UGS Corp.

UGS was a computer software company headquartered in Plano, Texas, specializing in 3D & 2D Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. Its operations were amalgamated into the Siemens Digital Industries Software business unit of Siemens Industry Automation division, when Siemens completed the US$3.5 billion acquisition of UGS on May 7, 2007.

This article is about the historic details of computer software company UGS prior to the 2007 acquisition by Siemens. For the amalgamated company, see Siemens Digital Industries Software.
UGS Corporation
IndustryAerospace/Defense
Automotive and Transportation
Electronics and telecommunications
Fabrication and assembly
Founded1963, Torrance, California
Defunct2007
FatePurchased and integrated into Siemens Industry Automation division of Siemens AG
SuccessorSiemens Digital Industries Software
HeadquartersPlano, Texas
Key people
Tony Affuso, Chuck Grindstaff, John Graham, David Shirk
ProductsPLM software and services — Teamcenter, NX, Tecnomatix, UGS Velocity Series
Number of employees
7300 (February 2007)
ParentMcDonnell Douglas
(1976 - 1991)
EDS
(1991 - 2004)
UGS Corp.
(2004 - 2007)
Siemens AG
(2007 - present)

UGS' flagship products were NX, a CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite, and Teamcenter, an integrated set of PLM and collaboration (cPD) tools. The company's portfolio also contained NX I-deas, NX Nastran, Solid Edge, Imageware, Tecnomatix, Jack, SDK, Femap, D-Cubed, JT, PLM Vis, PLM XML, and Parasolid.

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