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  • Dassault Systèmes in Long-Term Relationship with Volkswagen

    Dassault Systèmes in Long-Term Relationship with Volkswagen

    VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Feb 4, 2025 – Dassault Systèmes and Volkswagen Group announced a long-term partnership to advance Volkswagen Group’s digital infrastructure for state-of-the-art vehicle development by implementing Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

    The length of the long-term partnership was not disclosed.

    The Volkswagen Group has been utilizing Dassault Systèmes’ software for several decades starting in the 1980s when Volkswagen developed advanced 3D surface modeling software known as VW Surf, which was later commercialized as ICEM Surf and eventually acquired by Dassault Systèmes.

    The big automotive companies are like crown jewels for the big CAD companies and any deal made is touted as a big deal. Volkswagen Group appears to be using Dassault Systèmes software across all its brands for most design and engineering, but it is not a totally exclusive arrangement. In October 2023, PTC announced a strategic supplier relationship with Volkswagen Group for the use of PTC’s Codebeamer Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution. Autodesk claims all major automotive companies use their software, probably referring to Alias, which seems to be a universal standard for body styling. Also, Autodesk got minor bragging rights by generatively designing novelty wheels for a 1962 VW Microbus.

    Volkswagen Group has chosen the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud as a main engineering and manufacturing platform. Engineers, designers and other professionals across the Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche brands will use virtual twins to streamline the development of vehicles. This will enable teams to simulate, test and refine every aspect of vehicle development in a collaborative virtual environment before physical production begins while ensuring compliance with global regulations and sustainability standards.

    “We are advancing the development of our next-generation IT system landscape, and the decision to partner with Dassault Systèmes marks an important milestone,” said Hauke Stars, Board Member at Volkswagen Group for IT. “With consistent data streams and AI solutions built on them, we are creating a true technological leap for our teams in development and factory planning. At the same time, we are sustainably reducing IT costs and accelerating processes by streamlining our system complexity and utilizing virtual twins.”

    “Industry evolutions in the context of the Generative Economy are compelling automotive companies to make transformative decisions that will propel the vehicle experience to new heights,” said Pascal Daloz, CEO, Dassault Systèmes. “After four decades of partnership rooted in innovation and trust, we’re now embarking on the next chapter with Volkswagen Group with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform at its core. Our AI-powered virtual twins and the strength and resilience of the cloud will unify Volkswagen Group’s hardware and software innovation and unleash the knowledge and know-how to accelerate its software-driven transformation.”

    Volkswagen Group will rely on four Dassault Systèmes industry solution experiences based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform: “Global Modular Architecture,” “Smart, Safe and Connected,” “Efficient Multi-Energy Platform,” and “On-Target Vehicle Launch.” 

    About Dassault Systèmes

    Dassault Systèmes SE, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, is a leading multinational software corporation specializing in 3D design, digital mock-up, and product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. The company has pioneered virtual worlds to improve real life for consumers, patients and citizens. It offers a comprehensive suite of software applications, including CATIA for product design, SOLIDWORKS for 3D mechanical design, DELMIA for manufacturing operations, and SIMULIA for realistic simulation. The tools serve a wide range of industries such as aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, industrial equipment, life sciences, and high-tech. As of 2023, Dassault Systèmes employs approximately 23,811 individuals across 194 global offices. In 2023, the company reported revenues of €5.67 billion, reflecting its significant presence in the software industry. As of 2024, Dassault Systèmes serves over 350,000 enterprise customers across more than 150 countries.

    About Volkswagen Group

    Volkswagen Group, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany, is a leading multinational automotive manufacturer established in 1937. It operates globally, with 114 production facilities in 17 European countries and 10 countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. The company offers a diverse range of vehicles, including passenger cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles, through its various brands such as Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, ŠKODA, SEAT, and Bentley. Serving industries like automotive manufacturing, transportation, and mobility solutions, Volkswagen has expanded its operations to include electric vehicles and autonomous driving technologies. As of 2023, the group reported revenues of €322.3 billion and employed approximately 684,000 individuals worldwide. In 2023, Volkswagen delivered 9.2 million vehicles globally, solidifying its position as one of the world’s largest car manufacturers. The Group’s vehicles are sold in over 150 countries.

    Source: Dassault Systèmes

  • Dassault Launches 3D UNIV+RSES for AI-Driven IPLM

    Dassault Launches 3D UNIV+RSES for AI-Driven IPLM

    VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Feb 4, 2025 – Dassault Systèmes opened up its new horizon as part of the Generative Economy by introducing “3D UNIV+RSES” that embed multiple generative AI technologies at the core of global IP Lifecycle Management (IPLM) for the benefit of its clients.

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    The architecture will enable its client base to make use of their 3D design, virtual twins, and PLM data in a new type of digital environment designed for training and delivering new categories of Experience as a Service (XaaS), namely, Generative Experiences (GenXp), Virtual Companions, and Virtual Twin Experience as a Service (VTaaS). Dassault Systèmes’ “POWER’byAI” approach and its multi-AI, industry-aware platforms ─ 3DEXPERIENCE (manufacturing), MEDIDATA (life sciences and health care) and CENTRIC (consumer goods and food) ─ provide customers with secured environments to reveal and generate their own knowledge and know-how with rapid deployment.

    Tomorrow’s leaders will be those with well-developed skills and knowledge. They will draw from the living world to create rather than consume, giving back to the planet as much as they take from it. This is what Dassault Systèmes calls the Generative Economy. It results from the convergence of the Experience Economy and the Circular Economy; it’s an economy of virtual assets in which intellectual property (IP), the critical factor for differentiation, will serve as a currency.

    It will be catalyzed and enabled by “3D UNIV+RSES” and accelerated by the learning possibilities offered by AI. “3D UNIV+RSES” represent a new class of representation of the world, virtual-plus-real representations that combine modeling, simulation, real-world evidence and AI-generated content. They provide a secure environment for merging virtual twins, testing AI systems, and safeguarding customer intellectual property.

    “All our longtime loyal clients are expecting us to protect their ‘gold mine’ of virtual assets and reveal the invisible. In order to generate and protect the most valuable intellectual property, it is of critical importance to create Virtual Twin Experiences of everything for everyone that harmonize product, nature and life. Dassault Systèmes is committed to becoming the most trusted partner to provide ‘3D UNIV+RSES,’ as the ultimate source of knowledge and know-how, for our mutual benefit and human progress,” said Bernard Charlès, executive chairman, Dassault Systèmes.

    “3D UNIV+RSES” are the seventh generation of representation of the world introduced by Dassault Systèmes over the past 44 years. These generations have ushered in new ways of imagining, creating and producing.

    “The extensive work done by Bernard Charlès and our Strategy and Research and Development teams over the past three years to define and create game-changer solutions based on the deep and wide adoption of generative AI is impressive. This will enable our clients in all sectors to take advantage of the AI era at every stage of the cycle of life of the products and services they invent and create to make them more sustainable. This will ultimately improve the daily lives of consumers, patients and citizens,” said Pascal Daloz, CEO, Dassault Systèmes.

    “3D UNIV+RSES” make it possible for customers to create the virtual twin of everything for everyone and virtualize their entire ecosystem. Experience will be at the core of them since “3D UNIV+RSES” are environments for experimentation integrating motion, transformation and time. Embedded AI technology serves as an accelerator to invent game-changing generative experiences, empower everyone with their virtual companion, and upskill the workforce of the future.

    About Dassault Systèmes

    Dassault Systèmes SE, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, is a leading multinational software corporation specializing in 3D design, digital mock-up, and product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. The company has pioneered virtual worlds to improve real life for consumers, patients and citizens. It offers a comprehensive suite of software applications, including CATIA for product design, SOLIDWORKS for 3D mechanical design, DELMIA for manufacturing operations, and SIMULIA for realistic simulation. The tools serve a wide range of industries such as aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, industrial equipment, life sciences, and high-tech. As of 2023, Dassault Systèmes employs approximately 23,811 individuals across 194 global offices. In 2023, the company reported revenues of €5.67 billion, reflecting its significant presence in the software industry. As of 2024, Dassault Systèmes serves over 350,000 enterprise customers across more than 150 countries.

    Source: Dassault Systèmes