UGS PLM Solutions is a leader in product data management, collaboration and product design software. KAB-NX is a software developer and distributor focused on the unique needs of the woodworking and associated industries for the manufacture of Trade Show Exhibits, Store Fixtures, Architectural Interiors and Architectural Millwork. The agreement announced today will expand and enhance UGS PLM Solutions’ software distribution and support in the woodworking industry while enabling KAB-NX to deploy the world’s most advanced solution for this industry.

“The ability to capture, leverage and share individual company knowledge is a breakthrough for the woodworking and associated industries. They have been waiting years for a single platform, knowledge based, solid modeling manufacturing solution,” said Tim Osborne, President, KAB-NX. “With UGNX and Knowledge Fusion, KAB-NX is able to supply tailored solutions on which customers can successfully build their digital future.”

“The breadth and depth of the NX suite of products has proven to be an effective tool set enabling companies to design, analyze and build products ranging from razor blades to space crafts, and our partnership with KAB-NX opens the door for one more industry to follow suit,” said Stephen Brown, president of Indirect Channels in the Americas for UGS PLM Solutions “This relationship represents the key to providing a second-to-none solution. KAB-NX provides industry-specific knowledge and tools that enhance the capabilities of NX as a series of add-ins to give manufacturers in the woodworking industry the tools needed to increase their creativity, efficiency and competitiveness.”

About UGS PLM Solutions
UGS PLM Solutions, a leader in product data management, collaboration and product design software and services with 41,000 clients and more than 2.6 million seats of technology operating in the market, is the product lifecycle management (PLM) subsidiary of EDS. The company works collaboratively with its clients to create solutions enabling them to transform their process of innovation and thus begin to capture the promise of PLM. The integration of the former operations of companies including Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), Engineering Animation Inc. (EAI) and UGS, UGS PLM Solutions has created some of the leading design, collaboration and product data management technologies that ultimately formed the foundation of the PLM industry. Today, the company is a family of one, building on three decades of leadership in continuing to be a pioneer in PLM. For more information on UGS PLM Solutions products and services, visit www.ugsplmsolutions.com or www.eds.com.

About KAB-NX
KAB-NX, Inc, a US company, with over 60 years of industry experience, provides sales to design to manufacturing tools and services for the Woodworking and associated industries. KAB-NX has selected best in class partners in an ongoing commitment to supply innovative and progressive solutions to decrease costs and increase efficiencies in the sales, design and manufacturing areas. For more information visit us at www.kab-nx.com.