CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 March 2007
Implementation Investments
MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG Replaces Incumbent PDM System with UGS Teamcenter and NX Solutions in its Sheetfed Press Segment
UGS Corp. announced that MAN Roland , the world's second largest printing systems manufacturer, will replace CATIA®, which it has used for 20 years, with UGS' Teamcenter® and NX® software in its location in Offenbach, Germany. MAN Roland chose the UGS technology in December 2006 and plans to implement Teamcenter in 2007 and NX in 2008.
MAN Roland will use Teamcenter, UGS' digital lifecycle management solution, as its product data management (PDM) platform for its design database, which is a significant source of information for the company.
In addition, following pilot programs which included extensive competitive evaluations, MAN Roland also selected NX, UGS' digital product development solution, as its computer-aided design (CAD) platform for sheetfed offset presses. The company also uses data migration tools from UGS to convert high quality construction data in an effort to reduce the time spent on post-editing by design engineers.
"As a result of our involvement with UGS, we are convinced one hundred percent that the Teamcenter solution is the clear leader in product data management," said Dieter Callies, expert for CAD, PDM and PLM in the sheet sector at MAN Roland. "Teamcenter allows us to work on the printing machine's entire product structure in real-time across multiple disciplines. Combining this capability with NX will allow us to further enhance efficiency and be more cost-effective."
"With MAN Roland we have won one of the most important customers in the printing industry and thus considerably increased our market share in this segment," said Paul Vogel, senior vice president and managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, UGS. "The openness of our solutions provides flexibility to our customers and helps them to adapt quickly to the demands of their customers in a highly competitive market."
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