SDRC's Announces its Metaphase European Symposium
24 September 1998
SDRC's Metaphase European Symposium Focuses on Implementation Success
CINCINNATI--Sept. 24, 1998--SDRC , the worldwide PDM market leader, today announced its 1998 Metaphase(R) European Symposium, taking place in London, September 24-25, 1998. The Symposium provides the European Metaphase users who are attending with a forum to share implementation strategies and best practices for Metaphase product data management (PDM). The Symposium also gives Metaphase customers a preview of SDRC's new Metaphase product offerings, scheduled for formal announcement next month."European Metaphase customers are experiencing great success with our PDM implementations," said Klaus Guenter, PDM Consultant, Danfoss Drives. "The Metaphase European Symposium is an opportunity to share strategies for further improvements in product cycle time through use of Metaphase."
User presentations from industry-leading companies in the aerospace, automotive and high-tech markets describe leading-edge applications of Metaphase PDM and their tremendous impact on product innovation, quality, cost and time to market. ABB PTI, for example, discusses its global deployment of Metaphase to achieve high-level business benefits in equipment manufacturing. Presentations from Rolls-Royce Aerospace, ADtranz, Danfoss Drives and other European Metaphase users focus on implementation strategy, engineering excellence and system integration.
"We're seeing tremendous success in our European customer base. Many of Europe's largest businesses are standardizing on Metaphase for enterprise-wide web access to product data," said Bob Nierman, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of SDRC. "This Symposium allows European customers across a variety of industries to share their experiences implementing PDM. It's a great opportunity for them to learn from each other, and for us to gather their input for Metaphase product direction."
SDRC (Structural Dynamics Research Corporation) is a leading international supplier of integrated Mechanical Design Automation software, Product Data Management software, and related value-added services. The Company's products and services help manufacturers optimize product concepts early in the design process, enabling them to significantly improve product quality while reducing product development time and cost. SDRC employs more than 2,200 people and has 64 offices in 16 countries throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia/Pacific region. SDRC's market-leading PDM solution, Metaphase, is developed, marketed and supported by the Metaphase Technology Division of SDRC.
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