Turbomeca Implemented PTC's Windchill to Optimize Its Product Development Process; The New Ardiden Engine is Turbomeca's First Product to Be Fully Designed with the Help of PTC's Windchill.LEBOURGET, France -- 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(TM), today announced that Turbomeca, a Safran Group company and world leader in helicopter gas turbine engines, has successfully implemented PTC's Windchill(R) solution as its product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. management (PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design ) system. With Windchill, Turbomeca is centralizing cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. the company's various product information sources and optimizing its product development process. The new-generation Ardiden engine was entirely developed using Windchill solutions as part of Turbomeca's GEODE project (Gestion Electronique et Organisation des Documents de l'Entreprise - Enterprise Integrated Digital Data Management). As a key component of the GEODE project, Windchill has been installed in all Turbomeca departments to create a single, secure source for managing full product lifecycle data for all product lines. With about 1,200 Windchill seats, Turbomeca now has a PLM backbone that standardizes processes across the entire company and ensures cross-functional collaboration. "We realized that we had to improve our information system, which over time has become a mixture of heterogeneous applications, resulting in communication difficulties and increased maintenance costs," explained Claude Cabaret, Director of the GEODE project, Turbomeca. "All processes relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc product design, definition, development, purchase, industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and and technical assistance are integrated in the GEODE project that is powered by PTC's Windchill." Furthermore, Turbomeca was seeking to adopt a PLM solution that would optimize its design processes for faster, more efficient and affordable development, to make a smooth transition to large-scale production and to provide optimal after-market services. "Managing the full product lifecycle was critical in the ongoing strategy of improving our product range, in terms of both equipment and services. When you consider that the original Turbomeca engines, built in the 1950s such as those of the Alouette 2 & 3, are still in operation, it is pretty obvious that the concept of 'lifecycle' is critical at Turbomeca," Claude Cabaret added. "PTC(R) solutions specifically meet the problems inherent in product lifecycle management for manufacturers in the Aerospace and Defense industry," affirmed Marc Diouane, divisional vice president european sales, PTC. "We have been able to help Turbomeca optimize its information system and implement a complete product development solution to subsequently reduce market launch lead times and ensure better worldwide collaboration." About Turbomeca Turbomeca (SAFRAN Group) is the leading helicopter engine manufacturer, and has produced over 50 000 turbines based on its own designs since the company was founded. With more than 2 000 customers in over 140 countries, Turbomeca provides a proximity service thanks to its 14 sites, 3 subsidiaries, 25 TurboSupport Centers, 32 repair centers and 90 Field representatives and Field technicians. The Head Office is based in Bordes, Pyrenees-Atlantiques (south-west France). Microturbo, a subsidiary of Turbomeca, is the European leader in turbojet turbojet: see turbine. turbojet Jet engine in which a turbine-driven compressor draws in and compresses air, forcing it into a combustion chamber into which fuel is injected. engines for missiles, drones and auxiliary power units An auxiliary power unit (APU) is a device on a vehicle whose purpose is to provide energy for functions other than propulsion. Different types of APU are found on aircraft, as well as some large ground vehicles. . About PTC Solutions for Aerospace and Defense PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides product lifecycle management solutions designed to meet the requirements of the global aerospace and defense industry. These solutions enable digital automation of product development and program management processes, as well as complete visibility and control over program information for secure, collaborative product development Collaborative Product Development (Collaborative Product Design) (CPD) is a business strategy, work process and collection of software applications that facilitates different organizations to work together on the development of a product. . PTC is an industry leader with 18 of the top 20 A&D companies as customers. About PTC PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software solutions to more than 35,000 companies worldwide. PTC customers include many of the world's most innovative manufacturing companies in the aerospace & defense, automotive, consumer, electronics & high technology, industrial equipment and medical products industries. PTC is included in the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 indices. For more information on PTC, please visit http://www.ptc.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, matters discussed in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include: PTC's successful development and integration of the technologies necessary to offer integrated PLM solutions that address the evolving business-critical product lifecycle management functions for aerospace and defense systems and the success of PTC's customer satisfaction initiatives in providing the foundation for long-term relationships and repeat business, together with such other risks and uncertainties as are detailed from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's most recent reports on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and 10-Q. The announcement of any particular implementation of PTC products is not necessarily indicative of the timing of recognition of revenue therefrom there·from adv. From that place, time, or thing. Adv. 1. therefrom - from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V. or the level of revenue for any particular period. PTC, The Product Development Company, Product First, Pro/ENGINEER, Wildfire, Windchill, and all PTC product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation |Parametric Technology Corporation]] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)(NASDAQ: PMTC) provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering CAD/CAM software and content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. or its subsidiaries in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and in other countries. |
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