CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
June 2004
Company News
New Partnership Between PROSTEP and gedas
PROSTEP AG and the IT service provider gedas have formed a new partnership.
The OpenDXM® family of products from PROSTEP is a software solution for automating and optimizing processes in the area of supply chain communications. It allows users to exchange engineering and CAD data, thereby guaranteeing that automated data communication can be employed in the field of engineering. Together with the gedas software rvs® - a product for secure data transfer - the combined product provides an "all-in-one" solution. With rvs® for OpenDXM ®, gedas now offers an additional rvs® option, whose properties have been adapted to the requirements of OpenDXM®.
By using this "all-in-one" solution, the user benefits from a number of features. rvs® allows global partners to exchange data securely, regardless of the platforms and network protocols being used. In addition, the system offers 24/7 availability without the need for monitoring. OpenDXM® fully automates the data exchange process, documents all of the processes, and maintains the partner profiles and control data.
PROSTEP AG offers its customers integration solutions for CAD, PDM and supplier communication, thus making e-engineering a reality.
PROSTEP was founded at the end of 1993 as a public limited company (GmbH). The founding members were the BMW Group, Bosch, Continental Teves, DaimlerChrysler, Delphi Automotive Systems, Opel / General Motors, Siemens and Volkswagen and the ProSTEP iViP Association with approximately 200 member companies from 17 nations. PROSTEP changed its corporate form to that of a stock corporation at the end of 2001. The PROSTEP Group has a current headcount of more than 180 in Germany and posted revenues of € 15.5 million in fiscal 2003. In addition to its headquarters in Darmstadt, PROSTEP also maintains branch offices in Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart as well as the software development center PROSTEP GIDA GmbH in Berlin and the aerospace specialist PROSTEP ITS GmbH. In April 2003, PROSTEP AG acquired a 51-percent share of ILC PROSTEP GmbH in Bexbach, which specializes in mySAP PLM solutions.
gedas AG, one of the leading global information technology service providers for the automotive and manufacturing industries, develops, implements and operates individual IT solutions that serve to optimize their clients' business processes. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, gedas was founded in 1983 in Berlin and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2003. The gedas Group operates from over 55 different locations in 14 different countries. With a workforce of approximately 5,000, gedas achieved global revenues totaling € 619 million in 2002.
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