Black & Decker Selects PTC(R) Windchill(R) Solutions As Backbone For ...

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PTC(R) (Nasdaq: PMTC), The Product Development Company(R), todayannounced that Black & Decker, a leading global manufacturerand marketer of power tools and accessories, hardware and homeimprovement products, and technology-based fastening systems, hasselected Windchill for strategic product lifecycle management (PLM)initiatives in its Industrial Products Group. The implementationincludes Windchill PDMLink(R), Windchill ProjectLink(TM), WindchillPartsLink(R), and Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration (ESI) toSAP(R). Black & Decker will also take advantage of PTC servicesand educational offerings.

To sustain its leadership position as the world's largest producerof power tools and accessories, Black & Decker required a PLMsolution that would enable it to accelerate time-to-market withoutcompromising quality and innovation. Equally important was thecompany's desire to maximize its technology investment by embracinga solution that would support the complex collaboration and datamanagement requirements of its heterogeneous CAD environment andglobal product development initiatives. Looking to improve thecapabilities of the company's existing product data management(PDM) solution to successfully address these challenges, Black& Decker began searching for a replacement PLM system.

Windchill, the PTC content and process management solution, helpscompanies control product development data and enable internal andexternal product development collaboration. The breadth and depthof Windchill provides discrete manufacturers like Black &Decker a solution that advances their strategic initiatives inproduct quality, time-to-market, and innovation. Additionally, theintegral Windchill architecture offers a high-quality and low-risktechnology solution, providing a low total cost of ownership.

"As a global company with many design centers and manufacturinglocations around the world, we have complex collaboration and datamanagement requirements," said John Howson, vice president globalengineering, Black & Decker. "Windchill now gives us thecapability to easily integrate across our regions and functionalgroups."

"We are very pleased that Black & Decker selected Windchill asits enterprise PLM solution, and look forward to supporting theirneeds for years to come," said C. Richard Harrison, president andCEO, PTC. "As today's leading manufacturers execute growthstrategies through innovation, acquisition and globalization, theirprocesses become exponentially more complex. Customers like Black& Decker are turning to PTC to help optimize productdevelopment processes due to the power of our solutions and ourexpertise in solving these complex challenges."

About Black & Decker

Black & Decker is a global manufacturer and marketer of qualitypower tools and accessories, hardware and home improvementproducts, and technology-based fastening systems. Its products andservices are marketed in more than 100 countries, and it hasmanufacturing operations in eleven countries. Throughout itsbusinesses, B&D has established a reputation for productinnovation, quality, end-user focus, design, and value. Thecompany's strong brand names and new product developmentcapabilities enjoy worldwide recognition, and its globaldistribution is unsurpassed in its industries.

About PTC

PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading product lifecycle management(PLM), content management and dynamic publishing solutions to morethan 50,000 companies worldwide. PTC customers include the world'smost innovative companies in manufacturing, publishing, services,government and life sciences industries. PTC is included in theS&P Midcap 400 and Russell 2000 indices. For more informationon PTC, please visit http://www.ptc.com

Statements in this news release that are not historical facts,including statements about our confidence and strategies and ourexpectations about revenue, results of operations, and marketacceptance of our products, are forward-looking statements thatinvolve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results todiffer materially from those projected. These risks anduncertainties include: PTC's successful development and integrationof the technology necessary to offer integrated PLM solutions thataddress business-critical product lifecycle management functionsand that adequately respond to the evolving requirements of productdesigners ; our ability to coordinate and manage joint activitieswith third parties (including technology integration, development,implementation and support) in order to deliver products andservices that meet our customer's integration requirements; and thesuccess of PTC's customer satisfaction initiatives in providing thefoundation for long-term relationships and repeat business,together with such other risks and uncertainties as are detailedfrom time to time in reports filed by PTC with the Securities andExchange Commission, including PTC's most recent reports on Form10-K and 10-Q. The announcement of any particular selection of PTCproducts is not necessarily indicative of the timing of recognitionof revenue therefrom or the level of revenue for any particularperiod.

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