CIMdata cites UGS as CAM leader

Leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Industry Analyst Names UGS as the Market Leader in Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Software and Services

UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, have announced leading PLM industry analyst firm CIMdata has named UGS as the leading vendor in the computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software market for the fourth consecutive year based on revenue generated from software and related services.

CIMdata includes this ranking information in its recently released Version 14 edition of the CIMdata Numerical Control (NC) Software and Services Market Assessment Report.

This annual report measures and segments the CAM software market, ranks NC software suppliers based on CIMdata estimates, and identifies and discusses market and technology trends.

The CIMdata report cites: CIMdata forecasts that in 2005, UGS will have another good year and will retain their position as the largest CAM software vendor based on vendor revenues _ CIMdata continues to be favourably impressed by the UGS focus on the manufacturing market, including CAM, the level of resources being applied, the efforts being made in digital manufacturing, and the introduction of the Teamcenter concept and product.

"Our mantra is to never let a customer fail and our approach is to meet our customers' needs by providing a complete manufacturing solution.

Many of the world's leading manufacturing companies use our manufacturing solutions while delivering advanced capabilities in key areas such as tool design, high speed machining, multi-function machine support and increased levels of programming automation," said Dave Shirk, executive vice president of Global Marketing, UGS.

We are pleased that CIMdata recognises the breadth and depth of our solutions in this area and acknowledges our position as the leader in this industry.

UGS' CAM solution is NX a next-generation digital product development system that helps companies transform the product lifecycle.

With the industry's broadest suite of integrated applications, NX touches the full range of development processes in product design, engineering and manufacturing.

Balancing cost reduction and quality improvement with increased profitability, NX delivers unified production-proven applications and process automation tools integrated into a single management and collaboration backbone.

NX makes use of unique technologies that help transform the product development process.

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