Press reports July 2003 deal with EDM/PDM
Tewksbury, Mass.,
July 31, 2003 -
SofTech, Inc. (OTCBB: SOFT), a leading provider of design-through-manufacturing
productivity solutions, announced that its Workgroup Technology
Division’s ProductCenter collaborative product data management
(PDM) solution is helping Saint-Gobain’s Crystals Division
increase productivity throughout its international engineering
and manufacturing operations. Efficiencies include reducing
the time it takes to process customer quotations for engineered
products by 20 percent, enhancing customer responsiveness
and decreasing the time it takes to secure new business.
http://www.workgroup.com
Paris, France and Baltimore,
Maryland, July 31, 2003 -
Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY) and Avatech Solutions,
Inc., (OTCBB: AVSO.OB) today announced the signing of
a distribution agreement under which Avatech will significantly
expand its marketing, sales and services in North America
with integrated SMARTEAM Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) solutions from Dassault Systèmes. As a Dassault
Systèmes Business Partner, Avatech will bring the SMARTEAM
PLM solution to its existing 18,000-customer base. Dassault
Systèmes will provide an initial investment to enable
Avatech to ramp up its practice and will benefit from
Avatech’s focus on the small and medium-sized businesses
(SMB) space - the fastest growing segment of the PLM market.
http://www.smarteam.com
Statesville, North Carolina
and Paris, France, July 31, 2003 -
IBM and Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY) today announced
the signing of a contract for Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) solutions with Evernham Motorsports LLC, a leading
NASCAR Winston Cup Series race team. IBM PLM Solutions,
with CATIA® V5 for collaborative product development and
SMARTEAM® for collaborative lifecycle management from
Dassault Systèmes, will allow Evernham Motorsports to
develop high performance race cars through virtual testing
rather than building costly, full-scale physical prototypes.
http://www.smarteam.com
White Plains, N.Y.,
July 30, 2003 -
IBM today extended its portfolio of Express offerings
created specifically for medium-sized customers by announcing
PLM Express solutions. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
is a strategic approach to creating and managing a company's
product-related intellectual capital, from its initial
conception to retirement. These first IBM PLM Express
solutions are ideally suited to the product development
needs of specific manufacturing segments including industrial
components, tooling suppliers, industrial machinery, mobile
equipment, plastics manufacturing and consumer goods.
http://www.smarteam.com
Stuttgart, Germany, July 29 2003
–
Die BMW Gruppe nutzt PLM-Lösungen (Product Lifecycle Management)
von IBM und Dassault Systèmes, um ein neues Fahrzeugprogramm
zu entwickeln. Mit dem Einsatz des CAD-CAM-CAE-Systems
CATIA Version 5 und dem PDM-System (Product Data Management)
ENOVIAVPM schafft BMW die Basis für eine Zusammenarbeit
über Unternehmensgrenzen hinweg. Ziel ist es, den Produktentwicklungsprozess
zu verbessern und die Produktivität zu steigern.
http://www.ibm.com
Needham, Mass, July 29, 2003
-
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company, today
announced it has received a new $1 million order for consulting
and education services from the U.S. Department of Energy's
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The order
was received from LLNL during PTC's second fiscal quarter
(ended March 29, 2003) and the services are scheduled
to be provided over a period of time ending in PTC's first
2004 fiscal quarter (ending December 31, 2003). LLNL,
a PTC customer since 1991, uses PTC product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions for many projects, including
the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a mammoth 192-beam
laser facility focusing on research in national security,
energy and basic science. NIF contains 33,000 square feet
of precision optics and more than 22,000 small optical
components.
http://www.ptc.com
Tewksbury, Mass., July
23, 2003 -
SofTech, Inc. (OTCBB: SOFT), a leading provider of design-through-manufacturing
productivity solutions, announced that its ProductCenter
™ collaborative product data management (PDM) solution
has been selected by E-ONE, a Federal Signal Corporation
company, and leading manufacturer of fire rescue vehicles
for fire departments, rescue/emergency medical service
squads and airports.
http://www.workgroup.com
Westford, Mass., July
21, 2003 -
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), a leading provider of
collaborative product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions
for the value chain™, today announced that The Hayes Company,
Inc., the global leader of decorative lawn and garden
products, has chosen Matrix10™ as the foundation for their
global product development initiatives. The Hayes Company
is using Matrix10, the industry's most flexible PLM environment,
to streamline product development efforts with external
design and manufacturing partners in China which results
in reduced costs, improved quality and faster time-to-market.
http://www.matrixone.com
Tokyo, Japan and Paris,
France, July 18, 2003 -
IBM and Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY) today announced
that Koito Manufacturing has deployed a ground-breaking
product development methodology for automotive lighting
equipment development using IBM PLM Solutions with software
from Dassault Systèmes. Koito’s powerful PLM platform
is made up of IBM and Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA® V5 for
collaborative virtual product development and SMARTEAM®
for product data management, along with Dassault Systèmes’
DELMIA™ for digital manufacturing and processes simulation.
These fully integrated applications are the foundation
of Koito’s innovative methodology, enabling the company
to shorten its development cycle times and improve quality
through automated shape design change updates, design
error reduction, and assembly simulation and validation.
http://www.smarteam.com
Dayton, Ohio, July 14, 2003
-
EDS today announced the immediate availability of advanced
functionality in Teamcenter® Aerospace and Defense, its
market-leading product lifecycle management (PLM) solution
suite used by the world’s top aerospace and defense companies.
EDS made the announcement in conjunction with the 2003
Vectren Dayton Air Show presented by Kroger, which opens
today at Dayton International Airport in Dayton, Ohio.
This year’s event celebrates the 100th anniversary of
powered flight. The new product release enhances collaboration
among global teams involving thousands of users, suppliers
and contractors, while at the same time simplifying their
ability to adhere to stringent security requirements mandated
by global government defense agencies.
http://www.eds.com
Bremen, Germany, July
10, 2003 -
Die CONTACT Software GmbH, seit 1995 Mitglied im Autodesk
Developer Network, hat ihre gewarteten Schnittstellen
zu den Autodesk-Produkten um eine neue Kopplung für Inventor
7 ergänzt. Wie bei allen anderen PDM-Integrationen auch
stehen die Grundfunktionen von CIM DATABASE direkt in
der Oberfläche der 7ner Version zur Verfügung. Dazu zählen
u.a. Laden und Speichern der CAD-Objekte, Verwaltung von
Referenzen, Änderungs- und Versionsmanagement, die automatische
Ausleitung von mehrstufigen Stücklisten sowie die von
Sekundärfomaten. Die Kopplung kann auf allen Windows-Plattformen
- NT/2000/XP- eingesetzt werden. Als nächster Entwicklungsschritt
ist außerdem die Unterstützung von Sachmerkmalleisten
geplant.
http://www.contact.de
Karlsfeld,
Germany, July 9, 2003 –
AIM systems GmbH und Mensch und Maschine starten mit der
Distribution von COMPASS in Benelux und in Schweden. Die
Mensch und Maschine Software AG beginnt ab sofort mit
dem Vertrieb des PDM-Systems in den Benelux-Ländern und
Schweden. Man and Machine NV nimmt COMPASS in seine Produktpalette
auf, wodurch die Engineering-Software jetzt auch in Belgien,
Luxemburg und in den Niederlanden erhältlich ist. Gleichzeitig
forciert Man and Machine Sweden AB die flächendeckende
Vermarktung von COMPASS im nördlichen Europa.
http://www.aimsystems.de
Rijswijk, NL, July
8, 2003 -
Cyco Software, a leading global software company offering
Engineering Data Management (EDM) solutions, today announced
the availability of the Cyco AutoManager® BOM Module,
a powerful and easy to use add-on to the market-leading
Cyco AutoManager® Meridian. The Cyco AutoManager BOM Module
reduces errors in the Bill Of Material creation process
and distribution, cuts design time and boosts inter- departmental
collaboration -- enabling small to medium sized manufacturing
companies to achieve faster time-to-market. The Cyco AutoManager
BOM Module distinguishes itself for its ease of implementation,
affordable pricing, seamless integration with other corporate
enterprise systems and support for a variety of CAD systems.
http://www.cyco.com
Waltham, Mass., July 8, 2003
–
Eigner, a leading developer of precision product lifecycle
management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Shure
Incorporated, a leading producer of high quality microphones
and audio electronics, has selected Eigner as its PLM
solution provider. Founded in 1925 and headquartered in
Niles, Illinois, Shure designs, manufactures and sells
high performance audio equipment to professional and amateur
musicians, broadcasters, schools, governments, houses
of worship and other public venues where sound recording,
amplification or signal processing are required. Music's
best performers and producers rely on Shure -- over 300
musical artists around the world endorse its products.
http://www.ep-ag.com/
Plano, Texas, July 8
2003 -
EDS today announced France’s CN Industries (Missler Software
Group) has implemented Parasolid® software as its new
geometry engine or “kernel” in GOelan, CN Industries’
powerful computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) solution.
CN Industries will use Parasolid to replace the previous
geometry kernel it licensed from an EDS PLM Solutions
competitor. EDS’ Parasolid software is the open geometry
standard used in hundreds of different computer-aided
design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE)
applications worldwide.
http://www.eds.com
Plano, Texas, July 8
2003 -
Attention, 2007 America’s Cup finish line: product lifecycle
management (PLM) software from EDS is helping a world-class
design team attempt to steer its craft toward you faster
than ever before. EDS today announced K-Challenge, the
French team competing in the 2007 America’s Cup race,
will use EDS PLM software solutions to design and develop
its watercraft to meet its aggressive competitive goals.
The 2007 America’s Cup is scheduled for the summer of
2007 in southern Europe.
http://www.eds.com
Karlsfeld, Germany,
July 3, 2003 –
AIM systems, Hersteller des EDM/PDM-Systems COMPASS, meldet,
dass K-TRON International über 90 Arbeitsplätze an verschiedenen
Standorten mit der Software ausstatten will. Als Hersteller
für Extruder-Maschinen, die für verschiedenste Wegefördersysteme
gebraucht werden, um flüssige und granulierte Stoffe in
der Kunststoffindustrie zu fördern, zu mischen und abzuwiegen,
ist K-TRON groß im Geschäft. Pharma Industrie, Nahrungsmittelhersteller
und Elektronikbetriebe stehen auf der langen Kundenliste.
Die Firma hat sich nun zum Ziel gesetzt, alle ihre elektronischen
Produktdaten in einem System zu verwalten. Und zwar nicht
nur die CAD Daten sondern alle Dokumente, die zu einem
Projekt gehören.
http://www.aimsystems.de
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