Press Release
September 2010
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PROSTEP Signs Strategic
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Agreement with Adobe
PROSTEP Licenses Technology from Adobe for Development
of 3D Translation Server Product; To Resell Adobe LiveCycle
PDF Generator 3D ES2 for a Limited Time
Darmstadt, September 2010 – PROSTEP AG today announced
that it has significantly expanded the scope of its longstanding and
successful partnership with Adobe Systems Incorporated. The
collaboration between the two companies builds on PROSTEP
AG’s reputation as one of the leading specialists for product data
and process integration in manufacturing industry.
As a result of the strategic agreement between the two companies,
PROSTEP will license technology from Adobe for development of a
3D translation server product. Additionally, PROSTEP has a license
to resell Adobe® LiveCycle® PDF Generator 3D ES2 until a
PROSTEP replacement product is offered. The interim product will
be named PROSTEP PDF Generator 3D for Adobe LiveCycle ES2.
The company, which has its headquarters in Germany, will
concentrate on the design and support of processes in the
manufacturing industry, and will continue development of 3D PDF
technology for secure and standards-based communication of 3D
product data in PDF-based documents.
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Separately, Tech Soft 3D, another long-term Adobe partner,
recently announced it will be responsible for the continued
development and optimization of 3D converters for the most widelyused CAD/CAM/CAE systems. More information on this agreement
can be found on Adobe Featured Blogs.
The long-term strategic partnerships with PROSTEP and Tech Soft
3D will enable these two companies, which are extremely wellversed in the requirements of the manufacturing industry, to
develop industry-specific solutions based on Adobe’s cross-industry
platform technologies. Adobe will continue development of the
LiveCycle platform, the Adobe Acrobat® product family and the free
Adobe Reader®, a virtually universal client around the world.
“We selected PROSTEP as a strategic partner because the
company, with its deep experience in the manufacturing industry, is
in a trusted position to provide support to our corporate clients in
the automotive, aerospace and machine engineering industries,
and to provide continued development of the applications for 3D
workflows over the long term,” said Kumar Vora, Vice President and
General Manager, LiveCycle Business, Adobe. “PROSTEP is highly
qualified to integrate enterprise-level applications, such as PDM,
ERP and CRM systems, with server-based 3D PDF translation
solutions. We believe this partnership will help achieve an even
higher level of use of the 3D PDF technology in the global
manufacturing industry.”
More information on the PROSTEP AG and Adobe agreement can
be found on Adobe Featured Blogs.
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Additionally, PROSTEP will help lead efforts in establishing use of
the PDF/E ISO standard for the communication of intelligent 3D
PDF documents in engineering processes. This approach includes
the continued development of the 3D functionality in Adobe Reader
needed to visualize, add comments to and publish 3D data in the
PRC and U3D formats. Furthermore, Adobe intends to continue to
be a part of the ISO working group that is involved in incorporating
the highly-compressed, high-precision PRC format in the ISO
standard.
PROSTEP believes this collaboration with Adobe will enable 3D
PDF technology to be more deeply integrated in PLM processes.
With its PLM integration expertise, PROSTEP will be able to
provide its customers with solutions for 3D-based collaboration in
heterogeneous PLM environments that are tailored to their
individual needs. “We are proud that Adobe has selected us to be
its strategic partner for 3D server-based solutions in the
manufacturing industry.” said Dr. Bernd Pätzold, CEO of PROSTEP
AG, commenting on the expanded level of collaboration. “Our aim
is to establish 3D PDF technology as an ISO standard for 3D
communication and documentation, with focus placed on processes
such as request for proposal, change management, product
documentation and product archiving. PROSTEP is committed to
openness and standards and will therefore actively promote the
integration of other PLM industry standards.”
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About Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator ES2
Adobe® LiveCycle® PDF Generator ES2 is a server-based solution that enables
organizations to automate the creation, assembly, distribution, and archival of PDF
documents across the enterprise. It supports conversion of a wide range of native and
standard file formats to PDF Portfolios. Additionally, for organizations using PDF
documents to share information or as part of an archiving solution, the flexible deployment
options in PDF Generator ES complement existing core business systems and processes.
Other key capabilities include: ensuring compliant output for your organization's processes
and regulations and supporting the automatic generation of PDF/A files with the highest
level of conformance to the ISO archiving standard.
About PROSTEP AG
PROSTEP AG is recognized as the leading PLM integration specialist in the area of product
data integration. The company offers customers from the aerospace, automotive,
shipbuilding and mechanical engineering industries – including EADS/AIRBUS, BMW,
Volkswagen, Daimler – integration solutions for CAD, PDM and supplier communication,
thus making e-engineering a reality.
The PROSTEP Group has a current headcount of more than 280 in Germany, France and
the USA. In addition to its headquarters in Darmstadt, PROSTEP also maintains branch
offices in Berlin, Bexbach, Hamburg, Hanover, Koblenz, Munich, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and
Wuppertal, as well as Lyon and Toulouse (France) and Troy, Michigan (USA).
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