Dassault Systèmes Partners with Integware to Deliver Industry Focused Solutions for Life Sciences and Consumer Packaged Goods Industries
01/09/2008New CAA Partner Combines Industry Focus with PLM Leadership
Lowell, MA, January 9, 2007 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced a business alliance agreement with Integware, Inc., a leading PLM services and solutions provider for the life sciences and consumer packaged goods markets. Integware will become a gold partner in the DS Component Application Architecture (CAA) Software Community Program expanding DS’s footprint in key industries.
The two companies will work together to develop deep domain solutions for life sciences and CPG companies that will combine ENOVIA’s leading PLM technology with Integware’s fifteen years of implementation and solution development experience and history of success with industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic and Abbott.
According to Joel Lemke, ENOVIA CEO, “Medical Device and CPG companies of all sizes face a competitive marketplace where it is vital to deliver innovative new products while ensuring compliance with increasingly stringent federal regulations that govern most aspects of design and manufacturing. This alliance with Integware will enable us to leverage their impeccable history of customer success, and provide our customers with the solutions they need to promote innovation, improve product quality, and automate manual, paper-based processes that address many FDA and other regulatory compliance risks.”
According to Chris Kay, Integware CEO, “Integware is extremely excited to work together with Dassault Systèmes and ENOVIA. We felt it was the next best step in evolving Integware as a company to provide our customers the very best possible solutions. Our customers will gain not only our experience in deploying industry best practices but also the best in breed technology as we work with ENOVIA to build specialized solutions unmatched in the PLM marketplace.”
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About Integware
Integware is a recognized leader in delivering PLM-based services and solutions for the life sciences and consumer packaged goods markets. Our rich history and trusted client relationships within major regulated industries has empowered us to pair an unmatched understanding or our clients’ business issues with an outstanding level of competence in addressing them efficiently and effectively. Quality and innovation are the keys to remaining competitive, compliant and avoiding costly adverse events such as recalls. By merging product processes and domain knowledge together into integrated PLM platforms, Integware provides the prescription for digital compliance. For more information on Integware, please visit: www.integware.com.
About CAA V5 Software Community Program
CAA (Component Application Architecture) is Dassault Systèmes’ open middleware and development environment for PLM. The CAA Software Community Program is dedicated to ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) willing to develop, sell and support CAA-based applications, fully integrated with CATIA, SIMULIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA. This collaboration results in the expansion of Dassault Systèmes' 3D PLM solutions to cover the entire product lifecycle range, thus enabling mutual customers to take advantage of a larger set of products in response to their specific industrial needs. More Information available at http://www.3ds.com/alliances/software-partnership/.
About Dassault Systèmes
As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 100,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software market since 1981, Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance. The Dassault Systèmes portfolio consists of CATIA for designing the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design - DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing - ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, and 3DVIA for online 3D lifelike experiences. Dassault Systèmes is listed on the Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com
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