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PLANO, Texas and Beijing- Januar 15,
2004 - UGS PLM Solutions, the product
lifecycle management (PLM) subsidiary of EDS,
today announced it has provided a grant of Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) software to the
Mechanical & Vehicular School at Beijing Institute
of Technology (BIT). The estimated commercial
value of the grant, which includes Unigraphics®
NX, I-deas® NX Series, Solid Edge®, E-factory and
Teamcenter® visualization tools along with
training and technical support, is US $145
million.
BIT will incorporate the software into current
and new curricula to help undergraduate and
graduate students develop a wide range of skills
in mechanical and vehicular product development.
Students will gain experience with the same PLM
software used by leading companies worldwide to
create products and manage product lifecycles from
initial concept through, design, analysis,
testing, manufacturing, service and retirement. By
increasing collaboration among all members of a
product team, PLM fosters innovative product
design and development, and helps companies bring
their products to market faster.
“On behalf of Beijing Institute of Technology,
I want to express sincere appreciation to UGS PLM
Solutions for providing this industry-leading
software to the school,” said Dr. Jingming Kuang,
president of BIT. “Based on this advanced
software, BIT and UGS PLM Solutions are
establishing a new Digital Collaboration &
Innovation Technology Center, a place where
students, faculty and our industry partners can
benefit from the latest digital design and
manufacturing technologies and research. This
center will also prepare our students to make
significant contributions to the Chinese
Mechanical & Vehicular Industry upon graduation.”
Hans-Kurt Lübberstedt, executive vice
president, managing director -- Asia Pacific for
UGS PLM Solutions, delivered a keynote speech at
the grant presentation ceremony, where he stated,
“I am very happy to represent UGS PLM Solutions
for the official formation of the Digital
Collaboration & Innovation Technology Center and
to celebrate this important milestone. BIT is a
top-level university in China and its schools of
engineering are well known for the caliber of
their programs. As a world-leading provider of
software and services that helps companies
involved in engineering and product development
work more productively, we are proud to build this
alliance and look forward to new opportunities to
enhance the value of BIT to Chinese industry.”
Mr. Guangqin Zhang, the vice minister of the
Commission of Science & Technology and Industries
for National Defense, also offered his
congratulations during his address at the
ceremony.
About Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)
Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) was founded
in Yanan in 1940. In the past 60 years, BIT has
made great contributions to the revolutionary
wars, national defense and socialist constructions
in the spirit of "Unity, Diligence, Practicality,
and Innovation".
In recent years, with in-depth educational
reform and opening to the outside world,
especially through implementation of the "211
Project", BIT has formulated a comprehensive
academic disciplinary system and achieved a
historical advancement in its overall academic
level. For a long time BIT has been one of the
national key universities receiving privileged
state investment. Since its founding, BIT has
turned out more than 70,000 first-rate specialists
and accomplished over 1,000 research projects. Out
of its 3,500 faculty and staff members, there is 1
academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5
academicians of the Chinese Academy of
Engineering, 107 supervisors for Ph.D. students,
331 professors, and 798 associate professors. The
total student number amounts to 18,122, of whom
2,867 are graduate students. The major campus has
an area of 829,000 square meters, with a floor
space of 602,000 square. BIT has now become a
multi-disciplinary university of engineering,
science, management, humanities, economics, law,
and pedagogy.
While maintaining its great strength in
engineering, it pays great attention to the
balanced development of other disciplines. BIT
ranks among the first-class universities for its
high educational and research quality, strong
faculty teams, and academic programs with
distinctive characteristics.
About UGS PLM Solutions
UGS PLM Solutions, a leader in product data
management, collaboration and product design
software and services with 41,000 clients, 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
combination 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
product design technologies that ultimately became
the backbone 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
About EDS
EDS, the premier global outsourcing services
company, delivers superior returns to clients
through its cost-effective, high-value services
model. EDS’ core portfolio comprises
information-technology and business process
outsourcing services, as well as
information-technology transformation services.
EDS’ two complementary, subsidiary businesses are
A.T. Kearney, one of the world's leading
high-value management consultancies, and UGS PLM
Solutions, a leader in product data management,
collaboration and product design software. With
2002 revenue of $21.5 billion, EDS is ranked 80th
on the Fortune 500. The company’s stock is
traded on the New York (NYSE: EDS) and London
stock exchanges.
The statements in this news release that are
not historical statements, including statements
regarding the amount of new contract values, are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the federal securities laws. These statements are
subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many
of which are beyond EDS' control, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from
such statements. For information concerning these
risks and uncertainties, see EDS' most recent Form
10-Q. EDS disclaims any intention or obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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