CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
February 2005
Company News
PROSTEP Expands Sales Network in the UK
PROSTEP AG has named INCAT as its sales partner in Great Britain for the engineering data workflow solution OpenDXM®, effective immediately. PROSTEP, the Darmstadt-headquartered PLM system integrator is responding to the increasing demand in the UK for software and services that enable data communication in distributed IT environments. INCAT will be taking over all of the sales and marketing activities previously performed by PROSTEP's former sales partner Datranet, who successfully introduced the data exchange solution onto the British market. INCAT will also be responsible for providing support to the existing customer base in the UK.
Dr. Bernd Pätzold, CEO of PROSTEP AG, is convinced that, "with INCAT as our new sales partner, we will be able to further expand our leading position in the growing British market. INCAT offers enormous know-how and a great deal of experience with optimizing cross-enterprise process chains in key industries such as the automotive and aerospace industries. Therefore, they are in a perfect position to offer our customers the standard of service that they have come to expect of us".
Lawrence James, Managing Director of INCAT says "The partnership with PROSTEP enhances our ability to service our global customers. OpenDXM®, the leading engineering data workflow solution, is an ideal addition to our product portfolio and PROSTEP, recognized as the market leader in this sector, is the perfect partner for us. More than any other independent provider, INCAT will be positioned to help its customers with their data integration and enable more efficiency in supplier communication."
INCAT is a global professional services company in the CAD/CAM/CAE arena which focuses on helping companies from the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, machine and plant engineering, and consumer goods industries optimize their product life cycles by providing hardware, software, business consulting, engineering and IT services. INCAT employs over 600 experts working with Fortune 500 and other organizations including numerous global corporations such as ABB, Airbus, Boeing, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, Siemens VDO and Toyota. With annual revenues of 65 million pounds (95.9 million euros), the company commenced trading on the London Stock Exchange at the end of last year.
PROSTEP AG is a leading PLM integration specialist in the area of product data integration. The company offers its customers integration solutions for CAD, PDM and supplier communication.
The ProSTEP Group has a current headcount of more than 200 in Germany and posted revenues of approximately € 15.5 million in fiscal 2003. In addition to its headquarters in Darmstadt, PROSTEP also maintains branch offices in Berlin, Bexbach, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart.
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