CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
6 August 2007
Product News
Right Hemisphere Expands Into South Africa With Top VAR/SI ESTEQ
ESTEQ Group (Pty) Ltd, a leading supplier of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Simulation and Testing solutions in South Africa, has signed a value-added reseller and systems integrator (VAR/SI) agreement with Right Hemisphere®. As a Right Hemisphere VAR/SI, ESTEQ is authorized to sell and implement all of Right Hemisphere's products and serve as the primary line of support to customers in the region. ESTEQ is the first company to bring Right Hemisphere's advanced software to South Africa. With these solutions, ESTEQ will enable South African manufacturers to extend their product data management (PDM) information outside of engineering and into the rest of the organization.
"Manufacturers in North America and Germany have already implemented Right Hemisphere's software and realized tremendous value from getting their critical visual product information out of traditional engineering formats and into formats more commonly used and shared among non-engineers, like PDF, for example," said ESTEQ Group's Technology Director Clinton Stone. "It's time to extend those same operational efficiencies to manufacturing concerns in South Africa and our seasoned PLM division is the best team to deliver them."
ESTEQ's Engineering division will handle all Right Hemisphere software sales and the PLM division will manage the implementations in South Africa. With customers such as General Motors South Africa, Nissan, and Ford and over 12 years of experience in deploying and supporting successful PLM-related systems, ESTEQ is highly qualified to deliver Right Hemisphere's advanced solutions.
"ESTEQ is a leader in South Africa for its solid PLM proficiency and thorough knowledge of the local market," Randy Ochs, vice president of strategic alliances and channel development, said. "This team understands how to make its manufacturing customers more competitive. With Right Hemisphere's software, ESTEQ will be giving its customers the ability to capture and re-use their product data -- typically stored in CAD and PLM systems -- and make it available to knowledge workers throughout the enterprise in common, industry-standard formats for tremendous productivity gains."
ESTEQ serves top companies in the automotive, aerospace and defense, machinery and tooling, and consumer products industries. In addition to General Motors South Africa, Nissan, and Ford, ESTEQ has assisted Anglo Platinum, PBMR, ESKOM, DENEL, Anglo America, De Beers, CSIR, CBI, Linatex, BAE Systems, Bell Equipment, Simba, National Brands and other companies with technology implementations to improve their businesses.
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