PRESS RELEASE ARCHIVE
For Immediate Release – February 2004
AEGIS INDUSTRIAL SOFTWARE LAUNCHES EUROPEAN
SUBSIDIARY
PHILADELPHIA, USA – Aegis Industrial Software Corporation, the
leader in Manufacturing Productivity Systems for global electronics
assemblers, has formed a wholly owned international subsidiary, Aegis
Industrial Software Europe Limited head quartered in the UK. With 75
European customers, 6 Value Added Resellers and 10 European based
machine vendor partners, Aegis is already well established in Europe.
The European team is headed by Barrie Murray-Upton, Managing and
Operations Director, and Peter Clegg, Business Development Director. The
Directors have proven track records of bringing US CAD/CAM companies to
Europe and rapidly establishing them as market leaders. Heading up
customer support is Christian Teasdel, who brings more than four years’
experience in Aegis software through its machine vendor partners.
Teasdel has worked across Europe within the electronic manufacturing
industry. The subsidiary will scale throughout the course of 2004.
Jason Spera, CEO, said, “This expansion is part of the Aegis business
strategy to extend its North American leadership into Europe and Asia
with strong regional sales and support operations. This enhances our
support for existing global customers and makes our products more
accessible to European manufacturers. I am delighted to have Barrie and
Peter join us with their extensive knowledge of the European
manufacturing market place. We feel our software systems fit remarkably
well into the sophisticated, quality driven market that European
electronic manufacturing has become.” Spera noted, “Aegis’ coherent
solution from NPI through MES includes quality, SPC, traceability, and
machine monitoring. This uniquely answers the world-class manufacturing
data management needs of the European market. Manufacturers are no
longer willing or able to hire specialized staff, redesign their
processes or spend many man-months implementing solutions. They want
easy to use, scaleable web-based system solutions to integrate into
their current structure utilizing current assets.”
Peter observed that Aegis’ reputation for delivering quality product and
service, as evidenced by winning the coveted Service Excellence Award
for three consecutive years, is just what the Europe market demands.
“There has always been a wish to make use of the business and process
intelligence that exists in most factories to produce quality products
utilizing real-time visibility of all the processes to reduce costs and
thus increase profitability. With the market emerging from recession we
are well positioned to grow Aegis’ business in Europe” states Clegg,
adding "product genealogy and traceability will also become important
issues for lead free manufacturing.”
The business model Aegis Europe will adopt is one of direct and indirect
sales, “We will utilize the independent regional VAR model, supplemented
by specialized local language sales representatives” commented
Murray-Upton. “Aegis employs this model in the US delivering benefit to
all parties. Peter and I are pleased with the enthusiasm and approach of
Aegis’ existing European VAR’s and partner companies, and we are really
looking forward to establishing Aegis as the vendor of choice for
Manufacturing Productivity Systems.” Aegis Europe will be actively
looking for additional representation in many European regions,
specifically France and Germany.
For additional information contact:
Shaun Black, Marketing Director
Aegis Industrial Software Corporation
Email: sblack@aiscorp.com
Phone: 714.828.9730