| Westford, Mass. – August
24, 2004
– MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE),
a leading provider of collaborative Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today
announced that global equipment manufacturer Linde
AG has selected MatrixOne's Matrix10 PLM
environment as the foundation for the Company's
collaborative engineering efforts in its Materials
Handling business segment. The Matrix10 deployment
will enable Linde to reach its strategic
objectives in the area of product management.
Linde is a worldwide leading provider of forklift
truck and warehouse equipment and services.
The Matrix10 implementation encompassing
approximately 1,200 desktops will allow Linde to
improve product quality while simultaneously
reducing production costs and accelerating time to
market. By driving standardisation across key
business processes, the PLM platform will
accelerate and improve product innovation cycles.
The combination of the Matrix10 platform and the
MatrixOne Engineering Central™ application will
serve as the foundation of Linde's collaborative
engineering efforts across its global workforce.
For the first time, Linde will integrate its
internal and external partners, as well as all
product data and project management information,
which will lead to standardised and effective
development processes and structures.
"MatrixOne was chosen as the foundation of our
collaborative engineering efforts because of the
high flexibility inherent in the system. It
enables us to connect all suppliers of our
business segment to our engineering team," said
Andre Schlotz, PLM project manager for Linde. "As
economic pressures continue to impact our product
costs, Linde will need to continually look for an
advantage to reduce product development costs
while increasing product quality and time to
market. In Matrix10, MatrixOne has delivered the
collaborative environment needed for us to achieve
these goals."
"Linde is a positive example of an innovative
manufacturer that sees the strategic value that
can be delivered by PLM to reduce product
development costs, time to market and competitive
advantage by changing its business processes to
provide a collaborative development environment
that brings together all people involved in the
development process, from engineers through
suppliers," said Chris Nicolaes, Director Central
Europe at MatrixOne. "By utilising MatrixOne's PLM
solutions, Linde will be able to provide
cross-development group and company-wide
collaboration across the global enterprise,
improving product innovation and development by
streamlining traditional business processes."
About Linde
Linde is an international technology group
headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany. The company
employs about 46,600 people around the globe and
had a turnover of about €9 billion in 2003. Linde
holds a leading market position in each of its
three business segments: Gas and Engineering,
Material Handling and Refrigeration. The Material
Handling business segment manufactures a wide
assortment of warehouse equipment including
engine-powered forklift trucks, electric trucks
and warehouse trucks across three separate brands
- Linde, STILL and OM Pimespo, as well as through
its strategic partner Komatsu.
Go to
http://www.linde.de for more
information
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 the process industries,
including Agilent Technologies, General Electric,
Honda, Johnson Controls, Philips, Procter & Gamble,
Siemens, and Toshiba. MatrixOne (www.matrixone.com)
is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts with locations
throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.
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