CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
11 December 2008
Company News
Siemens PLM Software Celebrates Newest PLM Company First: Enabling the Training of More Than One Million Students around the World per Year
Siemens PLM Software announced it is the first PLM company to reach the milestone of enabling the training of more than one million students around the world annually on PLM software.
Siemens PLM Software enables the training of students on PLM software by offering in-kind software grants to schools around the world through its Global Opportunities in Product Lifecycle Management (GO PLM™) initiative, which it launched in 1997. The company enables the training of more than one million students annually – a 25 percent increase over the past five years – through its relationships with more than 10,000 academic partners, another milestone just passed as part of the GO PLM initiative. Siemens PLM Software leads the PLM industry in the commercial value of in-kind grants it provides at more than US$4 billion annually.
“Siemens PLM Software takes great pride in being the first PLM provider to reach the one million milestone,” said Tony Affuso, chairman and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. “The GO PLM initiative is core to our continuing commitment to address the essential business issues our customers face, including the shrinking supply of skilled employees as well as the gap between current workers skills and the level of performance required in today’s global manufacturing market.
“As today’s manufacturers address major economic challenges, it is increasingly important that they employ a well-educated workforce. It is also imperative for students wishing to enter the workforce to be fully trained on the world’s best technology,” Affuso said. “Our GO PLM initiative is a win-win that helps tie these ends together.”
For more information on GO PLM and the partners and programs it supports visit http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/goplm/index.shtml.
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