April 2006 EPLAN your Engineering

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General Motors hands out Boss Kettering Award
Processes & services
In film, it’s the Oscars – in engineering, it’s the Boss Kettering Award: General Motors Corporation
(GM) awarded the exclusive prize in May 2005 to the internal GM EPLAN CAE team in
the USA.
Company development worldwide
Investment in growth markets: Since
2005, EPLAN Software & Service
has had a subsidiary in China, three
new employees in India and a new
branch office in Ekatarinenburg.
Since 1 January 2006: A subsidiary
in Mexico as the starting point for
support in Latin America.
Planned for 2006: increased activities
in Russia and Lithuania, appointment
of 28 new EPLAN employees
worldwide.
EPLAN is active in over 50 countries
with its subsidiaries and distributors,
and supporting other countries
through regional subcontractors.
EPLAN Software & Service ensures a
dominating presence through participation
in over 90 trade fairs worldwide.
Clear advantages for GM
The Boss Kettering Award is the highest accolade
for recognizing engineering and innovation
services. It honors GM employees across the
world who have identified and implemented
advantages for General Motors with application
and imagination. The prizewinners are
among the GM elite who strengthen the tradition
of innovations within the company. The award is
named after Charles F. "Boss" Kettering, the
founder of the GM research and development
department in 1920. A worthy patron for certified
recognition with more than 140 patents of
his own.
With software, service and commitment
What does this mean for EPLAN Software &
Service? For one thing, it is a superb reference
that documents the vital commitment of the key
account team at EPLAN Software & Service. It
is also real proof of the performance of the
EPLAN portfolio. It also means: from Detroit to
Rüsselsheim, the motto holds true: EPLAN your
Engineering.
Worldwide cooperation with over
20 strategic partners, such as RITTAL,
PHOENIX, CONTACT, AUTODESK,
SIEMENS, FESTO, SCHNEIDER
ELECTRIC, ABB, PILZ and LAPP, are
cornerstones of the EPLAN network in
electrical, mechanical and fluid technology.
This means EPLAN Software
& Service also has top relationships
at its fingertips in order to create the
engineering of the future.
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