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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.

Honeycomb Solutions are featured in Microsoft’s Prime Partner Guide .

“The fully customisable interface of Pro/ENGINEER – with its map keys and GUI laid out the way I want it – makes navigation a breeze.”

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.

“…no wonder it is so popular with American students and teachers.”

  Each year, the NESEA – the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association – conducts the Junior Solar Sprint Program, where middle-school students from the north-eastern part of the United States design and build a model solar car for competition.

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 -

SMB Manufacturer of Mechatronic Drive Solutions Deploys Pro/ENGINEER and Windchill to Improve Collaboration and Reduce Costs

PTC today announced that Buehler Motor GmbH, based in Nuernberg, Germany, has decided to standardise on the PTC® Product Development System (PDS) as its enterprise PLM solution to improve global collaboration and reduce development costs.