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As a world leader in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), Dassault Systèmes develops and markets comprehensive software and service solutions for organizations of any size and across eleven key industries.
Built on an open and scalable web-based platform, our integrated solutions support industrial processes across the entire lifecycle of products – from conception to maintenance to recycling.
Leveraging the strengths 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, our solutions will help you harness collective intelligence from your
product development stakeholders effectively, enabling you to deliver innovative products to market faster with
high quality and reduced costs.
Discover the current offers dedicated to your market

DELMIA: The Robotic Whisperers Online e-Series: Launch & Part 1
Who Are THE ROBOT WHISPERERS?
Just two guys — with a passion for robotics and exceptional knowledge of the world’s most advanced 3D robotic simulation and programming solutions.
Register today for the exclusive premiere of a new online e-Seminar series. Episode 1 will reveal the Robot Whisperers' true identities as well as share secrets that explain how innovative 3D technologies can help you build a better working relationship with your robots.

3DVIA Composer for Energy On-Demand e-Seminar
The new 3DVIA Composer marketing campaign: “Power Up Your Product Communications” is available and ready to be distributed to your contacts. This campaign is targeted at customers and prospects in the Energy industry. Interested responders can view this On-Demand e-Seminar and discover how 3DVIA Composer helps energy companies revolutionize the way they describe, present and document their products and improve the bottom line.
ENOVIA V6 Program Management/IP Lifecycle Whitepaper
Mid-market companies face a variety of challenges, including: uniting people, processes, content and systems to achieve competitive advantage. Now, more than ever, it's critical for you to effectively manage product design, delivery and support, as well as optimize collaborative design and engineering processes. What's needed to take your company to new heights? Download three new white papers from CIMdata and discover how Dassault Systèmes' V6 technology can help you: lower total cost of ownership on your PLM investment, streamline your project and program management tasks list and take control of your company’s intellectual property.
CATIA for Composites eSeminar Series (Part 2)
Join us for the next installment in our eSeminar series and learn how the DS Composites Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solution provides an end-to-end strategy covering every aspect of the composites design to manufacture process, regardless of industry...

CATIA for Mold and Die e-Seminar
Coupled with the typical pressures to innovate, improve product quality, reduce time and lower costs, mold and die manufacturers face major challenges such as the emergence of new players and lower cost labor luring work offshore. Watch this recently recorded session to hear GID Corporation and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) leader Dassault Systèmes discuss how investing in a PLM business strategy can help you improve your overall design and manufacturing processes, and deliver the competitive edge you need.
DELMIA: Sogeti Digital Manufacturing Book Offer - Aerospace
Get "Manufacturing Ready" for Maximum Profitability
Request your complimentary copy of "Virtual Concept > Real Profit with Digital Manufacturing and Simulation"* - a new book written by Dassault Systèmes and Sogeti High Tech. You'll discover how innovative 3D technology, including digital manufacturing, can revolutionize the way aircrafts are developed and manufactured.

Industrial Equipment: IndustryWeek Value Stream Case Study e-Seminar
Do you need to better prioritize resources and align improvements across your company? Learn how L&T Heavy Equipment Division uses PLM to achieve a lean strategic advantage in areas such as engineering and change management. Register for this IndustryWeek on-demand e-Seminar now.

Consumer Packaged Goods: Co-existing with SAP in CPG Whitepaper
You can’t really expect your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application to effectively manage your complex product design and development processes? Download a new white paper entitled “Emerge with Advantage in CPG: Increase Revenue and Profits by Linking PLM with ERP" to discover the inherent differences between PLM and ERP systems and learn how they can work together, in their respective domains, to deliver maximum ROI and create the best environment for product innovation.
CATIA for Composites e-Seminar Series (Part 1)
Join us for a new e-Seminar series and learn how the DS Composites Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solution provides an end-to-end strategy covering every aspect of the composites design to manufacture process, regardless of industry...

Energy Showroom
Discover how your organization can leverage Dassault Systèmes 3D and Plant Lifecycle Management solutions by visiting our brand new Energy Interactive Showroom. Whether you are in Oil and Gas, Power Generation or Wind Turbine Manufacturing, you’ll learn how can you achieve real cost savings, minimize risk and improve operational efficiency.
Shipbuilding: Configuration Change Management with V6 PLM 2.0
This new brief video, developed specifically for the shipbuilding industry, shows you how to reduce costs with part-based configuration change management capabilities in the Dassault Systèmes’ (DS) V6 platform.

New Technology Leadership Paper: Business Value of Virtual Planning and Training in the Energy
Download our new industry whitepaper and discover how innovative 3D virtual planning and training solutions can maximize operational efficiency, reduce financial risk, and most importantly, keep your workforce safe.

Automotive: Speed Shifting Whitepaper
To be successful in today’s challenging global economy, automotive organizations must be able to adapt in real time, to innovate and quickly deliver winning products. A new white paper explores how PLM 2.0 – the next generation of PLM makes this possible, by providing a 3D online environment for all. Now project stakeholders can work concurrently via a simple Web connection to innovatively design, develop and deliver higher quality vehicles to market faster.
Consumer Packaged Goods: Better Faster Smarter PLM Playbook
More than ever, CPG companies need to score top-line growth by bringing better products to market faster, while achieving bottom-line savings. Download this new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Playbook from Dassault Systèmes to learn how your company can play "better, faster, and smarter" against your competitors using innovative PLM solutions.

Aerospace: Aviation Week e-Seminar: Managing IP and Export Control Case Study
In this On-Demand e-Seminar, featuring Parker Aerospace, hear top organizations discuss key strategies on dealing with multi-national export issues and intellectual property control.

Industrial Equipment: Value Streams & PLM Whitepaper
Industrial Equipment manufacturers are being increasingly pressed to do more with less to remain competitive. A new white paper from the Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) outlines specific actions IE organizations can take to achieve more efficient product development and manufacturing operations.

Lean Manufacturing E-Seminar
Join our On-Demand e-Seminar to hear recognized expert on manufacturing and technology, John Brandt, President, MPI Group, cover how PLM harnesses the full scope of enterprise knowledge (data) to optimize value streams and cut costs. Brandt will also highlight ways IE manufacturers can take a value stream approach to their organizational improvements to attain exponentially larger gains in productivity and profitability.
CATIA Machining Information Kit
Bring design and machining together with CATIA Machining from Dassault Systemes. This innovative and affordable solution allows organizations to directly move from design innovation to manufacturing. Discover how you can easily plan, detail, simulate and optimize your machining activities by downloading this new evaluation kit.
DELMIA Digital Manufacturing for Heavy Mobile Equipment
Maintain profitability and operational efficiency. Attend our featured On-Demand e-Seminar to learn how implementing Digital Manufacturing will significantly impact your bottom line.

3DVIA Composer for Med Device E-Seminar
New 3DVIA Composer e-Seminar Archive: “Creating Rich, Interactive 3D Manuals for Medical Devices”. Learn how to revolutionize product documentation for medical device manufacturers by providing the ability to create easy-to-understand assembly documentation, without R&D involvement or complex CAD authoring tools.

Global Calendar Management for Apparel Whitepaper
“Timing is Everything: PLM Calendar Management Boosts Responsiveness”. Read this new white paper sponsored by Dassault Systemes and discover how global calendar management capabilities can help you uncover inefficient product development processes and pinpoint where improvements are needed—beginning with product conceptualization through final delivery of the product to the retail channel.

PLM Tips & Tricks
Accelerate Product Launches with BOM-centric PLM Best Practices. Learn how in this 5-minute ENOVIA SmarTeam PLM Tips & Tricks Video.
CIO.com On-Demand E-Seminar: Better Manage Your Global Intellectual Property
Hosted by CIO, this video on-demand e-Seminar, "Manage and Secure Your Global IP," features intellectual property lawyer Jay Sanvose and thought leader John Squire, Vice President at Dassault Systèmes highlighting the keys to a successful IP management strategy.

Global Collaboration - SAE Whitepaper
New Auto Industry Whitepaper: Discover the Future of Auto Design and Development - 3D PLM for ALL

CATIA for Industrial Equipment with DELMIA Bundle On-Demand E-Seminar
Watch this informative on-demand e-Seminar entitled “Deliver First: 5 Keys to Accelerate Market-Driven Innovations”. You’ll discover how leveraging manufacturing data for Virtual Design Optimization – right within your CATIA environment – can help you deliver first.

On Demand e-Seminar: Managing a Global Component Supply Chain
Discover the benefits of implementing a Design-to-Cost part development and sourcing strategy by attending this On Demand e-Seminar.

3DVIA Composer for High Tech E-Seminar
Transform bulky maintenance and repair instructions into brief, step-by-step interactive 3D tutorials. Register for on-demand e-Seminar and discover how 3DVIA Composer from Dassault Systèmes revolutionizes documentation by allowing you to share 3D and 2D data and turn design IP into interactive documentation.
Secure All Your A&D Program IP e-Seminar
Dassault Systèmes Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions can help you achieve simultaneous compliance with international export regulations, your company's internal IP protection rules, and contractual disclosure obligations. Register now for this On-demand e-Seminar and find out Why a PLM solution can efficiently manage data in various...

"Achieving Better, Faster, Smarter Innovation in CPG” Whitepaper
In the current economic climate, CPG companies are challenged to achieve growth while bringing sustainable products to market at the lowest possible cost. While more than 80% of consumers are aware of sustainability, less than 20% are willing to pay more for these products. Learn how leading CPG brands are deploying PLM to provide faster...
Interactive Industrial Equipment Showroom for Mid-Market
Visit the interactive Industrial Equipment showroom to discover the solutions to your manufacturing, commissioning, design/engineering, sales & marketing needs.

Wind Turbine Blade Composites Design On-Demand E-Seminar
Learn how borrowing the best practices of composites blade design from the aerospace industry can help wind turbine blade manufacturers avoid errors and significantly reduce the time and cost of design, analysis and testing -- while manufacturing stronger products with higher energy outputs..
PLM Foundations for High Tech
Companies that do not comply with today’s complex government regulations could be losing millions of dollars due to fines, recalls, launch delays, etc. Discover the benefits of ONE solution that integrates complex environmental mandates (including RoHS, REACH, JIG and more) into your product development processes via ONE easy-to-use repository.

CATIA for Mold and Die Whitepaper
Discover 7 Ways to Improve Mold and Die Design and Manufacturing – a newly published whitepaper. You’ll explore new ways to deliver top-quality tooling quickly and cost effectively – without sacrificing profit margins. You'll also read about never-before-available technologies that allow you to fully leverage your company's intellectual assets – just the secret weapon you need to thrive against your competition. Download it now!

IndustryWeek e-Seminar: Need for Speed
Join IndustryWeek and Dassault Systèmes for this On-demand e-Seminar and hear from two world-class organizations: Richard Petty Motorsports and North American Eagle. Learn firsthand how they are leveraging a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategy and 3D technology to push the edge of innovation, deliver high-quality product performance, optimize time-to-market and pull ahead of the competition.

Flexible PCB Design Automation e-Seminar
Make flexible PCB design processes a competitive weapon in lowering costs, shortening time-to-market and eliminating errors. View this on-demand e-seminar and discover how to optimize design efficiency by leveraging a fully automated, streamlined and cost-efficient process for design and development of electronic devices.

ENOVIA SmarTeam Engineering Express E-Seminar with Solar Century
In today's challenging economic environment, your processes must be as intelligent as your products. Join us to discover how Solarcentury used a right-sized DS PLM solution out of the box to gain control of its business – and how you can replicate that success for yours in just days. This e-seminar features the fast, successful implementation of ENOVIA SmarTeam Express solutions at Solarcentury – and highlights the powerful results the company has gained.

2009 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act - US Tax Program
Your investment DS solutions may also qualify for special 2009 bonus depreciation tax breaks. Learn more about how to reduce your company's 2009 taxable income and take advantage of solutions that help you better compete in a difficult environment and emerge with advantage!

CATIA for Design - Quadro Associates Whitepaper
Download this white paper from Quadro Design Associates, entitled "Design is the Differentiator” to discover the principles top designers use. You'll learn how design is evolving into a vital strategic tool, how designers are becoming "agents for change" and how their passion for excellence catapults companies to the top of their markets.

Composites On-Demand E-Seminar Series
From aircraft wings to train noses to ship hulls to wind blades, composite materials are meeting today's fierce cost-driven market requirements and environmental concerns. Along with our technology partners, DS offers the 2009 Composites 5-Part e-Seminar Series...

SIMULIA Extended Analysis E-Seminar
Join this on demand session to learn the importance of performing analysis earlier in the design stage. Showcase SIMULIA Extended Analysis and its basic nonlinear analysis, thermal analysis, and thermal stress analysis capabilities―now available for the first time in CATIA V5...

Value of PLM in a Down Economy
Read this exclusive white paper by Jim Brown, founder and President of Tech-Clarity and discover how three small and mid-size manufacturers have faced difficult financial times, implemented a Dassault Systèmes PLM strategy and not only survived but emerged stronger.

Simplify Product Data Management with Dell PowerEdge™ Servers and CATIA PLM Express
Exclusive bundle for small and mid-sized businesses - Choose CATIA PLM Express now and save up to $600 off select Dell PowerEdge™ servers, plus receive pre-configured ENOVIA SmarTeam deployment package specially configured to help even the smallest businesses get up and running quickly.

3DVIA Composer for Industrial Equipment - ROI Value Paper
Transform paper documentation into interactive 3D experiences with 3DVIA Composer. Register to receive our visual collaboration e-seminar and value brief, featuring NACCO Materials Handling Group.

CATIA for Aerospace Suppliers - North American Eagle E-Seminar
Tune into this on-demand
e-seminar featuring Edward J. Shadle and Keith Zanghi, masterminds behind the North American Eagle, a supersonic vehicle designed to bring the world land speed record back to North America. Discover how this team of engineers converted an F-104 fighter jet into...

DELMIA for Robotics
View these three Solution Demos for Arc Welding, Material Handling and our traditional Spot Welding Robot Programming solution to learn how these specially priced robotics solution brings you advanced workcell setup, device building and simulation capability, coupled with offline programming tools.

DELMIA Automation for Industrial Equipment
View this short DELMIA Automation for Industrial Equipment demo. You will learn how the intelligent 3D environment that this advanced virtual commissioning solution provides can help you eliminate risk and costly down time.

IndustryWeek E-Seminar featuring Schlumberger
In this e-seminar you’ll learn how Schlumberger, a global oilfield and information services company with a major focus on energy, leverages a DS PLM solution to make information available anywhere, anytime, to anyone authorized to use it or contribute to it.

CATIA for Design IDSA E-Seminar
From this on-demand session, you will learn how the intuitive design-dedicated solutions portfolio from DS can help designers, like you, express creativity, turn more ideas into real products and develop the innovations customers are waiting for, while supporting sustainable "green" development.

ENOVIA Digital Mock-Up
Drive innovation by streamlinining collaborative review and decision-making with real-time visualization and review of the 3D product as it evolves.

CATIA 3Dconnexion
Boost Your Design
Productivity Now
Help your customers boost their design productivity even more. More than 84% of CAD designers report a significant improvement in their product designs and their ability to detect design problems when using 3Dconnexion’s Space Pilot.

CATIA Machining
CATIA Machining helps achieve design to manufacturing integration through realistic virtual simulation. Download this evaluation kit and discover how this integration can take your company’s productivity to the next level.

DELMIA Ergonomics Whitepaper
Download this newly published white paper entitled “Virtual Ergonomics: Taking Human Factors into Account for Improved Processes and Products”. This paper highlights the increasing importance of virtual ergonomics and its benefits, including improved product usability and more efficient design processes. Read real-world examples, such as Whirlpool India, Northrup Grumman, Volkswagon and San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

ENOVIA customer leadership
This campaign features
DS customers highlighting
success they’ve experienced by implementing ENOVIA SmarTeam within their existing CAD environments (CATIA, SolidWorks, and more). Register to view these on-demand e-seminars and white papers – and discover how to maximize your current DS technology portfolio today!

Composites White Paper
Read this brand new whitepaper entitled: “Wind Turbine Blade Composites Design: Leveraging Aerospace Advances for Improved Durability”. You’ll learn how some companies, including Frontier Wind, have been able to leverage best design practices in one industry (aero) to help them be successful using composites materials in their own industry.

3 Part eSeminar Series: PLM 2.0 and Online Global Collaboration
Explore PLM 2.0 and global online collaboration in this series of three 30 - minute on demand presentations exploring the future of PLM and the enormous value of making online collaboration via interactive 3D design capabilities available to everyone. Attend one or all 3 and learn how companies can use PLM to efficiently maximize IP use worldwide in a safe and secure environment.