Dassault Systèmes to Hold Asia’s Largest PLM User Conference, “JCF 2008”

02/06/2008

New Ways with 3D, the Next Digital Monozukuri

Tokyo, Japan, June 2, 2008 –Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced it will hold JCF 2008, Asia’s largest PLM user conference, in June. Attendees will learn about the latest developments in PLM and the benefits that PLM brings to a variety of customers in multiple sectors. JCF 2008 is being hosted with IBM at the Tokyo Prince Hotel in Shiba Koen, June 9-10. 

On June 9, Mr. Masaki Kawada, operating officer of Honda Engineering Co., Ltd., will present a management’s perspective on digital process innovation.  Bernard Charles, president and CEO of Dassault Systèmes, will discuss how DS is again redefining the market and opening new possibilities with PLM 2.0 on its V6 platform, which will provide a single platform for global online creation that spans from multidisciplinary engineering groups to business users and consumers, thus enabling the PLM community to find new ways to be more innovative, efficient and global.

Over 50 customer-led workshops will explore this year’s theme, “New Ways with 3D, the Next Digital Monozukuri”.  In addition to traditional manufacturing verticals, the demonstrations will also cover ENOVIA solutions for new industries including Apparel and Semiconductors, and 3DVIA solutions for both consumers and designers will be introduced as well. Besides  Honda Engineering, other notable speakers include Mr Al Bunshaft, vice president of IBM PLM Solutions, and customer speakers such as Kawasaki Hydromechanics Corporation, Daikin Industries, Ltd., Taira Promote Co., Ltd. and Lion Corporation. 

Partners like Argo Graphics Inc, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd., D.I. Square Co. Ltd., Toshiba Solutions Corporation, Nihon Unisys Ltd., Fasotec Co. Ltd., and Microsoft Co. Ltd. will be giving demonstrations at the event’s TechniFair. 

For more information about the event and to register, please go to: www.jcforum.com.

A propos de Dassault Systèmes

Leader mondial des solutions 3D et de gestion du cycle de vie des produits (Product Lifecycle Management ou PLM), Dassault Systèmes apporte de la valeur ajoutée à 100 000 clients, répartis dans 80 pays. Pionnier du marché du logiciel en 3D depuis 1981, Dassault Systèmes développe et commercialise des logiciels d'application PLM et des services qui anticipent les processus industriels de demain et offrent une vision 3D de l'ensemble du cycle de vie d'un produit, de sa conception à sa maintenance. L’offre de Dassault Systèmes se compose de CATIA pour la conception virtuelle de produits, SolidWorks pour la conception mécanique en 3D, DELMIA pour la production virtuelle, SIMULIA pour la simulation et les tests virtuels, ENOVIA pour la gestion collaborative et globale du cycle de vie et 3DVIA pour des expériences 3D vécues en-ligne comme dans la vie réelle. Dassault Systèmes est coté sur les marchés Nasdaq (DASTY) et Euronext Paris (n°13065, DSY.PA). Pour plus d’informations: http://www.3ds.com/fr/http://www.3ds.com/fr/

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, SolidWorks et 3D VIA sont des marques déposées de Dassault Systèmes ou de ses filiales aux USA et / ou dans d'autres pays.