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Warwick Manufacturing Group and Siemens PLM Software make available £22 million worth of commercially-valued software through new digital lab

Industry Leading Software Intended to Inspire British Innovation and Stimulate Interest in Manufacturing Careers

September 02, 2008

PLANO, Texas and CAMBERLEY, England, September 2, 2008 – Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), the international research and education group at the University of Warwick, today announced that access to more than £22 million of commercially-valued Siemens PLM Software technology will be made available to researchers, students and businesses using the new Warwick Digital Laboratory.

A £50 million WMG initiative involving the construction of a £13 million high specification building on the Warwick University campus, the laboratory is due to open in September 2008. It will provide state-of-the-art facilities for innovative problem solving through collaborative research, demonstrators, knowledge sharing, education and training. Siemens PLM Software’s NX™, Teamcenter® and Tecnomatix® products will be used in 40 seat bundles to facilitate collaborative research opportunities, create effective transfer of knowledge between academic and industrial disciplines and generate new knowledge and skills in digital manufacturing.

Although Siemens PLM Software supports leading schools and universities around the world in similar initiatives, thus far, this is the largest project with any university in the United Kingdom (UK).

WMG will lead the laboratory work and will partner with academic entities and organisations to complete research in a number of areas including digital manufacturing, e-security, e-business, mass customisation and digital healthcare.

Siemens PLM Software’s digital manufacturing technology combines knowledge management with process improvement in a virtual environment that lets organisations optimise the quality, process, plant, resource and simulation aspects of their manufacturing operations. The latest 3D visualisation techniques and interactive tools will be used to bring together students, designers and customers in the conceptual design, prototyping and testing of products in virtual reality before production. This type of technology is particularly effective in promoting innovation – as the cost of design failure in a virtual world is minimal.

“This agreement will allow postgraduates, WMG staff and their clients to visualise and interact with a digital product,” said Guy Langley, vice president and managing director, UK, Siemens PLM Software. “At the same time, Siemens PLM Software will be able to further develop and train our staff in the latest techniques in digital manufacturing and drive opportunities to work with WMG and its clients. We’ll also gain additional feedback in the use of our tools in a leading-edge environment.”

“British industry risks lagging behind low-cost emerging markets that are continuing to develop their manufacturing excellence,” said Mark Pickering, director of development at WMG. “The work of the Digital Laboratory will inspire academia and industry to collaborate on new technology and techniques within digital manufacturing and help position UK manufacturers as the best in the world.”

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“This agreement will allow postgraduates, WMG staff and their clients to visualise and interact with a digital product,” said Guy Langley, vice president and managing director, UK, Siemens PLM Software. “At the same time, Siemens PLM Software will be able to further develop and train our staff in the latest techniques in digital manufacturing and drive opportunities to work with WMG and its clients. We’ll also gain additional feedback in the use of our tools in a leading-edge environment.”

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About WMG

WMG’s mission is to improve competitiveness through the application of innovation, new technologies and skills deployment, bringing academic rigour to industrial and organisational practice. WMG has pioneered an international model for working with industry, with thousands of collaborating companies and centres in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. WMG is an academic department of the University of Warwick, headed by Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya. For more information go to: www.wmg.warwick.ac.uk

About Warwick Digital Laboratory

The Digital Lab is the latest of WMG’s ambitious projects to establish the first digital research centre of its kind in the world. A multi-disciplinary centre for research and learning, WDL will showcase the latest technology and create a platform for new collaborations. For more information go to: www.warwickdigital.org.uk

Media enquiries: Zoë Howard, Head of Communications, WMG: 02476 524721, 07824 540845

About Siemens PLM Software

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 5.5 million licensed seats and 51,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software’s open enterprise solutions enable a world where organisations 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 www.siemens.com/plm.

About the Siemens Industry Automation Division

The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg), a division of the Siemens Industry Sector, is a worldwide leader in the fields of automation systems, low-voltage switchgear and industrial software. Its portfolio ranges from standard products for the manufacturing and process industry to solutions for whole industries and systems that encompass the automation of entire automobile production facilities and chemical plants. As a leading software supplier, Industry Automation optimises the entire value added chain of manufacturers – from product design and development to production, sales and a wide range of maintenance services.

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Claudia Lanzinger Siemens PLM Software
+49 (0)6103-20 65-510
Claudia.lanzinger@siemens.com

Anna White or Victoria Collinson, LEWIS PR
0207 802 2626
Annaw/victoriac@lewispr.com

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