Siemens PLM Software Announces 2007 Digital Manufacturing Symposium
02 November 2007 - 12:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Highly Anticipated Annual Event to be Held November 14 and 15 at
the Ford Conference & Event Center in Dearborn, Michigan PLANO,
Texas, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens PLM Software, a division of
Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) and a leading global
provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and
services, today announced the 2007 Digital Manufacturing Symposium,
a highly anticipated annual event scheduled for November 14 and 15,
in Dearborn, Michigan at the Ford Conference and Event Center.
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This year's popular event brings together a wide variety of
manufacturing executives, industry experts and technology leaders
to explore the latest solutions, successes, best practices and
future directions in digital manufacturing. Attendees will hear
several customers, from a cross section of industries, describe in
their own words how they dealt with common manufacturing issues and
created a competitive advantage through the application of digital
manufacturing technology. Companies delivering presentations this
year include American Axle, Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. (AECL), Ford
Motor Company, General Electric AE, General Motors, Volkswagen
Mexico and Vought Aircraft Industries. In addition, Dr. Robert
Atkinson author of "Digital Prosperity" will enlighten the audience
with a presentation on the "Economic Impact of IT Investments in
Manufacturing," and Tony Affuso, chairman and CEO of Siemens PLM
Software, will discuss the company's vision for digital
manufacturing. Finally, a wealth of information will be shared
about the latest release of Tecnomatix(R) software, the world's
leading digital manufacturing portfolio. "The Digital Manufacturing
Symposium has experienced rapid growth every year with attendance
at last year's event exceeding all of our expectations. We are
expecting this year to be even bigger," said Alain Iung, vice
president of Digital Manufacturing Marketing, Siemens PLM Software.
"This will be our first opportunity to host this event since
becoming part of Siemens and we look forward to sharing our
expanded capabilities and world-class solutions that are helping to
transform the global manufacturing industry." For more information
on the 2007 Digital Manufacturing Symposium and to register for the
event, please visit https://www.ugs.com/forms/symp_dig_mfg.shtml.
About Siemens PLM Software Siemens PLM Software, a division of
Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D), is a leading global
provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and
services with 4.6 million licensed seats and 51,000 customers
worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software's
open enterprise solutions enable a world where organizations and
their partners collaborate through global innovation networks to
deliver world-class products and services. For more information on
Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit
http://www.siemens.com/plm. About Siemens Automation and Drives The
Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D), Nuremberg, Germany,
is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide. Products
supplied by A&D include standard products for the manufacturing
and process industries and for the electrical installation industry
as well as system solutions, for example for machine tools, and
solutions for whole industries such as the automation of entire
automobile factories or chemical plants. Supplementing this range
of products and services, A&D also offers software for linking
production and management (horizontal and vertical IT integration)
and for optimizing production processes. A&D employs 70,600
people worldwide and in fiscal year 2006 (to September 30) earned a
group profit of euro 1.572 billion on sales of euro 12.848 billion
and orders of euro 14.108 billion, according to U.S. GAAP. Further
information about A&D is available in the Internet at
http://www.siemens.com/automation. Note: Siemens and the Siemens
logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. Tecnomatix is a
trademark or registered trademark of Siemens Product Lifecycle
Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States
and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks
or service marks belong to their respective holders.
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CONTACT: Jim Phelan of Siemens PLM Software, +1-314-264-8216, Web
site: http://www.automation.siemens.com/
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