26 Aug 2005
UGS' D-Cubed Subsidiary Announces Availability of the Latest Releases of its 2D Dimensional Constraint Manager and Profile Geometry Manager Components

CAMBRIDGE, England – UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and its D-Cubed subsidiary today announced the immediate availability of new releases of two of D-Cubed’s industry-leading component software products. The new releases of 2D Dimensional Constraint Manager (2D DCM) version 48.0 and Profile Geometry Manager (PGM) version 4.0 contain new enhancements to improve function and performance.

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22 Aug 2005
Autodesk to Acquire Leading Developer of Mechanical Motion Analysis Solutions

Autodesk, Inc. announced the acquisition of Solid Dynamics, SA, a French company whose kinematics/dynamics technology enables designers in the manufacturing market to simulate, analyze, test and optimize physical motion and loading in mechanical assemblies, a process known as motion simulation and analysis. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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18 Aug 2005
Autodesk Reports Record Revenues Of $373 Million Raises Guidance For Fiscal 2006

San Rafael, Calif., August 18, 2005 - Autodesk today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2005. For the second quarter, Autodesk reported record net revenues of $373 million, a 33 percent increase over $280 million reported in the second quarter of the prior year.

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06 Jul 2005
PTC To Acquire Leading Enterprise Publishing Company Arbortext For $190 Million

NEEDHAM, Mass. – July 6, 2005 – PTC today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arbortext, Inc., a recognized leader in the emerging Dynamic Enterprise Publishing market, for $190 million in cash. Arbortext serves 1,700 customers worldwide in multiple industries, including discrete manufacturing, life sciences, financial services, insurance, publishing and government. With this acquisition, PTC will be uniquely positioned to enable customers to create, manage and dynamically publish critical information concurrently with the development of related products or services, improving time-to-market, quality, cost and customer satisfaction.

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05 Jul 2005
UGS Expands Relationship with Microsoft to Develop Comprehensive New Integration Between Teamcenter and Microsoft Business Solutions

PLANO, Texas – UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Microsoft®, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions. This expansion will include the integration of Microsoft’s business application management platform and UGS’ Teamcenter® product lifecycle management solutions to provide a single source for product and process data allowing easy access and reuse of data.

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28 Jun 2005
New PLM Industry Solution from IBM and Dassault Systemes Helps Industrial Product Companies Cut Development Time and Speed Innovation

Paris, France - June 28, 2005 - IBM and Dassault Systemes today announced a new PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) industry solution that enables companies to improve design productivity and speed innovation by facilitating reuse of data and knowledge, re-adapted to a new context, from one project to another.

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21 Jun 2005
CIMdata Names 2004 CAM Software Market Leaders

In its annual NC software market update, consulting and research firm CIMdata, recently named UGS, IBM/Dassault Systems, CNC Software and SolidCAM as the 2004 worldwide CAM software market leaders. This is the same grouping of companies that were named for 2003 and they are also projected to be the leaders for 2005. Each was a leader in a different ranking used by CIMdata to position NC software vendors

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