PLM Gives Auto And High Tech Electronics Increased Enviro Platform For Europe

Collaboration between UGS and Synapsis Technology in the USA will have a trickle-down effect in the Australasia region for companies seeking comprehensive solutions to comply with environmental regulation in the automotive, high tech and electronics industries.

Sydney Australia, 9 Jan 2005 - PLM, the authorised representative for UGS in Australia and NZ, now has the UGS Teamcenter product lifecycle management software portfolio teamed with Synapsis' EMARS software to manage these emerging environmental compliance requirements - particularly for Australasia-based companies that deal, or are planning to deal, with the European Union. 

The new joint solution integrates EMARS� (Environmental Materials Aggregation and Reporting System) software, Synapsis' industry leading solution for environmental material and hazardous substance reporting, with Teamcenter� software, UGS' digital lifecycle management solution and the world's most widely used product lifecycle management portfolio. 

In its January 2005 Alert, "RoHS and WEEE: It's an Executive Problem", AMR Research notes two critical directives that demand attention: "Any company doing business in the European Union (EU) has less than seven months to begin complying with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive and less than 18 months to come into compliance with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. Not meeting these two directives could cost companies millions. They must be taken seriously and be an executive-level priority."

UGS' Teamcenter products enriched with the accurate and timely compliance data generated in Synapsis' EMARS provides the necessary view to design and supply chain engineering for realising true design for the environment. The integrated Teamcenter and EMARS solutions enable organisations to efficiently manage and report on their compliance with several recently enacted and impending environmental regulations primarily affecting the automotive and high tech electronics industries. 

� WEEE imposes on producers of electrical and electronic equipment legal responsibility for financing the treatment, recycling and recovery of consumer electronic goods. 

� ELV (End of Life Vehicle) is a directive adopted by the European Commission which aims at making vehicle dismantling and recycling more environmentally friendly. ELV sets clear quantified targets for reuse, recycling and recovery of vehicles and their components. 

� RoHS dictates certain consumer electronic goods marketed within the EU may not contain more than the permitted levels of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs or PBDEs. 

The joint solution includes several features designed to address the specific requirements of these regulations. 

� Data collection, verification and management 

� Component qualification and exemption management 

� Product qualification and reporting 

� Product bill-of-materials (BOM) aggregation across multiple sourced components 

� Compliance Validation - the ability to compare a BOM with a particular industry standard 

� Data Exchange and Reporting 

� Design for Compliance - the ability to select product components based on material content and their ability to comply with regional standards.

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