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This article has been published in Germany’s No. 1 of business/financial dailies ‘Handelsblatt’ 

Markus Fasse, Munich/ 8 May 2009

This story still causes high emotions: As engineers of aircraft builder Airbus were working with different software programs during the development of the mega plane A380, the cabling of the engines failed in manufacturing. This disaster as per today causes for mother holding EADS a 2-year-delay in delivery to the customer and 5 billion Euro in expenses. Today’s Airbus-Boss Tom Enders keeps repeating: “This must not happen to us again.” In order to ensure, that this does not happen again, a completely new software system shall overcome this challenge.

“…from early concepts through calculating, production tooling, drawings – even for advertising material. The software is extremely robust, so we never have to worry about crashes.”

With more than 20 years of professional experience, in which he has tried many CAD software packages, such as AutoCAD®, Inventor®, Vellum® and Alibre Design®, Håkan Kjellgren has developed the expertise to become a trusted advisor to his clients at Teknikide AB, a design agency based in Stockholm. 
When founding Teknikide in 2003, Mr. Kjellgren selected Pro/ENGINEER as the design package of choice for his company, since, in contrast to many competitive products, Pro/ENGINEER is capable of handling even the most complex and advanced designs, while covering all needed areas of functionality.

Global Railway Engineering from South Africa have made the move from 2D to 3D with Pro/ENGINEER and, by leveraging many of the product‘s simulation and analysis capabilities, they succeeded in establishing a virtual prototyping workflow that helped them to save time and money.

Have a look at this Virtual Prototyping Case Study!

Market Readiness and Value Delivered to Customers Drive Industry Leadership

PTC confirmed that it has been ranked top performer within the PLM industry in the recent "Product Lifecycle Management (PLM ) Solutions AXIS for Hardgoods Manufacturers, Q2, 2009 " report by leading technology research and consulting firm, the Aberdeen Group.  

Distinction Recognises Contribution Of Leading PLM Technology Provider To World Renowned Motorbikes, Celebrates 10-Year Partnership Between The Two Companies

PTC announced today that Ducati Motor Company has named PTC as "Official Supplier" 2009. The prestigious title, reserved for a selected group of top quality service and product suppliers, recognises PTC’s contribution to the development of Ducati motorbikes.

Read a very interesting and informative commentary by Jeff Rowe, Contributing Editor of MCADCafe.com, on Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 :

MCADCafe Weekly : Overview/First Look: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 -

This article was published in the German daily business and financial newspaper "The Financial Times" on 13 May 2009