Sapa Selects Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter as Its Corporate-Wide PLM Solution

STOCKHOLM & PLANO, Texas - Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that Sapa, the world's leading producer of extruded aluminum profiles, selected Teamcenter® software as its corporate-wide PLM solution and will deploy 500 seats globally when fully implemented.

“With Siemens PLM Software we see an opportunity to invest in a new enterprise solution for product development that will enhance our competitive edge and continue to help further our growth,” said Jörgen Mähler, PDM Lead, at Sapa.

Teamcenter, the world’s most widely used PLM portfolio, enables Sapa to effectively collaborate by sharing design and product information at distributed design centers all over the world and to manage that data within a single PLM solution.

“The selection of Teamcenter as the corporate-wide PLM solution by an industry leading company like Sapa is a testament to Siemens PLM Software’s ability to develop best-in-class PLM technology,” said Mats Friberg, vice president and managing director, Nordic Operation, Siemens PLM Software. “We look forward to helping Sapa enhance product development capabilities to meet the challenge of turning more ideas into successful products.”

Sapa is an international industrial group, which develops and markets value-added aluminum profiles, profile-based components and systems, and heat exchanger strip in aluminum. Sapa has a turnover of approximately 33 billion SEK, with 13,000 employees all over Europe and in USA and China. Sapa is the leading company in its field of operation and has customers in the building, transport, engineering and telecom industries. Sapa is part of Norwegian Orkla, listed on the Oslo Exchange.