CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
18 January 2005
Implementation Investments
Automotive Industrial Automation Leader Comau Selects MatrixOne to Speed Product Development, Improve Global Information Sharing
MatrixOne, Inc. announced that Comau Pico, a global supplier of industrial automation systems for the automotive manufacturing sector, has selected MatrixOne as its standard PLM environment, and will expand on previous efforts to improve the collection and flow of data throughout its organization in bringing new automation products to market.
Comau Pico's adoption of MatrixOne PLM comes after several successful implementations of MatrixOne in other business units of the Comau Group, the largest automotive production system supplier in the world. Several of the Comau Group's Italy-based business units, including Powertrain, Body Welding & Assembly, and Robotics, are already taking advantage of MatrixOne's Web-based PLM solution, enabling their remote subsidiaries access to the common, centralized technical data repository. Moreover, MatrixOne's PLM environment has assisted the organization in streamlining and improving its development abilities.
As Comau has grown over the past 50 years, so too has the amount of product data needing to be categorized, managed and stored for future use. The Comau Group has adopted MatrixOne's PLM environment as a means toward a standardized, global solution for technical data management.
"With the increase in product and design information that we have to manage on a daily basis, it became clear that we need a tool that will facilitate the global sharing and management of technical information," said David Wang, director of information technology for Comau Pico. "In order for our business to continue to run at a high rate of efficiency and to continue producing error-free products and services for our clients, we needed a new infrastructure that could allow us to more easily and effectively share design information, and that would give us the option for future expansion. MatrixOne's PLM environment was able to offer us a way to solve these issues and to improve upon our existing processes."
"Comau Group's companies and business units have long been recognized as leaders in automotive manufacturing solutions," added Mark F. O'Connell, president and CEO, MatrixOne. "MatrixOne's PLM solutions will enable Comau to effectively manage its ever-increasing volumes of product and design data-and to have it all located in one central, easy-to-access and easy-to-update system. The cost savings and improved efficiencies will help Comau continue to be at the top of their market for years to come."
As a member of the Comau Group, Comau Pico is part of the largest automotive production system supplier in the world. With over 50 years of experience in automated assembly tooling, Comau Pico offers a range of products and services to the North American market. Using the latest technology, the company delivers complete turnkey systems that meet and exceed the design and manufacturing needs of its customers.
Comau Group is a global supplier of industrial automation systems for the automotive manufacturing sector and a global provider of full maintenance services. More information about Comau is available at http://www.comau.com .
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