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, has launched the Version 5.0 of TeamCenter® Express software. This suite is a comprehensive family of modular, yet integrated solutions addressing the PLM mid-market. This latest release provides key enhancements that improve the productivity of small and medium size businesses (SMBs), thus reducing the time needed for completing design-through-manufacturing projects.

Version 5 also delivers an improved user interface and expanded capabilities for integration with Microsoft Office 2007. While working in Word, Excel®, PowerPoint® or Outlook® users can easily browse and search the Teamcenter Express database, add new documents to this single source of data, and review and approve cPDM workflow tasks that have been assigned to them. New cost analysis tools are also available for both products and projects, enabling costs to be calculated from the initial concept design through release to manufacturing, resulting in improved cost control and profitability.

Tipped to become the most popular PLM, Teamcenter Express is already in use among SMBs in 38 countries helping them to improve the efficiency and consistency of their design-through-manufacturing processes and improve their customer responsiveness. Teamcenter Express Version 5.0 is built on Teamcenter 8 and delivers complete scalability to the unified architecture of this latest release of Teamcenter. Version 5.0 is also now available on Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008.

About Siemens PLM Software

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry

Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with nearly six million licensed seats and 56,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software works collaboratively with companies to deliver open solutions that help them turn more ideas into successful products. To know more Visit