UGS Corp.
Headquarters in Plano, Texas | |
| Industry | Aerospace/Defense Automotive and Transportation Electronics and telecommunications Fabrication and assembly |
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| Founded | 1963, Torrance, California |
| Defunct | 2007 |
| Fate | Purchased and integrated into Siemens Industry Automation division of Siemens AG |
| Successor | Siemens Digital Industries Software |
| Headquarters | Plano, Texas |
Key people | Tony Affuso, Chuck Grindstaff, John Graham, David Shirk |
| Products | PLM software and services — Teamcenter, NX, Tecnomatix, UGS Velocity Series |
Number of employees | 7300 (February 2007) |
| Parent | McDonnell Douglas (1976 - 1991) EDS (1991 - 2004) UGS Corp. (2004 - 2007) Siemens AG (2007 - present) |
UGS was a computer software company headquartered in Plano, Texas, specializing in 3D & 2D Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. Its operations were amalgamated into the Siemens Digital Industries Software business unit of Siemens Industry Automation division, when Siemens completed the US$3.5 billion acquisition of UGS on May 7, 2007.
UGS' flagship products were NX, a CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite, and Teamcenter, an integrated set of PLM and collaboration (cPD) tools. The company's portfolio also contained NX I-deas, NX Nastran, Solid Edge, Imageware, Tecnomatix, Jack, SDK, Femap, D-Cubed, JT, PLM Vis, PLM XML, and Parasolid.