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Private Company
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Torrance, California ( 1963 )
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Plano, Texas
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Tony Affuso, Chuck Grindstaff, John Graham, David Shirk
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aerospace/defense<br/>automotive and transportation<br/>electronics and telecommunications<br/>fabrication and assembly
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PLM Software and Services - Teamcenter, NX, Tecnomatix, Velocity Series
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$115 billion USD (2005)
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http://wwwugscom/
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(previously known as '''Unigraphics Solutions Inc.''') is a leading company specializing in 3D and
PLM (
Product Lifecycle Management )
Software .
Its flagship products are
NX , a
CAD /
CAM /
CAE commercial software suite and
Teamcenter , an integrated set of design management (
PDM ) and collaboration (
CPD ) tools. Its portfolio also contains the
SolidEdge , Tecnomatix, FEMAP, D-Cubed,
JT and
Parasolid products.
The first commercial product developed by what is now known as UGS was called UNIAPT. Released in
1969 by a software company then called , UNIAPT was one of the world's first end-user
CAM products. United Computing was founded in
1963 above a hair salon in
Torrance, California , and went on to purchase the
Automated Drafting And Machining (ADAM) software code from MGS in
1973 . The code became a foundation for a product called UNI-GRAPHICS, later sold commercially as Unigraphics in
1975 .
The following year, United Computing was acquired by the
Aerospace company
McDonell Douglas , who created new CAD/CAM divisions, naming one the Unigraphics Group. Finally, in
1980 , Unigraphics was released, marking the group's first true 3D modeling hardware and software offering.
Already home to McDonnell Douglas, the Unigraphics Group grew in
St. Louis, Missouri , which became the new headquarters. In
1991 , the McDonnell Douglas Systems Integration groups, including Unigraphics, were acquired by
EDS , calling the new group EDS Unigraphics. Eventually, in
1997 EDS set up its Unigraphics division as a wholly-owned subsidiary called Unigraphics Solutions. EDS took Unigraphics Solutions public while continuing to own majority controlling shares in Unigraphics. During this time, Unigraphics acquired a few companies itself including
Engineering Animation, Inc. , the former
Ames, Iowa -based visualization company.
In
2001 , the company was renamed to UGS. EDS repurchased all outstanding stock and acquired
SDRC - a former competitor of Unigraphics - and merged both into a single division LOB (Line of Business) known as EDS PLM Solutions. In
2004 EDS sold off its EDS PLM Solutions LOB to the private equity group of Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus.
In
2005 , UGS purchased Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd.
As of October 2005, UGS is headquartered in
Plano, Texas and exists as a privately held company.
- The private equity group of Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus.
