Actify and ACADIS Announce European Distribution Partnership.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2004 Agreement Allows Actify to Broaden its European Distributor Network Throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland Actify Inc., the leader in client-server design visualization and collaboration solutions for the high technology, industrial automation and discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. industries, today announced a strategic distribution partnership with ACADIS ACADIS Coast Guard Academy Information System (USCG) , one of the largest European distributors of technical solutions for manufacturers. Under the terms of the agreement, ACADIS will work with its 80+ resellers to distribute Actify's client/server CAD visualization solutions, SpinFire Professional and Actify Server, throughout Germany, Switzerland and Austria. This agreement supports Actify's goal to build an extensive distribution network throughout Europe allowing the company's products to be available to all non-technical users, around the world, who need access to native 3D CAD data. SpinFire Professional and Actify Server enable knowledge workers to visualize the CAD files they need without the expense of owning and maintaining multiple CAD systems. The award winning SpinFire Professional provides support for all major CAD systems and a full suite of mark-up and dimensioning tools. SpinFire Professional accelerates the process for estimating, quoting, design, shop floor viewing and quality control review. "This agreement supports our strategy to offer non technical users from around the world, access to Actify's leading 3D CAD visualization products, allowing us to meet the needs of the growing manufacturing market in Europe," said Randy Ochs, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president for Actify. "ACADIS offers Actify's European team a stellar sales and support channel which will only build upon our existing distribution channel in these key European countries." ACADIS' distribution network is a specialized network of 80 authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: value added resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). and dealers throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland that provide sales and support to their network of manufacturing customers. As a distributor, it is ACADIS's goal to deliver technical solutions for the entire manufacturing lifecycle -- to drive planning and production in industrial enterprises. "Actify's 3D CAD visualization solutions support the high demand for businesses seeking a solution that allows CAD and non-CAD professionals to access complex CAD data in an easy, intuitive way," said Thomas Schneider, Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → at ACADIS. "As a distribution leader in this market, we look forward to offering Actify's SpinFire product line throughout the German-speaking world." About Actify Inc. Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions. Actify's SpinFire product line provides the lowest total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation and through their supply chains. The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] . For more information please visit www.actify.com or call 415-227-3800. |
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