Product Development Experts From the World's Leading Manufacturing Companies
to Present
Winner of Annual PTC Design Award and Alliance Partner Award to be Announced
NEEDHAM, Mass., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the
Product Development Company(TM) and PTC/USER, an independent, not-for-profit
corporation organized by PTC users, today announced that the annual PTC/USER
World Event-Americas, taking place June 13-16 in Nashville, will host
customers from more than 20 countries around the world, as PTC's influence on
global product development continues to grow. The event will feature more
than 80 technical and business seminars, tutorials and demonstrations
presented by expert PTC users, partners and PTC staff. Highlights include a
keynote session presented by David Holden, team engineer with NASCAR's
legendary Richard Childress Racing and an exhibit hall with more than 90
demonstrations of the latest tools and technologies from Industry Partners
such as Adobe Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems.
At the event, PTC will provide corporate and technology updates from
President and CEO Dick Harrison and Executive Vice President and Chief Product
Officer Jim Heppelmann. PTC will also announce the winners of the 12th annual
PTC Design Awards Competition and annual Global Alliance Partner Award.
With adoption of PTC's Product Development System (PDS) continuing to
grow, this year's event will provide users an opportunity to participate in
hands-on training and best practices sessions focused on key PTC solutions,
including the newest versions of PTC's design software, Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire(TM) 2.0, and new collaboration and control solution Windchill(R) 7.0.
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire(TM) has achieved record customer adoption of an
estimated 52% percent since its introduction in February 2003. PTC has also
achieved success with Windchill(R) 7.0, growing the Windchill customer base by
almost 15% in just six months since its introduction.
"This year's PTC/USER event is coming in the midst of a lot of excitement
and focus on PTC and its newest product offerings," said Pierre Quesnel,
president of PTC/USER. "The latest releases of PTC's product design and PLM
solutions are enjoying strong customer adoption. Our event provides users the
opportunity to gather with peers, partners and PTC to learn and share tips,
techniques and best practices -- to help them maximize their PTC experience."
At the end of the conference, PTC will announce the overall winner of the
twelfth Annual PTC Design Awards Competition, to be voted on by participants
at this year's event. More than 350 entries were submitted this year - and an
expert panel of independent judges have already selected category winners
based on several criteria, including the entries' comprehensive use of PTC
solutions, creativity and technical merit.
The eight individual category winners in the running for the overall PTC
Design Award are:
-- Consumer: SQUARE 1 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT -- Sprung "Hat-Trick" In-line
Skate
-- Education, K-12: Mechanical Engineering School -- Locomotive GE -- 9 --
44CW
-- Education, College and University: University of Limerick -- Battleship
Bismarck
-- High-Tech Electronics: PLUG POWER L L C -- Plug Power GenCore 5T
-- High-Tech Electronics: Daktronics, Inc. -- Toyota Center Multi-Sided
Centerhung Display
-- Heavy Equipment: John Deere -- John Deere 3235 C LWFM
-- Life Sciences: Product Development Technologies -- Portable Lancing
Device
-- Transportation: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS, INC. -- EVINRUDE 40-
90HP E-TEC Outboard Motor
More information about the category winners and their design submissions
is available online at
http://www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/ptcawards/winners.jsp.
PTC will also be announcing the winner of its annual Global Alliance
Partner Award. The award recognizes one of the 73 global alliance partners
that has been an exemplar for promoting value in the Product Lifecycle
Management market place. The global alliance partner program is now in its
sixth year of creating an ecosystem of the extended PLM marketplace. The
ecosystem supports the strategic consulting, hardware and software platform,
and applications implementations of PTC's product development systems
solutions.
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) develops, markets, and supports software solutions that
help manufacturers win with superior products. With a total commitment to
product development and product lifecycle management (PLM), the Company
services more than 35,000 customers worldwide. PTC is included in the S&P 500
and Russell 2000 indices. Further information on PTC is available at
http://www.ptc.com/index.htm.
About PTC/USER
PTC/USER is the independent voice for users of software produced by PTC of
Needham, Massachusetts. PTC/USER is the sole entity recognized by PTC as the
official worldwide representative of its customers.
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. Such risks include the ability of PTC to develop the
technologies necessary to deliver products and services that meet evolving
customer requirements and the success of PTC's customer satisfaction
initiatives in providing the foundation for long-term relationships and repeat
business, as well as those that are detailed from time to time in reports
filed by PTC with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's
most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
Contact Information:
Maria Battaglia Kalley Thomas
PTC Global Public Relations Weber Shandwick Worldwide
617-233-4372 617-520-7240
mbattaglia@ptc.com kthomas@webershandwick.com
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CONTACT:
Maria Battaglia of PTC Global Public
Relations, +1-617-233-4372, mbattaglia@ptc.com; or Kalley Thomas
of Weber Shandwick Worldwide, +1-617-520-7240,
kthomas@webershandwick.com
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