xPLM Solution to Acquire cae consulting

By DE Editors

xPLM Solution GmbH has announced the acquisition of cae consulting GmbH, a supplier of PLM integration solutions for electrical, electronic and software engineering applications. For 24 years, cae consulting has been developing integration solutions between computer-aided engineering, PLM and ERP applications.

This merger expands xPLM Solution’s suite of mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD), digital mockup and MS-office application integrations to PLM and ERP solutions, with electrical and electronic CAD (ECAD) and software development applications.

“The acquisition of cae consulting significantly strengthens our range of integration solutions and also our development and consulting teams,” says Charly Wachtel, Managing Director of xPLM Solution. “The increased know-how, intellectual property and the resulting synergies mean that we are now better equipped to offer integrations in the ECAD, MCAD, ERP and PLM environment that fully satisfy the increasing requirements for the development of mechatronic systems by many leading manufacturers today. Our PLM partners including Oracle, SAP, Aras, SolidWorks, Infor and Siemens also will significantly benefit from these expanded integration capabilities.”

The acquisition is to be completed by January 1, 2011. xPLM Solution will continue to operate cae consulting’s facilities in Sexau, Germany and its customers will be cared for by their familiar and existing support and service specialists. Sven Rau, managing director of cae consulting, will serve as a management consultant to xPLM Solution.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.