SDRC Receives Metaphase Order From Sandvik
29 August 2000
SDRC Receives Metaphase Order From Sandvik; Software to Link Multiple Swedish Sites, With Plans to Expand Globally
CINCINNATI--Aug. 29, 2000--SDRC , a global supplier of e-business collaboration solutions for the product lifecycle, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Sandvik for software and services valued at approximately $1.2 million over two years. With headquarters in Sweden, Sandvik is a leader in providing high technology products and services to companies in multiple industries worldwide.Sandvik is initially implementing Metaphase(R) at the Swedish sites of Sandvik Coromant, a company specializing in tooling. Sandvik is using Metaphase to share all design information and is executing phase one of the implementation in Sweden, with aggressive plans to expand deployment to the additional sites worldwide.
Sandvik Coromant needed a tool that was able to connect all designers at their distributed sites and Metaphase was chosen for its ability to support that goal. Sandvik expects to improve the collaboration once the design team is virtually connected in Metaphase.
"SDRC is delighted to help Sandvik streamline its collaboration process," said Bill Weyand, chairman and CEO, SDRC. "Metaphase excels at seamless relaying of data among distributed sites, enabling a company to greatly improve communication across its extended enterprise -- a requirement in deploying collaborative e-business solutions for competitive advantage."
About Sandvik Coromant
AB Sandvik Coromant is the international leader in cemented carbide cutting tools and tooling systems. Sandvik Coromant has 7500 employees, 2350 in Sweden, 37 production units worldwide and market coverage in 60 countries. Sandvik Coromant's main operations take place within two well-established product areas:
| -- | Indexable inserts and tools for turning, milling and drilling. |
| -- | Modular tool systems for lathes and machining centers. |
All contributing to give the customers better productivity, production economy and machining utilization. Sandvik Coromant is a company within Sandvik AB. The group has 34,000 employees at 300 companies and annual sales of about SEK 40 billion http://www.sandvik.com