperability Cost Analysis of the U.S.
Automotive Supply Chain, 1999). Interoperability is a
major challenge in other manufacturing sectors, as well,
including aerospace, high-tech, consumer products and
industrial machinery.
The agreement between EDS and PTC brings together two
market leaders in an initiative aimed at helping manufacturers
decrease interoperability costs and associated data integrity
problems. In particular, interoperability between EDS
and PTC software will significantly improve situations
where a mix of their software currently exists, as is
often the case between OEMs and supply chain communities.
http://www.ptc.com
Westford, Mass. and
Fairfax, Va., March 12, 2002 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: MONE), a leading provider of
product collaboration solutions for the value chain, and
webMethods, Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM), a leading provider of
integration software, today announced that the companies
have partnered to help customers seamlessly integrate
their product collaboration solution with other applications
throughout their enterprise. Together, solutions from
MatrixOne and webMethods, two of the software industry's
leading infrastructure platforms, enable businesses to
quickly achieve greater automation of business processes.
http://www.matrixOne.com
Hamburg, March 08, 2002
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The Hatlapa Uetersener Maschinenfabrik in Schleswig Holstein/Germany
has agreed with keytech to implement the PDM system ProfiDB.
The first, quickly to implement task is due to expansion
of 3D design the integration of SolidWorks. The management
decided not to go into company wide 3D design without
data management. Therefore they searched for a data management
solution, which can be scaled later to a company wide
PDM system. The leading system for the data search and
retrieval of design data and storage and load of the existing
2D system ME10 remains for a while CoCreate Workmanager.
The task of the current project is to integrate ProfiDB
and SolidWorks in that existing environment. keytech and
Hatlapa agreed, that in a further project step ProfiDB
will replace Workmanager in total and that the ERP system
Infor will be integrated in this new environment.
http://www.keytech.de
Detroit, March 05, 2002
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EDS today announced the release of Vis Concept™ 3.0, a
Teamcenter product from the company’s PLM Solutions line
of business. EDS made the announcement in conjunction
with the Detroit SAE 2002 World Congress, March 4-7, the
largest automotive original equipment service, parts and
components exhibition in the world.
Vis Concept is a software solution used to present conceptual
designs as full-size virtual prototypes, and enables manufacturers
to experience, evaluate and explore products designs in
a realistic virtual environment. Vis Concept also allows
designs to be presented to a wide range of prospects and
focus groups in the concept phase, helping to create a
product that satisfies the target market.
http://www.plmsolutions-eds.com
Waltham, Mass., March 05,
2002 -
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, and usb Management Consulting
and System Development GmbH, a leading PLM consultancy
and Eigner business partner, today announced that ARTEC,
a consortium formed by four leading European aerospace
and defense manufacturers, has implemented Eigner technology
to manage the product lifecycle for its Multi-Role Armored
Vehicle (MRAV) program.
http://www.eigner.com
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