Gedas Iberia to Implement Tecnomatix Manufacturing Process Management Solutions in Automotive Manufacturing Operations

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Nashua, N.H., Spain and Portugal -- Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. announces a series of agreements with gedas Iberia -- valued at approximately US $350,000 -- that will benefit automobile production at SEAT, VW-Navarra and Autoeuropa.

Gedas Iberia plans and implements all IT-related projects at the three manufacturers. Gedas will use several products from the Tecnomatix eMPower MPM solution set to help these companies lower production costs, maintain high quality, reduce risk and help bring products to market faster.

Tecnomatix eMPower products to be used at these engagements include eM-Workplace, eM-Spot, eM-Paint, eM-Human, eM-Assembler and eM-Plant. As part of the agreements, Tecnomatix will also provide gedas with training, support and integration assistance. The solutions will be used in both the pre-planning stage (body-in-white processes) and the detailed studies stage.

During pre-planning, these eMPower solutions will be used in feasibility and reachability studies (assembly process validation) and to provide feedback to product design, help with assembly sequence definition and estimate costs. During detailed studies, the eMPower solutions will provide complete painting, welding line and workcell studies with paths, fixture definitions, and offline programming. It will also provide plant layout definitions, work instruction development and path optimization.

Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. is the driving force in Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) solutions. For more information, visit www.tecnomatix.com.

Gedas Iberia is a consulting and IT services company, a division of gedas AG.