PLM company announces new contracts

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jun 27, 2007

General Motors is set to extend its current PLM software license agreements with UGS PLM Software.

UGS PLM Software has announced multiple contract wins with key customers spanning UGS PLM Software product suites, major industries and regions around the world.

UGS PLM Software made the announcements in conjunction with its annual industry analyst event, at which key company executives plan to share the company's go-forward vision for the PLM and production automation markets.

"Siemens and UGS have come together to drive both a compelling and shared vision for changing the game in the PLM and automation markets through the integration of the virtual world and the physical world".

"We have already started to execute on this vision, and it's now time to take our plans out to the market", said Tony Affuso, Chairman and CEO of UGS PLM Software.

"The combination of Siemens and UGS will strengthen our ability to enable global innovation networks as well as an open architecture on which companies can accelerate their own ability to innovate".

General Motors is set to extend its current PLM software license agreements with UGS PLM Software.

The agreements extend the use of UGS PLM Software's PLM technology and services and expand GM's use of UGS Tecnomatix software, UGS PLM Software's digital manufacturing solution for factory layout, simulation and process planning.

Fischer Automotive Systems, a global automotive supplier that produces kinematics components, will use UGS PLM Software's UGS Teamcentre for the development and production of multifunctional car interior pieces such as ashtrays and air vents, and for the kinematics of individual components.

The Fischer group has used UGS NX for more than 20 years in its construction and manufacturing processes.

The Machinery Division of LS Cable, one of the largest cable manufacturers in South Korea, has standardised its Product Data Management (PDM) with UGS PLM Software's UGS Teamcentre portfolio.

The Machinery Division of LS Cable manufactures tractors, air-conditioners, refrigerators and injection moulding machines.

LS Cable also uses UGS NX, UGS PLM Software's digital product development software, and has done so for more than five years.

Procter and Gamble (PandG) renewed its commitment to UGS PLM Software with a contract extension focused on expanding the benefits PandG experienced through the use of UGS PLM Software technology at the business unit level across the company.

PandG has realised important value in terms of innovation, quality and cost savings from the full suite of UGS PLM Software solutions, which the company has deployed at the business unit level worldwide.

Teradyne, a supplier of automatic test equipment used to test complex electronics for the consumer electronics, automotive, computing, telecommunications, and aerospace and defense industries, has implemented UGS PLM Software's UGS Teamcentre product data management (PDM) solution as its PLM platform.

Hidral, a Spanish company specialising in elevator design and manufacturing, selected UGS PLM Software's UGS Teamcentre solution in order to transform its process of innovation through knowledge sharing and optimising the product development process.

Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic selected UGS PLM Software's UGS Teamcentre product data management (PDM) solution as the backbone for its first PLM implementation.

As one of the leading electronic producers in China, XOCECO manufactures a wide range of quality products such as audio-visual equipment and telecommunication devices, which are sold in China and exported to more than 100 countries worldwide, where its products are known as Prima brand.