EPM Technology On Show

The Hague, The Netherlands, 8-9 December 1998

The globalization of industry has fueled the growth of economy and increased the frequency of cross border commerce. This growth has in turn resulted in the need for industry standardization as a method to avoid duplication and misinterpretation. More-over, The Process & Power Industry with its rapid advances in technology and highly technical terminology is dependent on the efficient flow of information both inter- and intra-organizationally. This organ-izational interaction poses the question of industry standards and thus the importance of STEP.

To address these important ongoing issues, the European Plant Information Management Conference is currently preparing for its third event, PIMC'98. The goal of this conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of information and technology in the Process & Power Industry. This goal is attained through presentations provided by industry professionals as well as the Information Market that houses the major providers of Plant Information Management (PIM) tools and technologies.

One of the many participating sponsors exhibiting at PIMC'98 who are focused on providing IT solutions in PIM is EPM Technology. As a company that is committed to the sharing of ideas and technologies as a means of learning and benefiting from one another in the move toward industry standardization, EPM Technology is a valued repeat sponsor, having already participated in PIMC'97. With over 30 European sponsors, PIMC'98 promises to be the Process & Power event of the year.

Product Data Technology (PDT) involves all the information about a product across its life-cycle - from design concept to disposal. More effective man-agement of this data brings reduced costs and faster times to market.

PDT Days is already established in Europe as an annual event, previously organised by PDTAG - a 3-year ESPRIT project ending in 1997. QMS - already involved in PDT Days '96, '97 and '98 - are ensuring that this event will continue to be the leading forum for raising awareness and sharing experiences in gaining business benefits from PDT. The new title - PDT Europe - reflects the increasing demand for other events to be held alongside PDT Days. Thus, PDT Europe 1999 will be a 4 day event which includes PDT Days, POSC/CAESAR Confer-ence, an ESCN project day, ESCN STEP technical seminars, and SINTEF/EPM STEP business seminars. Revised format for PDT Europe 1999 is as follows:

Day 1, 13 April:
POSC/CAESAR Conference.

Day 2, 14 April:
STEP seminars in two streams:

• Technical stream, sponsored by ESCN.
• Business stream, sponsored by SINTEF/EPM.

The ESCN project cluster meeting will take place during the afternoon of this day.

Days 3 and 4, April 15 and 16: PDT Days, with a similar format to previous years, including papers from ESCN projects.

As a sponsor of PDT Europe '99, EPM Technology will be exhibiting their EXPRESS Data Manager product suite as well as offering a number of seminars on the business issues involved in product data management.

For more details about PDT Europe '99 contact:
Bill Mesley
QMS, Sandhurst, UK
Tel: +44(0)1252 878482
Email: billm@qmsstep.com
or visit website http://www.qmsstep.com/

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