PTC extends leadership in electronics and high tech industry.PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. (Nasdaq:PMTC PMTC Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (of HIV/AIDS) PMTC Pacific Missile Test Center PMTC Professional Multimedia Test Center ), the Product Development Company, has announced that it is extending its leadership in the electronics and high tech industry with innovative new product capabilities for electronics design validation and advanced environmental regulation compliance support. With nearly 20 years experience and more than 3,000 successful electronics and high tech customers, PTC continues its commitment to providing high quality product development solutions. PTC is strengthening its electronics and high tech offerings in response to trends that increasingly affect customers in this industry: downward pressure on prices, new requirements for environmental compliance, and the globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation of product development and manufacturing. --With its release of InterComm EDAcompare, PTC provides a solution that allows a company to compare and identify changes in printed circuit board (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. ) designs early in the product development process. Identifying and managing change is one of the key problems in electronics design today. InterComm EDAcompare will allow companies to decrease time to volume, increase product quality and ultimately reduce overall product cost. --Electronics and high tech manufacturers are currently using PTC solutions to comply with the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE WEEE Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment (directive) WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ) standards. PTC allows companies to maintain audit trails and meet certification requirements, analyze product development for regulatory compliance, and build a robust infrastructure to support future environmental regulatory requirements. --Windchill provides electronics and high tech manufacturers with capabilities that are imperative to their global product development strategy. Since its purchase of OHIO Ohio, state, United States Ohio, midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania (NE) West Virginia (SE), Kentucky (S), Indiana (W), and Michigan and Lake Erie (N). Design Automation, Inc. in April 2004, PTC has integrated InterComm into Windchill 7.0 to provide direct integration with ECAD ECAD Electronic Computer-Aided Design ECAD European Cities Against Drugs ECAD European Center for Aviation Development ECAD external carotid artery dysplasia systems including Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. and Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. . The integration of InterComm with Windchill allows companies to collaborate with internal and external teams on detailed PCB design data while protecting intellectual property (IP). "Success for Unisys requires engaging engineers, suppliers, manufacturing partners, and customers in real-time collaboration for the entire product lifecycle," said Tim Saja, Windchill program manager, Unisys. "We are confident that PTC will continue to provide us with innovative collaboration and data management solutions that will help us comply with new regulations and reduce the overall cost and production time of our products." "PTC has been a strategic technology partner to many of the most successful electronics companies because we are dedicated to developing solutions that improve our customers ability to manage product design from early stage through retirement," said Chad Hawkinson, director electronics & high tech strategic marketing, PTC. "By combining product development experience with deep industry expertise, PTC is able to provide solutions capable of addressing challenges like environmental regulation compliance and global product development that directly impact the electronics and high tech industry." |
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