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1 November 2007

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Siemens PLM Software Announces 2007 Digital Manufacturing Symposium

Siemens PLM Software announced the 2007 Digital Manufacturing Symposium, an annual event scheduled for November 14 and 15, in Dearborn, Michigan at the Ford Conference and Event Center.

This year's event brings together a wide variety of manufacturing executives, industry experts and technology leaders to explore the latest solutions, successes, best practices and future directions in digital manufacturing. Attendees will hear several customers, from a cross section of industries, describe in their own words how they dealt with common manufacturing issues and created a competitive advantage through the application of digital manufacturing technology. Companies delivering presentations this year include American Axle, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. (AECL), Ford Motor Company, General Electric AE, General Motors, Volkswagen Mexico and Vought Aircraft Industries.

In addition, Dr. Robert Atkinson author of "Digital Prosperity" will enlighten the audience with a presentation on the "Economic Impact of IT Investments in Manufacturing," and Tony Affuso, chairman and CEO of Siemens PLM Software, will discuss the company's vision for digital manufacturing. Finally, a wealth of information will be shared about the latest release of Tecnomatix® software.

"The Digital Manufacturing Symposium has experienced rapid growth every year with attendance at last year's event exceeding all of our expectations. We are expecting this year to be even bigger," said Alain Iung, vice president of Digital Manufacturing Marketing, Siemens PLM Software. "This will be our first opportunity to host this event since becoming part of Siemens and we look forward to sharing our expanded capabilities and world-class solutions that are helping to transform the global manufacturing industry."

For more information on the 2007 Digital Manufacturing Symposium and to register for the event, please visit https://www.ugs.com/forms/symp_dig_mfg.shtml .

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