Pratt & Whitney Canada (Canada)
Last update: 04/01/2004

Company Overview

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), created 75 years ago, is among the world 's leading designers and manufacturers of turbofans, turboprop and turboshaft engines for regional, business, utility and military aircraft as well as helicopters. P&WC, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide. Based in Longueuil, Canada, the company's operations are also present in Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. To date, P&WC has produced over 55,000 engines for customers in more than 190 countries. It is estimated that every two seconds, an aircraft powered by a P&WC engine lands or takes off somewhere in the world. P&WC customers include: Agusta, Airbus, Bell Helicopters, Boeing, Cessna Aircraft Company, Dassault Aviation, Embraer, Eurocopter, Raytheon Aircraft and many more.

The Challenge

"Our goal is to become an industry leader in designing engines using digital technology throughout the entire product lifecycle," says Amal Girgis, CIO, P&WC. Business challenges: - Reduce time-to-market to maintain competitiveness - Manage seamless collaboration among an ever-growing number of partners worldwide - Empower innovation with a PLM solution that covers the entire engine development process.

Dassault Systemes Response

"To enhance our end-to-end engine lifecycle, we have decided to implement a Dassault Systèmes and IBM PLM solution based on CATIA V5, ENOVIA VPM, ENOVIA Portal and DELMIA," says Amal Girgis, CIO, P&WC.