Executive Summary PLM Market France 2007 MCAD CAD/CAM PDM MCAE Ranking France Germany UK Italy


	PLM France 2007 - Executive Summary
	MCAD vendors dominate the PLM market This report studies the French PLM market in 2006, through categories – MCAD, PDM, MCAE, CAM, and through software vendors. It provides vendors' rankings, quantitative analysis, based on 2006 numbers, and their evolution compared to 2005, visioning the 2007 trends and the future. Order the full report here With more than 10% of the global PLM market, France is the second largest European region for the PLM solutions. Estimated to be close to €1.2 billion in 2006, with an 8% growth compared to 2005, the market is both attractive and competitive. Agile Software, Altair Engineering, Ansys, Autodesk, CD-Adapco, Dassault Systèmes, ESI Group, Lascom, LMS International, Missler Software, MSC Software, PTC, Samtech, SAP, Sescoi, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Spring Technologies, Think3 and UGS are studied in this report with their 2006 numbers in France for most of them. Top studied vendors are ranked considering both their total revenue, as well as their software only revenue. PLM tools are studied in 4 categories: · MCAD (Mechanical Design tools): The biggest segment, now stable, including the fast growing mid range segment and the declining high end segment. · PDM (Collaborative tools and Product Data Management): Growing fast. · MCAE (Simulation, analysis and engineering tools): Growing fast and silently. · CAM (Manufacturing tools): growing slowly. Findings of this report include: · Autodesk is rising in the general ranking France now above PTC and UGS. · After leading the CAD/CAM segment, Dassault Systèmes is now leading the cPDM segment in France, but DS is only ranked 4th in the CAE segment, despite efforts including the acquisition of Abaqus. · Missler software has a remarkable performance: 2nd in the CAM segment and 2nd in the mid range CAD segment ahead of Autodesk and Solidworks. Top 5 mid-range MCAD vendors relative market-share, France By providing market size, trend and vendors positions in each of the four segments; MCAD, PDM, MCAE, CAM, the reader can analyse which tools are adopted by the French market and how strongly they are adopted. With over 14 charts and graphs, in a 52 pages document, PLM market France 2007 report gives a reasonable quantitative and qualitative picture of the market. *This PLM market report does not include any analysis regarding the following markets: EDA (Electronic Design Automation), AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) or GIS (Geographic Information System or mapping) Order the full report here. .