CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
4 April 2007
Implementation Investments
Wärtsilä Selects UGS for Global Product Lifecycle Management System
UGS Corp . announced a major PLM contract with Wärtsilä Corporation, a leading global supplier of ship power and power plant solutions, for more than 700 software licenses and services. As part of the agreement, Wärtsilä will use UGS' Teamcenter® software as its PLM platform at production plants worldwide. The company selected UGS® software following an extensive evaluation of leading global PLM and ERP vendors.
Teamcenter will serve as a key element to build a central repository for shared product information in order to enhance Wärtsilä's PLM and technology development capability. Teamcenter will manage all design and engineering data within a single PLM solution, including CAD data from I-deasT, NX®, AutoCADT and ComosT. In addition, Wärtsilä will implement Geolus® Search software solutions, UGS' software application that has the ability to locate parts from large heterogeneous data sources on the basis of geometric similarity.
"UGS is honored to sign a major PLM agreement with Wärtsilä, the leading ship power supplier and a major provider of power plants, said Paul Vogel, senior vice president and managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, UGS. "Wärtsilä's selection of UGS following an extensive evaluation of leading global PLM and ERP vendors confirms the business and engineering benefits of UGS' PLM technology."
About Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä focuses on the marine and energy markets with products and solutions as well as services. In 2006 Wärtsilä´s net sales were EUR 3.2 billion and the number of employees is 14,000.
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