PCO Innovation and Dassault Systèmes Strengthen Services and Consulting Partnership

28/06/2011

MONTRÉAL and VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France — June 28, 2011 — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and PCO Innovation, one of the world’s leading independent PLM consulting and services companies, announced today the signing of a strategic agreement positioning PCO Innovation as a key partner in Dassault Systèmes’ Services Partner Program.

This agreement reinforces more than ten years of synergy between the two companies in providing value-added services to customers in a variety of industries. Over the years, PCO Innovation has built one of the most efficient Dassault Systèmes technologies skills centers on the market. PCO innovation fields Dassault Systèmes solutions experts worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the Version 6 platform.

Acting in tight collaboration, Dassault Systèmes and PCO Innovation support the PLM strategies of leading manufacturers, from the earliest phases of requirements definition through system implementation and maintenance.

“This partnership marks a significant step in our growth strategy,” said Olivier Letard, cofounder of PCO Innovation. “We are continuing along our growth path together with Dassault Systèmes, remaining faithful to our goal of optimizing innovation and product development processes through the successful implementation of cutting-edge technologies.”

Tom Emmrich, senior vice president, Industry Services, Dassault Systèmes added, “We are very pleased to formalize and expand our relationship with PCO Innovation. It is critically important to Dassault Systèmes to have a strong partner like PCO Innovation who we can trust to configure and implement our solutions and meet the specific needs of our customers.”

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A propos de PCO Innovation

Founded in 2000, PCO Innovation Inc. is the world’s largest independent service provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. PCO Innovation employs more than 600 professionals serving 140 clients in 30 countries, including global leaders in a wide range of industries. Combining experience in business process and advanced technologies, PCO Innovation provides end-to-end PLM consulting, integration, maintenance, change management and project management services to clients worldwide. For more information on PCO Innovation, visit www.pco-innovation.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 130 000 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, EXALEAD pour les search-based applications et 3DVIA pour des expériences 3D vécues en-ligne comme dans la vie réelle. Pour plus d’informations : http://www.3ds.com/fr

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