| Westford, Mass. – May 10,
2004 - MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE), the
leading provider of collaborative product lifecycle
management solutions for the value chain™, today announced
that Kautex Textron is extending its existing deployment
of MatrixOne's PLM solutions globally. Kautex Textron,
which is headquartered in Germany, belongs to the
Industrial Business Group of Textron and is the world
market leader in the production of plastic fuel tank
systems.
With the support of MatrixOne partner CSC Ploenzke,
Kautex Textron successfully implemented the MatrixOne
solution, allowing the company to focus on its engineering
processes. Kautex Textron has subsequently decided
to roll-out this solution globally and simultaneously
extend it to project management and supplier integration.
Spanning all functional areas, MatrixOne's PLM environment
will provide real-time visibility into all project
information and status from any Kautex Textron location,
reducing time-to-market and optimizing product quality.
"Thanks to the implementation of the MatrixOne
solution, we have already achieved major improvements
in our engineering processes, such as a unification
of BOMs (Bill of Material) and a central management
of CAD data," says Christoph Hermes, CIO at Kautex
Textron GmbH. "The next step of implementing the MatrixOne
solution globally is crucial to our goal of providing
process standardization and real global collaboration
in engineering. Moreover, this state-of-the-art PLM
platform will allow us to centralize our project management
and to integrate our suppliers into the PLM system,
which will streamline sharing of information with
all our partners around the globe."
Most important to Kautex Textron is also the ability
to streamline and accelerate the processes of Part
Management, ECRs (Engineering Change Request) and
ECOs (Engineering Change Order) via the Matrix10 solution.
With the complete deployment of the system, more than
600 internal users across 31 locations will be supported
by the PLM platform, as well as 150 external suppliers
of the company. "Kautex Textron's decision to use
the MatrixOne PLM environment reflects the increasing
need for global collaboration in product development
and the industry trend towards best-in-class and easy-to-implement
Product Lifecycle Management solutions," said Chris
Nicolaes, MatrixOne's Regional Director, Central Europe.
"With our solutions-which provide efficiency by integrating
suppliers in the engineering process-Kautex Textron
will be able to increase its competitive advantage
as a leading manufacturer of high quality products
for the automotive industry."
About Kautex Textron
Founded in 1935, Kautex Textron GmbH belongs today
to the industrial business unit of Textron and supports
its customers in the automotive and packaging industries
with over 5,250 employees in 31 locations worldwide.
Among its main products are plastic tank fuel systems,
a sector in which Kautex Textron is the world market
leader.
About MatrixOne
MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE) is a recognized leader
in delivering collaborative Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) solutions. We provide flexible solutions that
unleash the creative power of global value chains
to inspire innovations and speed them to market. MatrixOne's
customers include global leaders in the aerospace
and defense, automotive, consumer products, high technology,
life sciences, machinery and process industries, including
Agilent Technologies, General Electric, Honda, Johnson
Controls, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Siemens, and
Toshiba. MatrixOne (http://www.matrixone.com/)
is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts with locations
throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.
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