NEEDHAM, Mass., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PTC(R) (Nasdaq: PMTC)
today announced that FCI, a company of the Areva Group specializing in
connectors and interconnect systems, has selected PTC's Windchill PDMLink(TM)
and Windchill ProjectLink(TM) solutions to complete its product development
system. FCI Automotive, one of FCI's divisions, already uses PTC's
Pro/ENGINEER(R). The agreement was finalized in PTC's fiscal 2004 first
quarter ending January 3, 2004.
By providing a single source of data for FCI's 14 design departments
throughout the world, Windchill PDMLink will enable FCI to improve its "Design
Anywhere and Build Anywhere" business initiative. Designers will be able to
easily access the right data at the right time while facilitating concurrent
engineering.
Windchill ProjectLink will support and automate FCI's PACE(R) (Product And
Cycle-time Excellence) process. Global teams will be able to more effectively
collaborate and execute on projects by having easy access to all the latest
corporate templates, project files, and plan information.
With the adoption of PTC's Product Development System, FCI expects to
accelerate time-to-market for its connectors while reducing costs for product
development and promoting technological innovation.
"The addition of Windchill completes our Product Development System, which
is a key element in the development of FCI Automotive's IT infrastructure.
The Product Development System represents a single development platform for
all activities during the product lifecycle. Engineers will be able to create
accurate product models, collaborate with co-workers around the world on the
development of products, and control the process to drive consensus on designs
sooner," says Marc Moulinier, VP and General Manager of FCI Automotive.
Since 1994, FCI has deployed 450 licenses of Pro/ENGINEER throughout its
entire design and manufacturing process for connectors and tooling.
"FCI, by combining the two market-leading product development solutions,
Windchill and Pro/ENGINEER, into an integral product development system, can
now realize the benefits of true product lifecycle management," says PTC
Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer James Heppelmann.
PTC's product development system enables companies like FCI to more easily
implement product lifecycle management (PLM), while meeting the increasingly
complex challenges of product development. This system consists of an
interoperable architecture that enables seamless integration with
heterogeneous CAD systems, powerful federation capabilities for maintaining
data in a mixed system environment, standards-based integration using
commercial enterprise application integration (EAI) technology, and a Web
services infrastructure.
About FCI
Created in 1989, FCI - an Areva Group company - rapidly secured its place
among the world's top three manufacturers of connectors and interconnect
systems. With a turnover of 1.34 billion Euros in 2003, FCI currently
operates in 18 countries where it covers the following markets:
communications, data, consumer, industrial, automotive, and electrical power
interconnect. The company employs 12,500 staff worldwide.
For more information: http://www.fciconnect.com
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) develops, markets, and supports software solutions that
help manufacturers win with superior products. PTC is the world's largest
software company with a total commitment to product development. The company
services more than 33,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is
available at http://www.ptc.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, matters discussed
in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected. These include: the success of our initiatives to
facilitate our customer's understanding of the benefits of our integral PLM
solutions, including return on investment and value creation; Our ability to
successfully develop, integrate and support the technology necessary to
deliver products and services that anticipate and adequately respond to
evolving customer requirements; our ability to realize revenue from the
larger, strategic business opportunities we are pursuing as well as from our
point solutions based on Windchill technology; the success of our partnering,
distribution and customer satisfaction initiatives; the success of our
Windchill integrated solutions strategy initiatives, including our efforts to
successfully compete in the MCAD industry by differentiating our MCAD
offerings by targeting synergies with Windchill; the success of our cost
reduction initiatives; and the effects of a weakened economy which may impact
the overall demand for software and related services; as well as other risks
and uncertainties detailed from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent
reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
PTC and its logo, Product First, The Product Development Company, Product
Development Means Business, Create Collaborate Control, Pro/ENGINEER,
Windchill, and all PTC product names and logos are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation or its subsidiaries in the
United States and in other countries. Microsoft is a registered trademark of
Microsoft Corporation; Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation;
and SAP is a registered trademark of SAP AG Germany.
Investor Contact Press Contact
Meredith Mendola Joe Gavaghan
781-370-6151 781-370-5074
mmendola@ptc.com jgavaghan@ptc.com
SOURCE PTC
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http://www.ptc.com
CONTACT:
Meredith Mendola, +1-781-370-6151,
mmendola@ptc.com, or Joe Gavaghan, +1-781-370-5074,
jgavaghan@ptc.com both of PTC
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