UGS Names BCT Technology AG its 2007 Software Partner of the Year

LONG BEACH, California – UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced it has named BCT Technology AG the winner of its 2007 UGS Software Partner of the Year award. BCT was selected as the first-ever recipient of this annual award due to the positive impact the company and its products have had on the UGS Partner Program and the PLM industry. The inaugural award was presented today during the UGS Connection Americas 2007 Users Conference at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.

“In the three years since it was redesigned and re-launched, the global UGS Partner Program has experienced tremendous growth and been responsible for contributing millions of dollars in revenue for our partners and UGS,” said Chris Kelley, vice president of Partner and Platform Marketing, UGS. “Our overwhelming success in growing business value for UGS and our partners was the driving force behind establishing an annual award to recognize one company that best exemplifies the qualities we look for in a partner. We are proud to recognize BCT Technology as UGS’ first Software Partner of the Year for consistently helping UGS deliver high quality PLM solutions for our customers.”

BCT develops and implements software solutions for the optimization and standardization of products and processes over the entire product lifecycle. BCT’s software and services are built on the broad and deep product offerings of UGS. BCT products that integrate with UGS technology include BCT Inspector, BCT aClass, BCEngineering Package and BCT Easy Plot.

“Being the first company to receive UGS’ Software Partner of the Year award is truly an honor,” said Juergen Hillemann, president of BCT Technology AG. “Leading companies from all over the world in a wide variety of industries are deriving real business value from UGS’ PLM software platform coupled with the extensions BCT offers. We are proud of our long-standing relationship with UGS and the joint success this award represents.”