-- Easy Access to Extensive Library of Drawings and Models From Suppliers
Throughout Europe Now Available Within Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire --
PARIS, April 1, "MiCAD" /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
PTC(R) (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company(TM), and Trace Parts
S.A., one of Europe's leading parts model providers, today announced the
availability of Trace Parts' TraceOnline parts catalog within Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire. Released in February, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire is the latest version of
PTC's industry-leading product design and development software, and a key
component of the company's breakthrough integral product development system.
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Trace Parts has licensed and integrated PTC's Granite(TM) interoperability
kernel into the Trace Parts Online catalog portal, providing easy and instant
access to millions of native CAD models for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire users.
Engineers and product design professionals can gain productivity and speed up
the overall product development process through new access to components and
3D Pro/ENGINEER CAD models from Europe's leading suppliers in multiple
languages and in multiple formats.
Trace Parts Online is a parts catalog portal that provides product design
professionals with the ability to quickly and easily locate the components
they need, utilizing a powerful search engine and an expansive parts library
that encompasses suppliers and international standards (NF, ISO, BS, DIN, UNI,
ANSI) throughout Europe and beyond. Trace Parts' supplier list includes:
Asco/Joucomatic, Bosch, Boutet, Festo, Fibro, Hasco, HP Systems, INA, Legris,
Nadella, Norelem, NSK, Parker, Paulstra, Rabourdin, Siam-Ringspann, SKF, SMC,
and SNR. Available in many languages, including English, German, French,
Italian, Spanish and Dutch, the Trace Parts portal is accessible to product
designers throughout the world.
"Through this new Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire portal, PTC is enabling engineers
to accelerate their overall development process by providing access to both
standard and custom parts from manufacturers and 3D content partners all over
the world," said Jim Heppelmann, executive vice president and chief product
officer at PTC. "The Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire portal provides designers with
unparalleled access and a direct linking to one of Europe's largest sources of
manufacturers' models."
"By partnering with PTC, we now enable our manufacturers and suppliers to
link their components to the more than 250,000 Pro/ENGINEER users across
Europe and around the world," said Gabriel Guigue, managing director, Trace
Parts S.A. "Our expertise in 3D catalog content management, combined with
PTC's leadership in the product development space benefits both product design
professionals and parts manufacturers by opening the door to world-class parts
designs in one of the world's leading CAD environments."
The component portal can be found on the PTC 'Catalog Directory' at
http://catalogs.ptc.com or through Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire.
About Trace Parts
Trace Parts is the ideal link between parts manufacturers and drawing
offices. It offers a unique software solution for the distribution of CAD
models and component information.
Trace Parts CD is a very extensive parts library seamlessly integrated
within all the main CAD software on the market: SolidWorks, Solid Edge,
Inventor, Mechanical Desktop, thinkdesign, TopSolid, CATIA V5 and
Pro/Engineer. Trace Parts Online is a powerful online internet portal that
delivers CAD models coming from the same parts database as Trace Parts CD.
Trace Parts is a new and fantastic means of communication for all
manufacturers, which brings major productivity benefits to drawing offices,
whether they are specialized in the mechanical, electro-mechanical, tooling,
aerospace or automotive industries.
More information about Trace Parts is available at
http://www.traceparts.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 35,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is
available at http://www.ptc.com/go/pr or call 1-888-782-3776, ext. 901
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 risks and uncertainties include: the Internet's
continued development into a viable collaboration medium and commercial
marketplace; PTC's successful development and integration of the technology
necessary to offer software solutions and related services that adequately
address product development challenges; the success of our integrated
solutions strategy initiatives including our efforts to differentiate our MCAD
offerings by targeting synergies with Windchill; and PTC's effective
coordination and management of joint activities (including sales, marketing,
development, and support) with business partners such as content hosting
service providers in order to deliver products and services that meet those
requirements, together with such other risks and uncertainties as are detailed
from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including PTC's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
PTC and its logo, Product First, The Product Development Company, Simple
Powerful Connected, Pro/ENGINEER, Wildfire, Windchill, Windchill PartsLink,
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.
Investor Relations Contact: Public Relations Contact:
Meredith Mendola Roberta Carlton
(781) 370-6151 (781) 370-5479
mmendola@ptc.com rcarlton@ptc.com
SOURCE PTC
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CONTACT:
Investor Relations, Meredith Mendola,
+1-781-370-6151, mmendola@ptc.com, or Public Relations, Roberta
Carlton, +1-781-370-5479, rcarlton@ptc.com. both of PTC
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