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UGS’ 3D JT Data Format Receives Overwhelming Confirmation as Product Lifecycle Management’s Common Language from Executives at Detroit Event

Ford, Abbott Labs, Visteon, Microsoft, Adobe, Aberdeen and Others Join UGS at First “Innovation is a Team Sport” Seminar to Highlight Real World Examples of Value, Productivity and Innovation Enabled through JT Collaboration Technology
PLANO, Texas – December 21, 2005 - UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced overwhelming confirmation for its 3D JT™ data standard as the common language for PLM from the industry leaders attending and participating in the “Innovation is a Team Sport” seminar held in Detroit on December 8.
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Siemens

Siemens Joins JT Open Program, Adding its Global Manufacturing Leadership to Growing Momentum of Standard JT 3D Data Format
Successful product development pilot project prompts Siemens to expand a worldwide "Common Engineering Collaboration Platform" based on JT to enhance initial cost savings across its broadly diverse business groups.
Siemens will work with other JT Open members to further enhance JT and PLM XML, promoting both as crucial elements of a true PLM standard for product development across multiple industries.
DARATECH SUMMIT 2005, CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - February 14, 2005 - UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced Siemens AG has positioned its global manufacturing strength behind JT Open by becoming the latest corporate member of this rapidly growing PLM industry initiative.
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Autoweb Joins Rapidly Expanding JT Open Initiative
Autoweb Helps Solidify JT as the Leading 3D Data Format in the Global Automotive Industry; JT Poised for Further Expansion in Multiple Industries.
PLANO, Texas - February 7, 2005 - UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced Autoweb Communications, Inc., the global leader in business-to-business data exchange for the automotive industry, has joined the rapidly expanding JT Open initiative building on the strong momentum established since the initiative's launch in November 2003.
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geolus SHAPE now supports JT geometry format
Greater scope of application for the 3D search engine.
Munich, 02 February 2005 - geolus SHAPE, sd&m AG's 3D search engine, now supports the JT file format from the PLM service provider Unigraphics Solutions (UGS). The IT and consulting company sd&m is part of the Capgemini Group and has joined the JT Open Initiative to facilitate this enhancement.
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UGS' JT2Go™ Solution Now Available for No-charge Download
New Offering - Based on the Pervasive 3D JT Format And PLM XML - Along with JT Plug-Ins for Microsoft® Office Enable Global Visualization and Collaboration on Every Desktop.
PLANO, Texas - January 19, 2005 - UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced the immediate availability of the JT2Go™ solution, a set of no-cost 3D viewing products enabling companies to globally share detailed 3D product and manufacturing data using the lightweight JT format. Starting today, JT2Go can be downloaded directly to any desktop by visiting www.JT2Go.com.
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Spicer Corporation joins JT Open program and delivers JT file format support
Industry standard JT format enhances Imagenation® 3D+ product.
KITCHENER, ON, November 29, 2004 - Spicer Corporation, a leading provider of universal viewing solutions for ECM, PLM, and reprographics applications, joins DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Intel, Microsoft, UGS and other industry heavyweights in supporting the JT Open initiative.
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3D Data at Your Fingertips; UGS Accelerates 3D Collaboration Adoption by Launching PLM Industry-leading 3D Visual Collaboration Technology at No-Charge.
New Offering Designed to Accelerate 3D Visual Collaboration Adoption Based on the Pervasive 3D JT Format and PLM XML, UGS' JT2Go Viewer and JT Plug-Ins for Microsoft® Office Enable Global Collaboration Down to Every Desktop.
JT, the Dominant Data Format for Product Visualization, Collaboration and Data Sharing Within the PLM Industry, Delivers a Lightweight Format for Sharing Detailed 3D Product and Manufacturing Information Throughout the Product Lifecycle
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Japan's Landmark Technology Corporation Joins Fast Growing JT Open Initiative
New Member Extends Strong Momentum for Innovative Initiative Uniting Global Manufacturers and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Industry Leaders Behind Common Data Format for Visual Collaboration and Interoperability.
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JT Open Technical Review Board Holds First Meeting to Provide Technical Guidance for Data Sharing Initiative
PLM Industry Leaders and Global Manufacturers Elect Daimlerchrysler Executive as First Chairperson of JT Open TRB.
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Computer Zeitung

Risk of splitting at 3-D format
(Computer Zeitung, 19 July 2004) - Munich (fg) - Dassault Systèmes and the Japanese software company Lattice aim for an XML-based standard format for 3-D engineering data. Toyota supports the alliance. Herewith Dassault produces a counterpoise to the JT-Open-Consortium, which the engineering specialists UGS and PTC as well as General Motors, Ford and Daimler-Chrysler are part of. Original German version.
Comment
A Frenchman copies Microsoft
How many standards for 3-D interchange formats does the producing industry need? According to one's best judgement one should do. The JT-Open-Consortium with the Product Lifecycle Management specialists UGS and PTC, which was founded in fall 2003, did not appear to be on the wrong track. Otherwise Ford, General Motors and Daimler-Chrysler would not have hooked up to the group. Now Dassault presents the counterdraft XVL and announces the intention of producing a worldwide standard. This solo attempt harms the efforts to ease the interchange of engineering data. Although JT Open is not perfect, it has already met with broad resonance throughout the industry. For Dassault it would have been easier to join the committee and place its own ideas... if they had just wanted to. Principal of the firm, Bernard Charlès, who often praises himself for his good contacts to Bill Gates, has obviously copied something from Microsoft. Original German version.

DaimlerChrysler, Renault, Visteon and Caterpillar Become Latest Corporate Members of JT Open Initiative
New Members Continue Strong Momentum for Innovative Initiative Uniting Global Manufacturers and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Industry Leaders behind Common Data Format for Visual Collaboration and Interoperability; Theorem and Opticore also Sign on as JT Open Vendor Members.
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New JT Open Board Sets Goals and Policies, Long-term Direction for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Data Sharing Initiative
PLM industry leaders and global manufacturers take action to promote a more open and collaborative computing environment in product lifecycle management.
PLANO, Texas -- June 09 -- UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced the new JT Open Management Review Board (MRB) has finalized the initial set of goals and policies and long-term direction for the JT Open initiative.
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Automotive Design & Production

Heavyweight Collaboration through Lightweight JT
This feature article in the March 2004 issue of Automotive Design & Production magazine discusses the significant positive impact that JT Open and the JT file format have on the global product development enterprise with a specific focus on how it benefits the automotive industry. Download (3 MB)

JT Open Net Conference Presentations
If you missed the JT Open webcast on December 3rd, you can view the powerpoint presentations by Chuck Grindstaff of UGS PLM Solutions, Don Brown and Ken Versprille of DH Brown, Diane Jurgens of General Motors, Michael Ali of the Ford Motor Company and George Church of Bentley. Download (4 MB)

DH Brown

DH Brown perspective on JT Open
For more information on DH Brown's perspective on the market space that JT Open plays in, you can download Ken Versprille's paper on "The Havoc of Instant Collaboration" and other materials from the DH Brown web site.

Press Release, November 19th, 2003
Global Manufacturers and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Industry Leaders Unite Behind Common Data Format for Visual Collaboration and Interoperability Initial members and advocates of innovative "JT Open" initiative include GM, Ford, Mazda, UGS PLM Solutions, PTC, Intel, HP, SAP and others. Members praise "bottom-line value" created by initiative's unique open vision; declare JT Open "model for the future of collaboration in the PLM industry". Read the full release.