ACTIFY AND ACADIS ANNOUNCE
EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP
Agreement Allows Actify to
Broaden its European Distributor Network
Throughout Germany,
Austria and Switzerland
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif — February 10, 2004— Actify
Inc., the leader in client-server design visualization and collaboration
solutions for the high technology, industrial automation and discrete
manufacturing industries, today announced a strategic distribution
partnership with ACADIS, one of the largest European distributors
of technical solutions for manufacturers. Under the terms of the
agreement, ACADIS will work with its 80+ resellers to distribute
Actify's client/server CAD visualization solutions, SpinFire
Professional and Actify Server, throughout Germany, Switzerland
and Austria. This agreement supports Actify's goal to build
an extensive distribution network throughout Europe allowing the
company's products to be available to all non-technical users,
around the world, who need access to native 3D CAD data.
SpinFire Professional and Actify Server enable knowledge workers
to visualize the CAD files they need without the expense of owning
and maintaining multiple CAD systems. The award winning SpinFire
Professional provides support for all major CAD systems and a
full suite of mark-up and dimensioning tools. SpinFire Professional
accelerates the process for estimating, quoting, design,
shop floor viewing and quality control review.
"This agreement supports our strategy to offer non technical
users from around the world, access to Actify's leading 3D
CAD visualization products, allowing us to meet the needs of the
growing manufacturing market in Europe," said Randy Ochs,
CEO and president for Actify. "ACADIS offers Actify's
European team a stellar sales and support channel which will only
build upon our existing distribution channel in these key European
countries."
ACADIS' distribution network is a specialized network of
80 authorized value added resellers and dealers throughout Germany,
Austria and Switzerland that provide sales and support to their
network of manufacturing customers. As a distributor, it is ACADIS's
goal to deliver technical solutions for the entire manufacturing
lifecycle – to drive planning and production in industrial
enterprises.
"Actify's 3D CAD visualization solutions support the
high demand for businesses seeking a solution that allows CAD and
non-CAD professionals to access complex CAD data in an easy, intuitive
way," said Thomas Schneider, Sales Manager at ACADIS. "As
a distribution leader in this market, we look forward to offering
Actify's SpinFire product line throughout the German-speaking
world."
About Actify Inc.
Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning
global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions.
Actify's SpinFire product line provides the lowest
total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across
manufacturing industries and through their supply chains.
The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized
distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America,
Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San
Francisco, California. For more information please visit
www.actify.com or call 415.227.3800.
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