PTC, the Product Development Company, today announced that Primax of Taiwan has deployed PTC Windchill for environmental regulatory compliance.
NEEDHAM, Massachusetts — PTC, the Product Development Company, today announced that Primax of Taiwan has deployed PTC Windchill for environmental regulatory compliance. This is an evolution of their current Windchill implementation to meet new requirements for international environmental regulatory compliance procedures. These new capabilities were installed and implementation testing completed in two months.
The European Union, China and various states within the United States have announced new environmental protection laws and effective dates aimed at manufacturers of electronic equipment and related products. For Taiwan's high-tech manufacturing industry, which depends on the export of these goods, these laws have become an urgent issue. Its products include optical-electronic products like digital scanners, computer peripherals such as mouse products, paper handling equipment and communication accessories. As a result of these regulations and associated client demands, Primax began evaluating environmental regulatory compliance issues as early as the fourth quarter of 2003. At that time, the company estimated that most of its clients would eventually have to satisfy environmental regulations. Consequently, Primax believes that addressing environmental protection is a strategic program that will directly impact the company's revenue opportunity. As such, Primax has approached the issue systematically rather than through a case-by-case approach, as it is more scalable and cost-effective.
Mr. Honda Lee, director of the Engineering Service Center, Corporate Quality Assurance Department of Primax, said, "Primax started using Windchill in 2000 as its Product Lifecycle Management system. Subsequently, Primax began evaluating environmental regulatory compliance solutions from a variety of leading vendors. After the evaluation, Primax found that extending the use of Windchill for environmental regulatory compliance was the quickest and most economical way to integrate environmental regulatory compliance into new product designs."
"Implementing Windchill for environmental regulatory compliance was a strategic corporate initiative for Primax, as almost every department in the company had distinct requirements. Providing a solution to help ensure that the company's more than 1,500 products and supporting material of tens of thousands of components meet current environmental requirements is quite an undertaking," said Chad Hawkinson, director of electronics and high tech, product & market strategy, PTC. "In addition, Primax is also tasked by the challenge to re-certify components, process tests, process controls, and even re-design some products. By incorporating environmental regulatory compliance capabilities with their Windchill-based PLM system, users are better able to manage the process and analyze products for compliance in real-time. This helps save re-work and improves time-to-market."
About Primax: Primax was established in Taiwan in March 1984. The Company focuses on a diversified product portfolio comprising 4 segments: Optical-Electronic Products (scanner, phone camera and multifunctional peripheral); Computer Peripherals (mice/pointing devices, gaming controllers, surge protectors and broadband products); Paper Handling Equipment (paper shredders and laminators); Communication Accessories (mobile phone and telephone accessories). Primax has manufacturing sites and R&D operations in both Taiwan and China, sales and marketing offices in Hong Kong, Japan, Europe and the United States.
About PTC: PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides leading product lifecycle management (PLM), content management and enterprise publishing to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. PTC customers include companies in manufacturing, publishing, services, government and life sciences industries. For more information on PTC, please visit http://www.ptc.com.
Source: Business Wire, PTC
