Aerosud Aviation Pty (South Africa)
Last update: 04/01/2008

Company Overview

Aerosud Aviation Pty (Ltd) is a South African aerospace company that has achieved significant business growth in international markets coupled with major companywide productivity gains through the adoption and advanced use of Dassault Systèmes PLM technology.

The Challenge

With a growing demand for its services as
both a design and manufacturing contractor
to the international aerospace industry Aerosud
adopted Dassault Systèmes PLM technology
in 2001. Since that time the company has
grown as a supplier of its own product designs
and as a supply chain partner in the Airbus
A400 manufacturing programme. The Aerosud
Group employs 600 people across its enterprise
with 20-30 PLM operators.

Dassault Systemes Response

“Our investment in DS PLM technology was a major step for us and to a certain extent a leap of faith, but one that has been completely vindicated by subsequent events. When the A400 programme came to South Africa we were able to join the design and manufacturing supply chain because we were prepared and equipped. We were also able to run a truly efficient business by extending our PLM infrastructure to include ENOVIA SmarTeam.”