CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive

8 July 2004

Acquisitions

RAND Worldwide® Acquires RGB Technologies

Rand A Technology Corporation ( http://www.rand.com ) operating as RAND Worldwide ® ("the Company") announced the acquisition of the French company, RGB Technologies ("RGB").

The acquisition expands RAND Worldwide's product and services offering in the Northeastern region of France, which is dominated by the automotive customer sector, allowing RAND Worldwide to be active in all of that country's industrial sectors. In addition to strengthening the Company's PLM services offering, further synergies arise from the fact that RGB is most widely recognized for its expertise in CATIA V4 maintenance under Unix, as well as for its ability to implement ENOVIA PLM solutions. RGB's customers will also benefit from RAND Worldwide's global presence, enabling a smooth and consistent implementation of CATIA and SMARTEAM solutions in their various remote operations.

The acquisition coincides with a number of major advances taking place in the PLM marketplace as the leading automobile companies, which are currently running CATIA V4 under Unix operating systems, are migrating to CATIA V5 under Windows. For example, Renault just announced that its design offices and those of its subcontractors must migrate to CATIA V5 before the end of 2005. "Our proven experience in the French marketplace, combined with RAND's global presence and dedication to Dassault Systèmes PLM products, are creating a more powerful technology and services resource to serve the automotive supply sector, which is so important in this region of France," says Jean Michel Fournier from RGB.

"We are glad to welcome the RGB sales and technical teams within RAND Worldwide," says Frank Baldesarra, President and CEO of RAND Worldwide. "This will strengthen our expertise across the IBM/Dassault Systèmes PLM Products portfolio, and allows us to service a major market segment where RAND had minimal coverage".

Leader on the "Grand East" PLM market in France since 1992, RGB Technologies employs 24 people specialized in CATIA, ENOVIA and SMARTEAM implementation, from 3 offices located in Strasbourg, Nancy and Sevenans. RGB is supporting more than 200 customers, using more than 1,000 seats of CATIA V4 and V5.

 

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