Sulzer Pumps Selects PTC Product Development System
 NEEDHAM,
MA, May 13, 2008 - PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company,
today announced that Sulzer Pumps Ltd., a leading supplier of centrifugal
pumps, has chosen PTC’s product development system (PDS) to achieve its
global product development initiative. After an extensive benchmark against
six other leading PLM vendors, Sulzer Pumps Ltd., a division of
Switzerland-based Sulzer Group, selected PTC’s PDS including Windchill
PDMLink, Windchill ProjectLink and ProductView for its new global
engineering platform. In addition, Sulzer Pumps selected PTC’s Global
Service Organization (GSO) for consulting and training.
With 5700 employees and nearly 1,3 billion Euro in orders received in
2007, Sulzer Pumps is a leading provider of centrifugal pumping solutions to
the oil gas, hydrocarbon, power and water industries as well as to paper and
pulp mills industries. Product offerings range from highly sophisticated
customer-specific and engineered pumps to highly standardized product series
for the pulp and paper segment. Exceptionally fast global growth over recent
years has created challenges for Sulzer Pumps around handling complex
product configuration and change management processes in a complex CAD
environment.
The company decided to implement Windchill to enhance collaboration
between new equipment engineering and customer specific support services (CSS)
and between distributed manufacturing and assembly sites. Furthermore, the
company expects to accelerate time to market, facilitate the reuse of
information and improve customer response time and design efficiency. The
comprehensive visual collaboration capabilities of ProductView enable global
collaboration by providing intuitive access product information at any stage
in the development processes and for any team member. Sulzer Pumps plans to
implement several hundred seats of Windchill throughout its globally
dispersed engineering, manufacturing and assembly sites. Additionally, PTC’s
Global Support Organization (GSO) will provide consulting and implementation
support as well as role-based training through PTC University. The global
engineering platform is to be integrated with Sulzer Pumps’ SAP
implementation to allow the interchange of engineering and manufacturing
bills of material.
“We conducted a comprehensive 3-stage benchmark to find the best out of
six PLM vendors for managing dispersed collaboration for our
multi-CAD-engineering data and for integrating into our existing
ERP-system,” says Dr. Ralf Gerdes, Head of Research & Development at Sulzer
Pumps. “Finally, we chose PTC as we were convinced by the product
development system’s scalable, web-based software architecture and PTC’s
modular implementation approach. As a result of the system’s architecture we
now have the flexibility to choose the adequate implementation timing for
every site. Underscoring all of these points is PTC’s expertise in product
development and its product development system, which delivers the
capabilities we need to meet our business objectives.”
“The market for industrial equipment is undergoing a rapid evolution that
is driving the need for competitive differentiation and speed to market. As
a result, global players are forced to quickly adapt their business
processes to meet ever-changing requirements,” says Dick Harrison, president
and CEO, PTC. “Sulzer Pumps’ decision to implement the PTC Product
Development System underscores the value that PTC solutions offer
organizations to unite their enterprise-wide product development operations.
Windchill’s ability to manage heterogeneous product data both inside and
outside of Sulzer Pumps disparate locations and divisions supports the
organization’s business and customer service goals.”
Sulzer prepared the decision for the PLM solution by detailing their
product development and engineering processes to determine the specific
business requirements and use cases that had to be met. To achieve common
understanding, all 13 engineering locations and the product development
centers have been involved in the evaluation process. PTC is also
recognizing the involvement and support of the senior management team of
Sulzer Pumps, to support successful implementation of this globally used PLM
solution.
About Sulzer Pumps
Sulzer Pumps is dedicated to providing innovative pumping solutions to
business partners in the following industries:
- Oil and Gas
- Hydrocarbon Processing
- Pulp and Paper
- Power Generation
- Food, Metals and Fertilizers
- Water and Wastewater
Sulzer Pumps has been designing and building pumps since 1834. Today the
company is recognized the world over for the quality and reliability of its
products. Our detailed process and application knowledge has allowed us to
develop innovative pumping solutions for our focus segments including tailor
made systems if required. Our active research and development supports this
customer oriented approach. Sulzer Pumps has sales and service facilities in
all the major markets of the world to provide fast and flexible response and
support. An essential part of Sulzer Pumps' success is our focus on a number
of chosen markets. We design and manufacture our products to meet operators'
specific needs within these industries. This specialization has allowed us
to build a complete understanding of the processes our pumps are used in,
leading to more efficient and reliable products.
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading product lifecycle management (PLM),
content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 50,000
companies worldwide. PTC customers include the world's most innovative
companies in manufacturing, publishing, services, government and life
sciences industries. PTC is included in the S&P Midcap 400 and Russell 2000
indices.
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