- SofTech, Inc.
Infobox Company
company_name = SofTech, Inc.
company_type = Public (OTC: SOFT)
foundation =Boston, Massachusetts , USA (1969 )
location =Lowell, Massachusetts
company_
key_people = William D. (Bill) Johnston , Chairman Jean Croteau, President
industry =CAD /CAM ,PLM Software
products = See complete products listing.
revenue = profit $12.1 million USD
net_income = profit $1.4 million USD
num_employees = 70
homepage = [http://www.softech.com/ www.softech.com]SofTech, Inc., (nasdaq|SOFT, is a multinational
computer software company with offices in the United States, Italy, Germany and France with a worldwide annual revenue of US$ $12.1 million. Headquartered in Lowell, Ma. SofTech has providedProduct Lifecycle Management /Product Data Management CAD /CAM solutions since1969 , one of the earliest software/consulting companies in the US.In December 2002, SofTech acquired Workgroup Technology Corporation (WTC), developer of ProductCenter, the company's
PDM /PLM solution. WTC was one of the earliest PDM/PLM providers in the industry, having delivered PLM software products beginning with its first software product CMS in the early 1990s, along with many technology firsts, including the first independent PLM integration toPro/ENGINEER . In 1996 WTC’s CMS software solution was renamed to ProductCenter.Softech’s flagship product offering ProductCenter PLM was created to enhance product lifecycle development by extending enterprise collaboration, increasing product quality improvements, and shortening time-to-market cycles. ProductCenter integrates with
CAD systems such asPro/ENGINEER ,SolidWorks ,Autodesk Inventor ,AutoCAD , CADRA,Unigraphics ,Catia andME-10 as well as non-CAD integrations toM$ Office andAdobe FrameMaker and view/markup/collaboration integration toCimmetry’s AutoVue . ProductCenter was specifically designed to operate on theMicrosoft Windows andUNIX operating systems and has also developed a web client version to operate in a standard web browser on almost any platform.Portfolio
Product offerings from the company are as follows:
*ProductCenter PLM (product lifecycle management )
* CADRA (Design Drafting Solutions)
* DesignGateway (2D/3D CAD Design Integrations)
* ToolDesigner (Mold Design)
* ExpertCAD (2D Design Drafting)
* Prospector (Tool Design)
* CADRA NC (5 axis NC programming)
* ExpertCAM (NC visualization and operational optimization)See also
*
Douglas T. Ross
*IDEF0 External links
* [http://www.softech.com/ www.softech.com Company Web Site]
* [http://www.softech-italia.it/ www.softech-italia.it Italy Web Site]
* [http://www.softech.de/ www.softech.de Germany Web Site]
* [http://www.softech.fr/ www.softech.fr France Web Site]
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