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Worldwide Headquarters

CENIT AG Systemhaus
Industriestraße 52-54, D-70565 Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: +49 711 7825.30
Fax.: +49 711 7825.4000

North American Headquarters

CENIT North America
691 N. Squirrel Road, Ste 275
Auburn Hills, MI. 48326
ph: +1 248.276.8540 fx: +1 248.377.1652
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Website: www.us.cenit-group.com

Contact for More Information

Reinhard Staebler - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Public/Private

Public Company
Exchange: Xetra Frankfurt
Identifiers: ISIN DE0005407100, WKN 540710

Product Family Description

CENIT AG Systemhaus is a consultancy specializing in the optimization of business processes in Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Information Management and Application Management Outsourcing since 1988. CENIT currently has over 660 employees. CENIT provides PLM services ranging from the selection of suitable PLM software, process change and optimization, and the introduction of PLM solutions for the customer to comprehensive service solutions.

In conjunction with its partners CENIT has developed and delivers PLM solutions such as:

SAP Solutions

• SAP’s PLM Direct Integration for CATIA V5 and CATIA V4
• SAP’s PLM Direct Integration for all major ECAD systems
• Document Distribution Manager (DDM, distributed vaulting)
• Enterprise Connector for multi CAD data exchange
• Deep Integration for the integration of Right Hemisphere products into SAP
• CADENAS-SAP Connector for the integration of PARTsolutions into SAP

Dassault Systèmes CATIA V5 and DELMIA Solutions

• A family of digital manufacturing products for the cutting, assembling, material removal, surface processing and painting of complex products.
  [CPOST, CUT4AXES, FASTRIM, FASTCURVE, FASTIP, FASTSURF, ECOPAINT]
• FLEXplus for the administration of CATIA environments

IBM FileNet Solutions

• ECLISIO: front-end solution based on IBM ECM
• SERVICEMANAGER: management of black box process
• IMPORTMANAGER: reliable document import
• SAPIC, SAPMIG, INES: SAP-archiving
• CARISMA: toolkit for Java enterprise applications
• ROLE DESIGN: role modeling

These solutions are available from and supported by CENIT as standard products.

Primary Markets and Focus

• Aerospace & Defense
• Automotive
• Consumer Goods
• Fashion & Apparel
• Medical
• Shipbuilding

Sample Customer List

CENIT's customers include BMW, Chrysler, VW, Audi, AIRBUS, Wolverine World Wide, EADS, Tenneco, BorgWarner, Spirit Aerosystems, Capstone, Webasto, and many others.

Strategic Alliances/Partnerships

• SAP (Software Development Partner, Special Expertise Partner)
• Dassault Systèmes (VAR Partner, Software Development Partner)
• Right Hemisphere (SAP Integration Partner, Reseller)
• PLM Alliance (founding member of the group of SAP’s CAD integration partners)
• IBM FileNet (IBM FileNets largest European Partner)

Company Information

3DS Worldwide HQ
10 Rue Marcel Dassault
78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay
FRANCE
Tel: + 33 1 61 62 61 62
Fax: + 33 1 70 73 43 63
www.3ds.com

3DS North American HQ
175 Wyman Street
Waltham, MA 02451
USA
Tel: +1 781.810.3000
Fax: +1 781.810.3001

Contact for More Information

David Treacher
Manager, Industry Analyst Relations
Tel: +44 247.685.7470
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Public/Private

Dassault Systèmes (DS) is a public company listed on the Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stock exchange.

Product Family Description

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides businesses and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its solutions help transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported. Dassault Systèmes’ collaborative solutions foster social innovation, expanding possibilities for the virtual world to improve the real world. The Group brings value to over 170,000 customers of all sizes, in 12 industries, in more than 140 countries.

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE software applications portfolio is designed to enable the powering of 3D realistic virtual experiences and is comprised of social and collaborative applications, 3D modeling applications, content and simulation applications, and information intelligence applications.

3D Modeling Applications

CATIA – Digital Product Experience – CATIA is the Dassault Systèmes’ pioneer and largest brand and is the world’s leading solution for 3D product design and innovation. CATIA, which is used by companies of all sizes, addresses the complete product development process.

SolidWorks – 3D Design – SolidWorks applications cover all aspects of the product development process with a seamless, integrated workflow for design, simulation, technical communication, and data management. SolidWorks software applications are easy to learn and use and work which allows more engineers, designers, and other technology professionals than ever before to take advantage of 3D in bringing their designs to life.

GEOVIA – Virtual Planet – GEOVIA models and simulates the planet to improve predictability, efficiency, safety, and sustainability of natural resources. Already a leader in the mining industry, GEOVIA’s goal is to extend its capabilities to other sectors that process natural resources such as water, vegetation, oil and gas, and many others, as well as sectors managing landscaping, city planning, and beyond.

Content and Simulation Applications

SIMULIA – Realistic Simulation – SIMULIA provides a scalable portfolio of realistic simulation applications designed to enable companies across a wide range of industries to improve product performance, reduce the number of physical prototypes, and drive innovation. SIMULIA’s portfolio spans finite element analysis, multi-physics solutions, optimization analysis, and simulation lifecycle management.

DELMIA – Digital Manufacturing and Production – DELMIA’s products and applications for manufacturing communities drive manufacturing innovation by virtually defining, planning, creating, monitoring, and controlling all production processes. DELMIA’s digital manufacturing applications range from virtual process definition, workcell set-up, optimization, scheduling, and operation, to maintenance of real-time production systems. Its solutions assist teams across the development enterprise in making better decisions faster and accelerating process engineering to achieve maximum production efficiency, lower costs, improve quality, and reduce time-to-market.

3DVIA – The Consumer Experience Brand

3D Space Planning for Enterprise Consumers – 3DVIA offers retailers and manufacturers innovative 3D space planning software to delight consumers, optimize floor space, and improve business results. For home retailers as well as kitchen, bath, and furniture manufacturers, 3DVIA Home provides branded, cross-channel space planning software to design the ideal kitchen, bathroom, or storage area. It provides a single, exceptional consumer experience whether online or in-store. Retailers enjoy cost-effective high quality leads, shortened sales cycles, and greater sales productivity. With 3DVIA Store, retailers test and optimize store design concepts and adapt centralized merchandizing plans to meet local store constraints.

3D Space Planning for Individuals – For individuals, 3DVIA enables consumers to design and plan home projects in a social way. Consumers can find inspiration from thousands of other projects, build their own concepts or simply visualize ideas quickly using dedicated room configurators. Top designers’ and manufacturers’ products, as well as thousands of generic furniture selections, colors and materials empower users to fully customize their projects and truly make them unique.

Social and Collaborative Applications

ENOVIA – Collaborative Innovation – ENOVIA offers a rich portfolio of collaborative enterprise business process applications, which run on the same web-based infrastructure. ENOVIA enables companies to bring together people, processes, content, and systems involved in product creation, development, introduction, and maintenance. Applications are organized into user-role based segments in order to best target specific business needs – Governance user, Engineer/Designer, Supply Chain user, Reviewer, and IT/Administrator. Applications include ENOVIA accelerators which provide pre-packaged business processes by industry, enabling rapid implementation and increased return on investment.

3DSWYM – Social Innovation – 3DSWYM (‘‘See What You Mean’’) is an online solution for companies to foster social innovation. It enables people and businesses of any size to create their own on-the-cloud communities to facilitate instant collaboration, connecting ideas, knowledge, and experiences. Community members are given the possibility to network, explore ideas, share content and experiences spontaneously, in a safe and secure Web environment.

Information Intelligence Applications

EXALEAD – Discovery Intelligence – EXALEAD delivers discovery applications to help companies making sense of their large volume of digital information. As part of new user experiences, EXALEAD provides breakthrough industry solutions for customer interaction, digital asset management, and machine data analysis.

NETVIBES – Dashboard Intelligence – NETVIBES dashboard intelligence helps enterprises monitor and manage information on real-time, personalized dashboards designed to enable better, faster decision-making. Netvibes enables companies to go beyond simply monitoring, searching, and surfing, to tracking the most valued information in one dashboard, in real time, across a company’s internal systems and across the Web on any device.

Primary Markets and Focus

Dassault Systèmes offers 3DEXPERIENCES for the following Industries:

• Aerospace & Defense
• Architecture, Engineering, & Construction
• Consumer Goods & Retail
• Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail
• Financial & Business Services
• High-tech
• Industrial Equipment
• Life Sciences
• Marine & Offshore
• Natural Resources
• Transportation & Mobility

Sample Customer List

Dassault Systèmes brings value to over 190,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries.

3M, ABB, Adidas, Agere, Agilent Technologies, Airbus Group, Aisin Seiko Co., Alstom Power, Areva, Arup, AVIC, BAE Systems, Barilla, Bell Helicopter, Beneteau, Benetton, BNP Paribas, Bobst Group, BMW, Boeing, Bombardier, Claas, Clarion, Coca-Cola, DaimlerChrysler, Dassault Aviation, ExxonMobil, Ford, Framatome, Fujitsu, Gap, GE Healthcare, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, General Motors, Gehry Partners, Goodyear, Guess, Hitachi, Honda, Honeywell, Hydro Quebec, Hyundai Kia Motor Corp, Johnson Controls, Kobelco, Kodak, La Poste, LG, Lockheed Martin, Matsushita Panasonic, Metso, MeyerWerft, Michelin, Mitsubishi Motors, Musee Quai Branly, New Balance, Nikon, Nokia, Northrop Grumman Newport News, Panasonic, Pegatron, Philips, Pioneer, Procter & Gamble, PSA, Raytheon, Renault, RioTinto, Safran, Saint-Gobain, Samsonite, Samsung Heavy Industries, Schuler, Shell, Siemens, Skanska, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Tata Motors, Tetra Pak, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen Group, Volvo Group, Yantai Raffles.

Please visit www.3ds.com/customer-stories/

Strategic Alliances/Partnerships

Dassault Systèmes has 700 partnerships covering business, education, services, software, and technology.

Technology partners include: 3D Systems, 3DConnection, Alioscopy, AMD, ART, Barco, Boxx, Christie Digital, Cyberglove Systems, Dell, ESVR, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, IGI, Immersion, Intersense, ITEKUBE, Lenovo, Mechdyne, Motion Analysis, Noomeo, Nvidia, Oracle, Organic Motion, Ps-tech, Sculpteo, Sensics, Tobii Technology, Vicon Motion Systems, Visbox, Visenso, Volfoni, Wacom, Xsens, Zspace.

For full lists of DS partners please visit www.3ds.com/alliances/

Company Information

100-102 Avenue de Suffren, 75015 Paris, France
Phone : +33 (0) 1.53.65.14.14
Fax : +33 (0) 1.53.65.14.12
http://www.esi-group.com

Contact for More Information

Celine Gallerne
Marketing Communications Specialist - ESI Group
Direct: +33 (0) 1.41.73.58.46
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Public/Private

Listed in Compartment C of NYSE Euronext Paris ISIN FR 0004110310

Product Family Description

Virtual Product Engineering solutions and software, divided into 5 main domains of expertise:

• Virtual Manufacturing, which relies on knowledge of the physics of materials during manufacturing and assembly processes to define the “as built” product in a realistic way. Quality and reliability depend on the rigorous and continuous control of the circumstances and limits of the modeling assumptions at each stage. Applications include ProCAST/QuikCAST, PAM-STAMP 2G and SYSWELD
• Virtual Performance provides numerical simulation across multiple domains: crash, impact & occupant safety; passenger comfort; linear and nonlinear statics & dynamics; strength and thermal performance; noise, vibration & harshness (NVH); and, most recently, interior acoustics. The Virtual Performance Solution offers PAM-CRASH & PAM-COMFORT, also SYSPLY, PAM-RTM and PAM-FORM
• Virtual Environment - including VA-ONE, PAM-CEM, SYSTUS, ACE+ Suite, SYSMAGNA
• Simulation Systems Integration -Vdot, PAM-OPT, Visual Environment, Visual DSS
• Virtual Reality with IC.IDO solution’s Visual Decision Platform (VDP) that allows targeted, interactive visual decision-making and is a tool for collaboration of distributed teams. IC.IDO's Virtual Reality solutions are used throughout the entire product development process from design to manufacturing.

Primary Markets and Focus

Automotive & Transportation, Aeronautics & Aerospace, Heavy Industry & Energy, Electronics, Defense and Consumer Goods, Heavy Machinery & Industrial

Sample Customer List

Aeronautics & Aerospace

• NASA
• LOCKHEED MARTIN
• BOEING
• EADS
• PCC CORPORATE
• SAFRAN
• THALES
• ALCOA
• NORTHROP GRUMMAN
• B.F. GOODRICH

Automotive & Transportation

• VOLKSWAGEN GROUP
• RENAULT NISSAN
• FORD
• GENERAL MOTORS
• HONDA
• DAIMLER AG
• HYUNDAI
• PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN
• TOYOTA
• EDAG

Electronics & Consumer Goods

• SAMSUNG
• ESA
• NEC
• LG
• APPLIED MATERIALS
• HITACHI
• BERTRANDT
• HITACHI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
• UNITED TECHNOLOGIES - CARRIER
• Olympus Optical

Energy & Power

• AREVA
• EDF-GDF
• ONET
• Continental
• GENERAL ELECTRIC
• CCI
• CEA
• SKODA HOLDING
• SKODA PILSEN
• PACKINOX

Government & Defense

• DCN
• CEA
• U.S.ARMY
• Ministère de la Recherche RNTL
• GENERAL DYNAMICS(GDC)
• C.E.E.
• CNRC-ICI
• DGA
• Los Alamos National Security, LLC
• RAYTHEON

Machinery & Industrial

• NIPPON STEEL
• TAKATA
• ARCELOR
• HITACHI
• Constellium
• GENERAL ELECTRIC
• AISHIN SEIKI
• United Technologies Corp. (UTC)
• ROLLS-ROYCE
• TATA GROUP

Strategic Alliances/Partnerships

http://www.esi-group.com/corporate/alliances

Company Information

3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185
Phone: +1 650.857.1501
Fax: +1 650.857.5518
www.hp.com/go/plm

Contact for More Information

Alexis Molina
Business Development Executive - PLM & MES
Hewlett-Packard Company
Carlsbad, California, USA
Tel: +1.858.442.9879
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Public/Private

Public (NYSE:HPQ)

Product Family Description

HP can help companies streamline product development, improve product lifecycle management systems and processes, and enable their virtual engineering teams to collaborate in real time so they can accelerate the process from concept to production faster. By offering a full range of product lifecycle management capabilities – from consulting to business process improvements to managing complex IT engineering applications – HP can help cover a company’s product development needs from end to end.

Not only will HP help companies develop a strong plan but they can implement and modernize applications, integrate systems and fine-tune their product development environment. With HP's proven solutions, program management expertise, skilled resources and manufacturing experience, they can equip companies to capture market opportunities and achieve measurable results.

HP can create a customized, tailored solution, regardless of industry segment. Whether companies select some or all of the following components of HP’s Product Lifecycle Management Solution, they can integrate them so the components work together seamlessly, providing new levels of innovation, efficiency, visibility and collaboration:

• Design Collaboration
  • Makes multi-CAD and other product information available to multisite design teams, in real time, over a secure global network
• Product Design and Validation
  • Provides the mathematical information, engineering and analytics, and product definition artifacts needed to design and validate products
• Knowledge-Based Engineering
  • Helps companies speed product development and preserve intellectual property by consistently capturing and reusing key practices and information
• Manufacturing Process Planning
  • Provides real-time information, business processes and work flows so that companies can digitally design, test and simulate production environments
• Process Management
  • Provides a seamless environment for monitoring, controlling and reporting product development productivity
• Lifecycle Data Management
  • Architects, implements and provides hosting support for bills of materials maintained through a consistent configuration and change management control system

Primary Markets and Focuses

Here's how HP can help companies in specific industries:

Aerospace & Defense

• Improve operational effectiveness
• Speed time to market
• Manage complex global supply chains
• Develop new services to improve market share
• Build revenues

Automotive

• Manage costs
• Protect margins
• Innovate product development
• Improve customer and dealer relations to gain market share

High Tech

• Speed time to market
• Manage eroding margins
• Connect with customers

Industrial Manufacturing

• Optimize business and asset performance
• Gain market share
• Free up capital for reinvestment

Strategic Alliances/Partnerships

HP provides the solutions that enable the transformation of manufacturing enterprises from enterprise integration, through trading partner integration to the creation of value collaboration networks. HP has strategic relationships with the top PLM application providers including:

• Siemens PLM Software
• PTC
• Dassault Systèmes
• Oracle Agile
• SAP PLM