ERPworld.net. Honors UGS with 'Top 10 People in the News' and 'Best PLM Vendor of 2006' Awards


UGS receives double accolades at Top 100 Business Applications 2007 Conference

BEIJING and PLANO, Texas - UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that Chuck Yuan, vice president and managing director of Greater China Operations for UGS, was honored with 'Top 10 People in the News,' and UGS was awarded the PLM Vendor of the Year by ERPworld.net. at the Top 100 Business Applications 2007 Conference.

"I am honored to receive this award and wish to thank the panel for the industry's recognition. We will continue to strive for greater development and success," said Yuan. "UGS is committed to helping Chinese enterprises become more competitive as they play an increasingly critical role in the evolution of global innovation networks."

"It is due to the incessant efforts of UGS in China over the past two decades and the active efforts of Mr. Chuck Yuan that PLM witnessed rapid growth in China and demands for PLM products and solutions increased dramatically," said Dennis Ji, appraisal committee member and CEO of ERPworld.net

Yuan joined UGS April 2005 to manage sales, after-sales support and customer services, and marketing for UGS in China and Hong Kong and expanded his responsibilities to include Taiwan in 2006. With his expansive knowledge and understanding of the market, he has helped increase the competitiveness of UGS in a market of strategic significance to UGS and to the world. Customers of UGS also benefit from Yuan's leadership. CIO's of Beiqi Foton Motor and Xuji Group Corporation, Yang Guotao and Hao Zixian, present customers of UGS, received the Top 10 CIO award respectively in the conference.

UGS entered the China market in 1987 and this year marks the 20th anniversary for UGS in China. The company established the first representative office in Beijing in 1990 and set up an R&D center in Shanghai in 2004. UGS has more than 4,000 customers throughout Greater China, such as Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group), Chery Automobile, Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group Corporation, and Haier Group. UGS also carried out productive strategic cooperation with Chinese universities.

Conference of Top 100 Business Applications 2007 is an annual event in the field of management software initiated by ERP World. It was organized by the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the Software Society of China and other authoritative associations. The awards issued by the conference represent the authoritative view of the industry, therefore attracting great attention from the media and the industry.

About UGS

UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.3 million licensed seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, UGS' vision is to enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and services while leveraging UGS' open enterprise solutions, fulfilling the mission of enabling them to transform their process of innovation. For more information on UGS products and services, visit ugs.com

Jim Phelan,

Director of PLM Media Relations,

UGS Corporation,

jimp@ugs.com,

Tel: +1 (314) 264-8216,

Cell: +1 (314) 265-1893

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