is a
Computer Software company specializing in 3D and
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Software . The company is a
Division of
Siemens Automation & Drives group, and is headquartered in
Plano, Texas .
Siemens completed its $3.5 billion acquisition of UGS on
May 7 2007 . The company name was then changed to '''UGS PLM Software'''.
UGS' flagship products are ,
D‑Cubed ,
JT , PLM Vis, PLM XML, 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
McDonnell 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
1999 the company acquired ''
Applicon '', a long term player in the EDA field.
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 Line of Business (LOB) named EDS PLM Solutions. In
2004 EDS sold off its EDS PLM Solutions business to the private equity group of Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus.
In
2005 , UGS purchased
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd.
On
January 24 2007 the German electronics giant
Siemens AG announced that they would acquire UGS for $3.5 billion. When the deal completed, UGS became part of Siemens Automation & Drives group as the UGS PLM Software division. UGS will provide hardware, software and services for Siemens' so called .
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UGS, officially known as UGS PLM Software, is wholly owned by Siemens AG, and operates as a "global division" of Siemens Automation & Drives.
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