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| CAD, CAM, CAE, design, technical drawing, drafting, delineation, visualization, manufacturing | ISSN 1442-2255 |
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EDS' Unigraphics NX Software Selected As Corporate Standard By World's Leading Solution Provider for the Print Media IndustryHeidelberg Places Multi-Million Dollar Order for EDS Software and Services To Unify Product Development and Manufacturing Systems
PLANO, Texas, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS (NYSE:EDS) today announced Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has placed a multi- million dollar order for Unigraphics NX software and services. Heidelberg, the leading solution provider for the print media industry, will use Unigraphics NX as its corporate standard for all product development in its large sheet-fed offset print business line. Heidelberg's decision followed a comprehensive benchmark between the company's two currently installed computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) software systems and their suppliers. Based on the results of that benchmark, Heidelberg selected EDS and its Unigraphics NX software to create a consistent CAD environment. The company placed an initial order for 350 licenses of Unigraphics NX, replacing an equal number of software licenses of a legacy system from one of EDS' competitors. Heidelberg designed its benchmark using the following six categories for evaluation: - - General functionality including part modeling, assembly handling, usability, integrated finite element modeling (FEM) and kinematics analysis. - - Data migration. - - Quality of interface to SAP-PLM business software. - - Required investment in hardware, software, implementation services and training. - - Level of integration between CAD and CAM. - - Market position of the supplier. "We are particularly pleased to be selected as Heidelberg's corporate standard for product development," said Jim Duncan, EDS PLM Solutions President for Europe. "This reinforces the global success of Unigraphics NX in the machinery marketplace and particularly our success in Germany. It does credit not only to our people and technologies, but also to our Open by Design strategy for integrating into the real world environment of our clients." Heidelberg is using a product known as "PLM4UG" from software vendor DSC as a direct link between Unigraphics NX and SAP-PLM. About Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGHeidelberg is the world's leading solutions provider of the print media industry with nearly 25,000 employees in 170 countries. Headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, the company manufactures sheetfed, digital and web press systems as well as prepress and postpress components, software and consumables for all printing applications. Heidelberg has by far the largest manufacturing and support network in the industry with 18 manufacturing sites and 250 support centers worldwide providing 240,000 customers with service and knowledge. The company generates 85% of its sales through its own sales companies. For the fiscal year 2001/2002 sales by the Heidelberg Group were approximately Euro 5 billion. In the first half of fiscal year 2002/2003 Heidelberg achieved sales of approximately Euro 1.9 billion. About EDSEDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation, business transformation and operational solutions for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's leading companies and governments in 60 countries. EDS reported revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.
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