PTC History Home Why PTC History PTC History and Acquisitions Since 1985, PTC has serviced top-notch customers, acquired key companies and created industry-leading products to help you achieve sustained product and service advantage. Our technology solutions transform the way you create and service your products across the entire product lifecycle — from conception and design to sourcing and service. ThingWorx Acquired The acquisition of ThingWorx positions PTC as a major player in the emerging Internet of Things era. Axeda Acquired The acquisition of Axeda allows PTC to leverage their core IoT technology to enable companies to establish secure connectivity and remotely monitor and manage a wide range of machines, sensors, and devices. 2014 Atego Acquired The acquisition of Atego enhances PTC’s portfolio of product lifecycle management (PLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions, and strengthens PTC’s commitment to supporting its customers’ systems engineering initiatives with powerful modeling capabilities. Enigma Acquired The acquisition enhances PTC’s existing portfolio of service lifecycle management (SLM) solutions and further distinguishes the Company’s leadership position within the SLM market. 2013 NetIDEAS Acquired NetIDEAS has had years of experience in managing and deploying complex enterprise applications. Companies from various industries are able to use these applications to accelerate innovation, time‐to‐market, and revenue by collaboratively developing, managing and leveraging product‐related intellectual property throughout the enterprise. 2012 Servigistics Acquired Servigistics enables leading discrete manufacturers across diverse industries to successfully execute a service-led growth strategy that delivers value across the service organization and the entire enterprise. 4CS Acquired 4CS Service Suite improves service revenue and profitability by integrating warranty, service, support and service parts processes for durable goods manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and service providers. 2011 MKS Acquired MKS’s leading product, Integrity, is the only Software System Lifecycle Management (SSLM) solution that orchestrates all software development processes and manages all development artifacts — to provide complete visibility into product development. Planet Metrics Acquired Pioneering environmental impact software to help companies effectively improve environmental performance, reduce costs and mitigate risk. 2010 2009 Relex Software Acquired Advanced reliability engineering software that provides key system performance metrics such as reliability, maintainability and prediction in a flexible and intuitive framework. Synapsis Technology Acquired Best-of-breed solution for tracking and improving the environmental performance of your products, parts, materials and suppliers. 2008 CoCreate Acquired Explicit modeling tool enables PTC to offer the industry’s most comprehensive suite of modeling solutions LBS, Ltd. Acquired Leader in Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) solutions for A&D and civil aviation 2007 NC Graphics Acquired Best-in-class CAM solutions for high-speed precision machining NetRegulus Acquired Leading enterprise study and quality management software for medical devices ITEDO Acquired Leading 2D and 3D technical illustration and animation solution 2006 Mathsoft Acquired Industry-standard solution for engineering calculations Aptavis Technology Corp. Acquired PTC Windchill-based technology and expertise for retail, footwear and apparel Arbortext Acquired Leading technology and expertise in dynamic publishing 2005 Polyplan Technologies Acquired Leading technology and expertise in manufacturing process management PLM on Demand Launched Strategic partnership with IBM acquired 2003 IndustryWeek names Pro/ENGINEER "Technology of the Year" For the second time PTC Windchill PDMLink launched Pure Internet architecture solution for product data management 2002 PTC surpasses 35,000 customers Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Released First CAD system to fully support Web services PTC Windchill ProjectLink launched Pure Internet architecture solution for project collaboration 2001 2000 Nitidus Acquired PTC surpasses 25,000 customers 1999 DIVISION Group and Auxilium, Inc. acquired PTC Windchill launched First to market with Internet-based solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) 1998 Computervision acquired InPart acquired PTC added to S&P 500 1997 1996 Daratech names PTC World's #1 Supplier of CAD/CAM/CAE software After only 8 years in the market PTC cracks Fortune 500 1995 CDRS (surfacing product) acquired from Evans and Sutherland IndustryWeek names Pro/ENGINEER "Technology of the Year" 1992 Caterpillar becomes our largest customer Initial Public Offering (PMTC) 1989 Pro/ENGINEER launched First to market with parametric, associative feature-based, solid modeling software 1988 John Deere becomes PTC's first customer 1985 Company founded Search English Store Contact Us My Account Why PTC Solutions Products Services Communities Support About PTC Management Team Investor Relations History News Room Careers Corporate Responsibility Key Topics PTC Windchill Upgrade Center PTC Creo Upgrade Center Multi-CAD Smart Connected Products Systems Engineering Service Transformation Product Data Management Communities PTC Community Events Blogs Partners Academic Information For Engineering Executives Software Executives Supply Chain Executives Service Executives IT Executives Engineering Managers Partners Channel Partners Hardware Partners Software Partners Service Partners Training Partners Contact PTC PTC Corporate Headquarters 140 Kendrick Street Needham, MA 02494, USA Phone: (781) 370-5000 Fax: (781) 370-6000 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube SlideShare PTC Blog Social Media Directory › Copyright © 2015 PTC Inc. 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