13 Jun 2005
New ANTONOV Aircraft Takes Flight

Paris Air Show, LeBourget, France – June 13, 2005 - PTC today announced that the Ukrainian-based ANTONOV Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex has successfully launched its newest aircraft using PTC's solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM). The AN-148 regional jet is the first aircraft in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and among the first in the world, designed completely by means of digital technologies. The design was developed completely in a PTC software environment with more than 300 ANTONOV engineers using PTC's CADDS(R) 5i for digital design, Windchill(R) for product data management, and Pro/MECHANICA(R) for mechanical analysis. PTC's VAR partner Productive Technology Systems (PTS Ltd.) was responsible for consulting and implementation and equipped ANTONOV with a well developed information environment and standardized tools.

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24 May 2005
Dassault Systemes and IBM Announce Version 5 Release 15 of their Product Lifecycle Management Portfolio

Paris, France – May 24, 2005 – Dassault Systemes and IBM today announced the release of Version 5 Release 15 (V5R15) of their product lifecycle management (PLM) portfolio, comprised of CATIA for collaborative product development, and ENOVIA and SMARTEAM for product data and life cycle management, collaboration, and decision support. Concurrently, Dassault Systemes announced V5R15 of DELMIA for digital development of factory and production processes.

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17 May 2005
Dassault Systemes to Acquire ABAQUS Inc. to Create Next-Generation Solutions for 3D Realistic Simulation

Paris, France, and Providence, RI, May 17, 2005 – Dassault Systemes today announced an agreement to acquire ABAQUS Inc. in an all-cash transaction approximating $413 million, subject to certain adjustments at closing. ABAQUS is the established leader in nonlinear finite element analysis software. DS expects the planned acquisition to be immediately accretive to net income, excluding acquisition costs and the impact of deferred revenue accounting treatment. DS is also unveiling SIMULIA, a scientific, open platform that will enable the integration of all types of simulation applications.

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12 May 2005
UGS Reports First Quarter 2005 Revenue of US$252.6 Million

PLANO, Texas – UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. The company signed 22 enterprise contracts, which defined as contracts with total contract value of more than US$1 million each – nearly doubling the number of enterprise contracts signed during the same period a year earlier – driving 38.4 percent total revenue growth in cPDM and enabling UGS to expand its market share lead in this high-growth segment of the PLM industry.

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10 May 2005
UGS' D-Cubed Subsidiary Announces New Releases for Several of its Component Software Solutions

UGS Corp ., a global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and its D-Cubed subsidiary announced the immediate availability of new releases of four of D-Cubed's industry-leading component software products. The new releases of 3D Dimensional Constraint Manager (3D DCM) version 31.0, Assembly Engineering Manager (AEM) version 17.0, Collision Detection Manager (CDM) version 33.0 and Hidden Line Manager (HLM) version 33.0 contain new enhancements to improve function and performance.

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10 May 2005
Dassault Announces Strategic Partnership with i2

Paris, France, and Dallas, USA, May 10, 2005 - Dassault Systemes, the world's leading developer of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and i2 Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions, today announced their intent to form a strategic partnership to jointly develop sourcing solutions based on Dassault Systemes' V5 platform for the CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA applications.

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02 May 2005
UGS Announces Linux Support Plans for its Teamcenter and NX Solutions at PLM World

2005 PLM World Conference, DALLAS, Texas – UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced its plans to add the Linux open source operating system to the list of supported environments for Teamcenter(R) and NX(TM) solutions, the company’s flagship digital product lifecycle and digital product development software portfolios respectively.

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