Siemens PLM Software Invests in Japan's Manufacturing Future Through In-Kind Software Grants to Schools and Universities Valued
October 30 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Students Trained on 3D CAD Technology 'Receive Advanced Standing
Placement within Companies as they Begin their Careers' TOKYO and
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 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 in-kind software grants with
a commercial value of US$725 million to top educational
institutions and training centers in Japan to help produce a
ready-made employment base for Japanese manufacturers. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) Siemens
PLM Software made the series of grants to 393 Japanese schools over
the past 5 years. As a result of its investment and partnership
with Japanese schools, 36,000 undergraduate and graduate college
and university students now have direct access to Siemens PLM
Software's world-class PLM software. "Education and training are
critical factors in maintaining Japan's economic leadership in the
world," said Dr. Tamotsu Murakami, professor, Design Engineering
Laboratory, Department of Engineering Synthesis, the University of
Tokyo. "We salute Siemens PLM Software for their work in the
engineering and manufacturing fields and we know that the training
our students receive is top notch. Students who receive educational
training on 3D CAD systems have clear advantages. These students
are given chances to be engaged in the real work and earn
unsurpassed experiences during internship opportunities they may
have prior to graduation and, in turn, receive advanced standing
placement within companies as they begin their careers."
Technologists and engineers at many leading companies already use
the skills and knowledge they acquired through training on Siemens
PLM Software's technology in their product innovation efforts. "It
requires some practice to get used to the CAD software at a company
if it is different from what you have been trained on at school,"
said Hideki Miyamoto, Tokyo University graduate and now a member of
a leading machinery manufacturer in Japan. "The ample experience I
had using 3D CAD at the University of Tokyo proved beneficial when
carrying out design work at my job." "We recognize the need for a
skilled workforce -- it's a global need that we want to help
manufacturers actively address," said Hans-Kurt Lubberstedt, senior
vice president and managing director, Asia Pacific, Siemens PLM
Software. "We are committed to our partnership with Japan's leading
engineering schools to help develop world-class engineers and
technologists. We're proud to be involved in their strong academic
curricula and we're glad to see so many students experiencing
success following graduation." GO PLM Program Siemens PLM Software
offers grants through its Global Opportunities in Product Lifecycle
Management (GO PLM(TM)) initiative, which leads the PLM industry in
the commercial value of in-kind grants it provides at more than
US$4 billion annually. The company's GO PLM initiative brings
together five complementary programs focused on academic
partnerships; community relations; regional productivity; youth and
displaced worker development; and the Partners for the Advancement
of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE) program. The
initiative provides PLM technology to more than 930,000 students
annually at nearly 9,100 global institutions, where it is used at
every academic level -- from grade schools to graduate engineering
research programs. 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. GO PLM is a trademark
of Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the US and other countries.
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CONTACT: Salim Rahimi, +1-972-987-3206, , or Rieko Asanuma,
+81-3-3445-3039, , both of Siemens Web site:
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