Alpine Mobile Media Solutions Expands PLM Strategy with Dassault Systèmes in China

12/12/2006

ENOVIA SmarTeam for Collaborative Product Data Management

Dalian, China, December 12, 2006 - Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Alpine Mobile Media Solutions, an award-winning manufacturer of automotive entertainment, telematics and drive assistance components, expanded its PLM strategy to include DS’s collaborative product data management (PDM) solution, ENOVIA SmarTeam.  Alpine will use the solution with CATIA V5 for collaborative concurrent engineering between its China and Japan design sites, speeding product time-to-market and improving responsiveness to its leading automotive OEM customer base.

“We chose ENOVIA SmarTeam for its superior PDM functions and scalability.  Alpine required a solution that would seamlessly connect to CATIA (a user since 2002) and allow us to easily evolve our PLM strategy,” says Kazushige Ejiri, deputy general manager, Structural Product Development, Alpine Japan. Alpine holds eight R&D and nine production sites worldwide.  Deploying ENOVIA SmarTeam in preludes Alpine’s creation of unified PLM practices across its worldwide sites.

“Alpine’s incremental approach to global PLM allows it to build competencies regionally and accumulate best practices to then share with other sites,” says Denis Georgeon, general manager, DS PLM China.  “We are delighted to work together towards this goal, sharing DS’s best practices accumulated through 25 years of 3D PLM excellence.”

With DS solutions such as ENOVIA SmarTeam Design Express for Multi-CADs, CATIA PLM Express, etc., PLM solutions are accessible for companies of any size or industry.

In celebration of the successful China-Japan ENOVIA SmarTeam deployment, Alpine will hold an official production launch ceremony at its Da Lian, China ’R&D center on December 12.

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About About Alpine China

Alpine Electronics Inc., with headquarters in Japan, manufactures car audio, visual, navigation and communication systems products. Since 1991, Alpine has invested in seven enterprises in the form of both wholly foreign-owned and joint ventures in China to solidify investment, research, manufacturing, sales and after-service functions. These companies have made a positive contribution to the country’s electronics industry. Under the corporate philosophy of Respect for Individuality, Creating Value and Contribution to Society, Alpine will continue to create more sophisticated mobile entertainment products. As a company whose slogan is Driving Mobile Media Solutions, Alpine will provide customers with even greater enjoyment and satisfaction.

About Dassault Systèmes

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, the Dassault Systèmes group brings value to more than 90,000 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 and ENOVIA for global collaborative lifecycle management, including ENOVIA VPLM, ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam. 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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