| Paris, France – July 29, 2004
– Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext
Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced the creation
of SmarTeam Europe, a new business unit dedicated
to the sales, marketing, technical support and service
of its SMARTEAM Collaborative Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) Solution in Europe. Dassault Systèmes chose
to strengthen its SmarTeam organization in order to
address the growing diversity and sophistication of
customer requirements, and to sustain strong market
growth from its various sales channels. SmarTeam Europe
increases Dassault Systèmes’ SMARTEAM presence in
Europe, and provides customers and resellers with
greater reactivity and service.
SmarTeam Corporation Ltd., a Dassault Systèmes
company, develops SMARTEAM for collaborative product
data and lifecycle management. SmarTeam Europe now
supports IBM, its Business Partners, and a network
of independent Value-Added Resellers, who actively
sell SMARTEAM to customers in multiple industries.
Managed by Chris Jones, SmarTeam Europe is part
of Dassault Systèmes’ PLM Europe organization. It
has offices in four countries and direct access to
Dassault Systèmes’ Group R&D teams. In addition, a
SMARTEAM service has also been created at Dassault
Systèmes Services in order to accelerate product implementation
in Europe through certified methodologies and project
management.
“Our fast expansion with SMARTEAM is occurring
on many fronts and we want to ensure customer success
through an enhanced and scalable organization, in
complete synergy with our PLM activities in Europe,”
said Denis Senpéré, vice-president PLM Europe, Dassault
Systèmes. “This new team has all key ingredients to
succeed in this mission and I am confident that Chris
Jones will drive it to the next level.”
SMARTEAM is used for diverse mission-critical applications
among a community of more than 1,000 customers in
Europe, of which:
- Volvo Construction Equipment, Liebherr Aerospace,
Buhler, Bombardier Recreational, Maschio Group,
and ARC INTERNATIONAL use SMARTEAM as a full product
development backbone in a multi-CAD environment
linked to various ERP systems.
- Michelin, Snecma, Blum and Gruau use SMARTEAM
for departmental / local product data management
in a multi-CAD environment.
Dassault Aviation, Comverse, and Alstom use SMARTEAM
for Electronics and software development management.
- BNFL, ABB, the Dutch Ministry of Transport and
Kaessbohrer use SMARTEAM for Asset Lifecycle Management.
- AMC Centurion, Borg Warner and Fiat Engineering
use SMARTEAM for Supply Chain relationship management.
- Neopost, Brandt, and Atlas Copco use SMARTEAM
for Document and Information management.
About SmarTeam Corporation
SmarTeam Corporation Ltd. develops, markets, and supports
rapidly implemented, yet totally customizable, product
lifecycle collaboration solutions that drive efficiency,
quality and responsiveness for customer-centric organizations
and their value chains. Founded in 1995, SmarTeam
is one of the fastest-growing companies in the PLM
market, with almost 3,000 customers worldwide and
a broad solutions portfolio that enables manufacturing
organizations and their supply chains to efficiently
manage and collaborate on product information from
concept through retirement. SMARTEAM solutions help
companies gain improvements in product quality, reduce
costs, expedite project turnaround, comply with industry
standards, and shorten time-to-market. SMARTEAM is
a Dassault Systèmes and IBM PLM solution and is delivered
by world-class resellers on every continent.
For more information, visit
http://www.smarteam.comAbout Dassault Systèmes
As world leader in PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value
to more than 70,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer
in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes
develops and markets PLM application software and
services that support industrial processes and provide
a 3D vision of the entire life cycle of products from
conception to maintenance. Its offering includes integrated
PLM solutions for product development (CATIA®, DELMIA®,
ENOVIA®, SMARTEAM®), mainstream product design tools
(SolidWorks), and 3D components (ACIS®) from Spatial
Corp. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY)
and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges.
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