| Munich, Germany and Paris, France
- October 13, 2004 – IBM and Dassault Systèmes
today announced that Siemens ICM, one of the world’s
largest manufacturers of GSM mobile and cordless phones,
has selected their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Solutions as its mechanical design platform for production
of its cordless and mobile phone products.
Siemens will implement CATIA V5, for collaborative
product design, and SMARTEAM, for collaborative product
data management. These IBM PLM Solutions, developed
by Dassault Systèmes, will enable Siemens ICM to capture,
share and reuse design information across its mechanical
development and manufacturing environment, which includes
operations in Germany, Denmark and China. CATIA V5
and SMARTEAM will also help Siemens maintain a competitive
advantage with superior technological know-how and
product development tools.
“We undertook extensive efforts to compare and
validate different mechanical design solutions,” Hermann
Thonhauser, vice president for mechanical design and
development IT, Siemens Mobile Phones. “IBM PLM Solutions
developed by Dassault Systèmes were clearly the winner.
With CATIA V5, we have an application portfolio that
is very powerful and gives us the most flexibility
in terms of design possibilities and data reuse from
one model to the next. The SMARTEAM product data management
solution responds to our need to store, retrieve and
share mechanical product data among our worldwide
teams.”
“Electronics manufacturers around the world are leveraging
IBM PLM technologies to turn innovative ideas into
business success,” said Raoul van Engelshoven, vice
president, IBM PLM, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
“Our solutions allow electronics manufacturers to
develop products in line with consumer trends, reduce
turnaround time and create customer loyalty with quality
products that are priced right. Accelerated time-to-market,
innovation, additional revenue streams, and cost savings
- this is what IBM PLM is all about.”
“CATIA and SMARTEAM enable electronics developers
such as Siemens to capture their valuable engineering
and manufacturing rules as corporate knowledge and
optimize their end-to-end business processes,” said
Denis Senpéré, vice president PLM Europe, Dassault
Systèmes. “Knowledge reuse and sharing means Siemens
can leverage its existing designs and significantly
reduce product development cycles and costs.”
MDTVISION, a wholly owned services subsidiary of
IBM, is managing solution implementation, training
and support services at Siemens ICM. “The Siemens
name is synonymous with high quality and innovation
- and this is what we aim to deliver,” said Urban
Mayer, CEO of MDTVISION in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
“This new contract, based on solid and long-term cooperation
between global leaders, will impact the innovative
product development processes at Siemens and surely
lead to more breakthroughs in mobile communication
for people on the go.”
About Siemens Information and Communication
Mobile Group
The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group
(Siemens mobile) offers a complete range of mobile
solutions including mobile devices, infrastructure
and applications. Devices include mobile phones, wireless
modules, mobile organizers and cordless phones as
well as products for wireless home networks. The infrastructure
portfolio includes GSM, GPRS and 3G mobile network
technologies from base stations and switching systems
to intelligent networks, e.g. for prepaid services.
Mobile Applications cover end-to-end solutions for
Messaging, Location Based Services or Mobile Payment.
For fiscal 2002 (September 30), Siemens mobile recorded
sales of EUR 11 billion and employed approximately
28,600 people worldwide.
www.siemens-mobile.com
About MDTVISION
MDTVISION is a leading European supplier of consulting
and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services supporting
industrial companies to improve their design-to-manufacturing
processes. A wholly owned services subsidiary of IBM,
MDTVISION address business needs of companies of all
sizes, in the automotive, aerospace and defence, general
manufacturing and machinery, consumer product and
electro-mechanical industries. Customers can profit
from a complete range of services designed to help
them define, implement and maintain end-to-end solutions
in CAD/CAM, PDM, document and information management,
suppliers integration, digital factory and manufacturing
simulation. The service portfolio includes consulting,
integration and deployment, education, user support
and outsourcing of applications. For more information,
visit
www.mdtvision.de
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest technological company,
providing leadership and innovation throughout the
world for more than 80 years. IBM is the largest supplier
of "hardware," "software" and Information Technology
services, and pioneered the development and implementation
of "e-business" solutions. IBM Sales & Distribution,
which supports more than a dozen key industries worldwide,
works with companies of all sizes around the world
to deploy the full range of IBM technologies. The
fastest way to get more information about IBM is through
the IBM home page at
www.3ds.com
About 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 retirement. 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.
For more information, visit
www.3ds.com
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