PTC Expands Its Manufacturing Process Planning and Management Offering

This IDC Flash discusses the acquisition of Montreal-based Polyplan Technologies by product life-cycle management (PLM) applications provider PTC Inc. With the acquisition of Polyplan, a well-respected provider of manufacturing process planning and management (MPPM) software applications, PTC is expanding its MPPM strategy and will compete directly with Dassault Systèmes and UGS Inc.